🟡 Bailey Hall

Bailey Hall seats more than 1,300 and is a popular event space. The venue has hosted notable figures such as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, opera legend Luciano Pavarotti, famous 1977 alumnus Bill Nye “The Science Guy” and comedians Chloe Fineman and Joel McHale. 

Bailey Hall is home to the Cornell Concert Series and also hosts wildly popular large lecture classes such as psychology and oceanography. 

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Dozens of students walk across a plaza, with Bailey Hall behind them. The photo also has several trees displaying fall foliage in reds, browns, and yellows.
A dance troupe, clad in flowing robes, performs in Bailey Hall.
A faculty member, seen at left, looks toward the right as she teaches a class. In the background are dozens of students attending the lecture, including several on a balcony.
Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis plays on the stage at Bailey Hall. Surrounding him, clockwise from left, are musicians playing piano, upright bass, drums, and saxophone.
A group of eight students performing on stage. They are each wearing Cornell T-shirts of varying colors and designs.
Dozens of performers on stage, seen from behind, perform in front of an audience of hundreds in Bailey Hall.
A guest conductor wearing a kente cloth stole conducts an intergenerational chorus during a tribute to civil rights pioneer Dorothy Cotton.
Reunion guests gather to listen to a Cornell marching band standing in a half circle outside of Bailey Hall with a conductor leading from a red ladder facing the musicians.
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⭐ Interdisciplinary Scholarship and Collaboration

From our founding, Cornell has encouraged students to explore their interests across disciplines. Today’s students can choose between more than 80 recognized major fields and a host of dual-degree and interdisciplinary programs. Undergraduates intending to pursue careers in health professions, law or veterinary medicine can be found in every college and school at Cornell. Centers and institutes also offer opportunities for students to explore interdisciplinary interests. 

Most undergraduates participate in the First-Year Writing Seminar, designed to teach writing techniques and styles across more than 30 departments and programs. Academic and pre-professional advising is available for all students in every college, school and major. 

Many academic departments, such as the new Department of Design Tech, bring together faculty and students from numerous areas. Several colleges and schools offer the opportunity for students to major in interdisciplinary studies or even a self-designed independent major.

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