Upcoming Events

October 18th, 2007

Academic Symposium
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location TBD.
A reception will be held immediately following the symposium.

Bicentennial News Coverage

Exhibition Celebrates Life of Ezra Cornell

Ezra Cornell exhibition opens at Kroch Library

Library exhibition celebrates Ezra Cornell's 200th birthday

The Ezra Files

Happy Birthday Ezra. In January, the university celebrates its founder's bicentennial. So who was Ezra Cornell?

Campus plans yearlong celebration of Ezra Cornell's 200th birthday

Cake, balloons and 'any person': Cornell celebrates Ezra Cornell's 200th birthday

C.U. Celebrates Ezra Cornell's Birthday

Happy Birthday, Ezra

Ezra I.Q. To Celebrate the Founder's 200th Birthday, Test Your Trivia Knowledge

Video: Ezra Cornell Bicentennial Birthday Concert, played by chimesmaster, Gretchen Ryan

Cornell Begins Celebration of Founder

Cornell, Community Celebrate Founder's 200th

Past Events

March 28, 2007

Ezra Cornell and Any Person
4:30 p.m.
Carol Kammen, Senior Lecturer, History Department, and Historian of Tompkins County
Lecture Room, Level 2B, Kroch Library
A reception will be held immediately following the presentation.

March 8, 2007

Ezra Exhibition Opening
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

“I Would Found an Institution”: The Ezra Cornell Bicentennial exhibition will open in the Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, in Carl A. Kroch Library. This event is open to the Ithaca community, and the trustees of Cornell University will be invited to this gathering. A reception will follow in the gallery.