The university's annual snapshot reveals $9.5 million in need-based scholarships and grants to Tompkins County students attending Cornell – and a deepening commitment to the region that goes far beyond the campus boundary.
Every year, around 2,000 Cornell students say a temporary goodbye to their lives in Ithaca – in pursuit of international experiences outside their comfort zone. Their time studying abroad gave graduating seniors Kevin Chang and Ana Hoffman Sole knowledge of new places, new skills and rich new communities. Now they’re looking ahead to career paths that build on what they learned.
Students in a Duffield Engineering class are equipping a racing baton and a flying drone with Internet of Things technology to address challenges in and around Geneva, N.Y.
Funding from the 2026 SUNY Contribution Project, an initiative from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, provides $400 to 200 randomly selected students to make any contribution they wish.
