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Updates From Campus

October 2014

Updates From Campus: Admissions Update We received 43,037 admissions

applications for fall 2014 freshman admission (new record)

Admit rate fell to 14.2% (new record) We admitted students from the wait

lists in some of our undergraduate colleges/schools

Our overall yield rose to 53.4% this year

Updates From Campus: Financial Aid

Cornell recently reviewed and affirmed its commitment to need-blind admissions for all candidates

Initiatives in place to make Cornell affordable and decrease student indebtedness

Parent Contribution Initiative: Families with a total family income of less than $60,000, and total assets of less than $100,000 (including primary home equity), will have no parent contribution.

Updates From Campus: Financial Aid

Loan Initiative: No loans required of students with family income of $60,000 or less. For all other families, loans capped based on total family income.

Award Match Initiative: Match family contribution components and lower loan level of financial aid offers from other Ivy schools. Strive to match need-based offers for Duke, MIT, and Stanford.

Updates From Campus: Facilities

New teaching winery opened on campus in April 2009

Hotel School’s tower was renovated and opened late 2009

New physical sciences building opened in late 2010

New plantations visitor center opened 2011 New Human Ecology building and adjacent

parking garage opened fall 2011 Milstein Hall (AAP) opened fall 2011

Updates From Campus: Facilities

Stocking hall renovations are complete and the dairy bar is open again.

Gates Hall (computer/info sciences) opened in 2014.

NYC Tech Campus now open in temporary space at Google. Campus construction scheduled for 2017 completion

Klarman Hall (humanities) now under construction -- scheduled to open in 2015

Updates From Campus: Academics

CALS now offers a major in Environmental Science and Sustainability

Marine biology concentration now available to biological sciences majors

University-wide Business minor now available

Theatre, Film, and Dance majors rolled into new Performing and Media Arts major

Cornell now offers MOOCs through edX partnership

Updates From Campus: Academics

Architecture program ranked #2 by Architectural Record

Dyson School (Applied Economics and Management) ranked #3 by Businessweek

Two undergraduates named 2014 Marshall Scholars

Three undergraduates named 2014 Goldwater Scholars

Two Cornell alumni won the 2014 Nobel prize in Chemistry

Updates From Campus: Athletics

Lightweight crew won the national championship

Five Cornellians won medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Bryan Walters ’10 won the Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks

Women’s hockey captured consecutive ECAC championships

Women’s sailing was elevated to varsity status – Cornell now offers 37 varsity programs

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