Ag Quad

The Agriculture “Ag” Quad is a popular outdoor study space and social gathering spot, home to annual events like CALS Fest and Ag Day as well as impromptu slacklining and picnicking.

Surrounding the quad are many major academic buildings, including Caldwell, Kennedy, Warren and Roberts halls, as well as Mann Library and the Plant Science Building.

Media Gallery

Two students, both wearing hoodie sweatshirts and purple gloves, work on a lab experiment. The student at left is taking notes while the other student looks down at the notebook.

A student poses for a photo inside a wooden pen alongside two baby sheep with other students gathered around outside the pen.

On the left, students sit a table writing and typing on their computers. On the right, a long hallway lined with offices.

Over 20 students sitting at tables with their laptops out, talking and studying in the Stocking Hall Gallery.

An overhead view of Minns Garden, showing an incredible variety of colors and plant varieties.

Students walk past Caldwell Hall on the Ag Quad’s many pathways on a sunny day.

Two students and a faculty member working at a lab bench.

An aerial view of students sitting at tables in Mann Library studying.

Twin student entrepreneurs sit at a table with a laptop in a brightly-lit room, discussing how their personalized artificial intelligence platform may help students and educators.

Three Clinton Foundation students sit at a table at eHub in Kennedy Hall with a SmartBoard and colorful mural on the wall behind them.

Students listen to the director of Entrepreneurship at Cornell speak at an event at eHub in Collegetown to learn about the university’s entrepreneurial resources.

A few students discuss the Blackstone Launchpad program with a group of students at an entrepreneurship event.

A Cornell student volunteer works with a local elementary school student using a laptop and paper in a classroom.

Students, faculty and community members gather in a bright room with white walls to discuss a layout displayed on the wooden floor in a space at The Shops at Ithaca Mall.

An environmental science and sustainability major paints the edges of his canvas black and uses yellow, pink and orange to show an abstract data visualization that represents the rarity of bird species and conservation status by state and seasonality.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Academic Support

Office of Global Learning

David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement

⭐ College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, or CALS, is an academic community with an uncommon sense of a common goal: to leave the world better than we found it. CALS has more than 3,500 undergraduate students, 22 majors and 38 minors, with globally recognized excellence in the agricultural, life, environmental and social sciences. More than 75 percent of students complete one or more internships, 55 percent engage in research and 34 percent have an international experience.

A diversity of perspectives, experiences, genders, races, ethnicities, talents and interests significantly strengthens and deepens the CALS experience. Since 1898 — when naturalist Anna Botsford Comstock became the first woman to join the Cornell faculty — the college has worked to enroll a diverse student body and hire world-class faculty and staff from all walks of life.

Beyond the Ag Quad and Ithaca campus, CALS conducts research, teaching and outreach programs in approximately 500 facilities across New York state and countless more beyond state lines. These facilities — like the world-renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Shoals Marine Laboratory, Dilmun Hill Student Farm, the Cornell Botanic Gardens and more — provide students with unique opportunities to explore their interests with the support and guidance of outstanding researchers, faculty and staff.

⭐ Academic Support

Wherever they turn, students can find academic support on campus, thanks to a plethora of advising and student resource offices, as well as guidance from faculty advisors, teaching assistants and peer groups.

In addition to advising resources available in their home colleges and schools, students have access to specialized support:

• The Learning Strategies Center guides students with practical advice and proven approaches to enhance productivity and success.

• The Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives provides support and programming to empower students of all backgrounds to achieve their academic goals.

• The John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines coordinates the First-Year Writing Seminar Program while also providing writing classes, tutoring and other support to more than 35 departments and programs at Cornell.

• The Language Resource Center, located in Stimson Hall, connects, supports and empowers learners and teachers by raising awareness of the value of language learning, providing flexible physical and virtual spaces, facilitating access to resources and advocating best practices.

• The Tatkon Center for New Students aids first-year and transfer students with navigating university life and making peer connections throughout their first year at Cornell.

⭐ Office of Global Learning

The Office of Global Learning in Caldwell Hall supports Cornellians who study in other countries while also welcoming scholars and students visiting from abroad. More than one-third of undergraduates take advantage of educational and pre-professional opportunities abroad at locations from Australia to Zambia. Global Learning’s International Services team also supports 7,500 international students and scholars in their experiences in Ithaca and across the U.S.

⭐️ David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement

The Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, in the Engaged Cornell Hub, supports a university culture where students, faculty, staff and partners work together to create a better world. Center staff and students advance Cornell’s goal of infusing community-engaged learning in all aspects of the university — through classes, research, internships, community work-study, student organizations and more.

Engaged Cornell Hub

On the third floor of Kennedy Hall, the Engaged Cornell Hub houses six programs and units that support Cornell’s mission of public engagement. In this open and collaborative space, students, faculty, staff and community partners can learn more about and become involved in a variety of engagement opportunities on and off campus:

• Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP)

• The Cornell Commitment, including The Cornell Tradition, Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars and Meinig Family Cornell National Scholars programs

• Cornell Prison Education Program

• David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement

• New York Agricultural Outreach and Education