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As Cornell advances its mission to do the greatest good, the College of Arts & Sciences is investing in the people and ideas shaping our future. Support through the Cornell Fund for A&S helps students seize opportunities, fuels faculty innovation, strengthens research and teaching across the college, and bridges critical gaps not covered by tuition or sponsored research.
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The Cornell Fund for A&S empowers students like Grace Liu '27, who spent her summer excavating archaeological sites in Pompeii, gaining hands-on fieldwork experience alongside scholars from around the world. It enables emerging researchers like Salimata Cisse '26, whose Nexus Scholars project explored democratic backsliding and the movement from democracy toward autocracy. And it provides flexible funding that allows the college to respond quickly to new opportunities, support innovative teaching, and help faculty continue important work when other resources fall short.
As the largest and most academically diverse college at Cornell, A&S brings together the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences in ways that create experiences students can only find here. Your investment ensures those experiences remain accessible, relevant, and transformative for today's students while positioning the college to meet tomorrow's challenges.
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When you give to the College of Arts & Sciences, you are supporting the nexus of research and teaching at Cornell University.
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Summer Experience Grant
A Summer Experience Grant can turn a career interest into a life-changing opportunity.
These grants help students pursue unpaid or low-paid internships, research projects, and career exploration experiences by covering costs such as housing, transportation, and travel.
For Jennessa Perez '25, a Summer Experience Grant made it possible to intern at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, where she worked on more than 500 cases and gained firsthand exposure to the legal system.
"This experience confirmed my aspiration to follow a path in law and advocacy."
For students across Arts & Sciences, Cornell Fund support helps remove financial barriers so they can focus on gaining experience, building skills, and discovering what's next.
Nexus Scholars
The Nexus Scholars Program gives A&S students the opportunity to work alongside faculty mentors on groundbreaking research across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Through donor-supported summer research experiences, students don't just learn about discovery. They actively contribute to it.
Salimata Cisse '26 researched democratic backsliding and emerging threats to democratic institutions, while Jerry Lu '28 combined interests in biology, chemistry, medicine, and history through research on the Spanish flu epidemic in America.
"The Nexus Scholars Program helped me learn how to leverage my research skills toward a career."
Only at Arts & Sciences can students engage with such a breadth of disciplines while working directly with world-class faculty. Gifts to the Cornell Fund help sustain and expand these opportunities today.
Career networking and mentoring
Young Alumni Career Services
Explore career options, navigate a job search, prepare for graduate school, or plan your next professional move with guidance from the Arts & Sciences Career Development Center. Young alumni (0-5 years after graduation) can schedule a phone or video appointment with a career advisor.
Career Connections Committee
Share your expertise, expand students' professional networks, and help connect Arts & Sciences students with alumni working across industries and career paths.
Career Conversations
Meet with students, discuss your career journey, offer industry insights, and help students explore opportunities and pathways after Cornell, whether you're visiting campus or connecting virtually.
Staying Connected
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Performing and media arts
Marvel actor Dominique Thorne ’19 visits campus for screening, talks
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Arts & Sciences Advisory Council
Our mission is to provide a foundation in the liberal arts for all Cornell students and, within the college, to foster the intellectual curiosity that drives outstanding research, scholarship, and teaching in the liberal arts.
Alumni Affairs & Development Leadership
| Name | Title | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Haley Weiss | Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs & Development | 147 Goldwin Smith Hall hweiss@cornell.edu |
| Daniel Watson | Director of Development | 130 East Seneca St, Suite 205B drw255@cornell.edu 607-254-6050 |
| Laurie Johnston | Director of Alumni Engagement | 130 East Seneca St., Suite 400 laurie.johnston@cornell.edu 607-255-9884 |