To do the Greatest Good

Building the Future of Arts & Sciences

Bold Aspirations

A history of bold aspirations

History makers in Arts & Sciences

Throughout our history and today, students and faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences set high expectations for themselves. We follow our curiosities to solve the world’s greatest challenges, create impactful creative works and pursue research that helps us understand each other. We also share that knowledge to improve our world. Here are just a few of our most notable alumni and faculty.

Cornell C filled in with image of earth and space

person creating a butterfly from paper and natural objects
Chris Kitchen Attendees at the event created butterflies to be part of a giant mural.
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Chris Kitchen Members of the Ithaca Community visited campus for the March 15 event, creating butterflies under the guidance of entomologist/artist/Cornell doctoral student Annika Salzberg.
Arts Unplugged

Nabokov celebrated for crossing arts/science boundaries

A&S Communications

Philanthropy that has built the heart of Cornell

As we support our faculty and their groundbreaking research, we also challenge, mentor and inspire our students as they experience a world-class education. As our buildings form the cornerstone of campus, so our research crosses colleges and disciplines to bridge discovery and impact.

To do this excellent work, we rely on the generous gifts of alumni, parents and friends. From historic building projects to investments in postdoctoral fellowships to scholarship support, gifts to the college allow us to fulfill our mission to foster and share life-changing research and to guide students on their transformational journeys.

The Milstein program combines a liberal arts education in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences with cutting-edge coursework at Cornell Tech in New York City.

 

A crowd of about 75 people stands behind a low box full of dirt; six people in the front hold shovels with red handles during a ceremonial "groundbreaking" event
Provided Members of the Cornell community break ground on the McGraw Hall renovation project on Sept. 19.
A crowd of about 75 people stands behind a low box full of dirt; six people in the front hold shovels with red handles during a ceremonial "groundbreaking" event
Provided Members of the Cornell community break ground on the McGraw Hall renovation project on Sept. 19.
McGraw Hall renovation

Celebration kicks off McGraw Hall project

Cornell Chronicle
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Chris Kitchen Dayal Meshri, right, and his daughter, Gita, left, in the newly renovated Baker 200 auditorium.
two people in auditorium
Chris Kitchen Dayal Meshri, right, and his daughter, Gita, left, in the newly renovated Baker 200 auditorium.
Alumni support

Meshri family funds Baker 200 restoration project

A&S Communications
Illustration in bright red of Earth and a doctor's gloved hand
Laura Chichisan/College of Arts and Sciences The New Frontier Grant-funded project “The Biopolitics of Global Health After Covid” will consider health at the world-wide scale
Illustration in bright red of Earth and a doctor's gloved hand
Laura Chichisan/College of Arts and Sciences The New Frontier Grant-funded project “The Biopolitics of Global Health After Covid” will consider health at the world-wide scale
New Frontier Grants

$2.5M in A&S New Frontier Grants supports bold projects

Cornell Chronicle
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Dave Burbank/Cornell University From left, Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences; Robert S. Harrison ’76, chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees; and Provost Michael Kotlikoff at Spring 2022 Advisory Council Dinner.
Three people wearing suits
Dave Burbank/Cornell University From left, Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences; Robert S. Harrison ’76, chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees; and Provost Michael Kotlikoff at Spring 2022 Advisory Council Dinner.
College Scholar Program

$10M gift to A&S boosts College Scholar Program, scholarships

Cornell Chronicle

Ways to Give

Doing the Greatest Good

The Cornell Annual Fund for Arts & Sciences gives provides flexibility to respond to changing needs, such as providing funds to attract and retain world class faculty, and to purchase and enhance  classroom technologies. The Cornell Promise Annual Fund for Arts & Sciences provides much needed support for scholarships to students who may otherwise be unable to afford a Cornell education.

Thank you for supporting all that we do in the College by giving to the College of Arts & Sciences Annual Funds.