Ithaca is a city in and the county seat of Tompkins County,New York,United States. Situated on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York,Ithaca is the largest community in the Ithaca metropolitan statistical area. It is named after the Greek island of Ithaca. As of 2020,the city's population was 32,108.
The Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds from sales of federally owned land,often obtained from Native American tribes through treaty,cession,or seizure. The Morrill Act of 1862 was enacted during the American Civil War,and the Morrill Act of 1890 expanded this model.
Trumansburg is a village in Tompkins County,New York,United States. The population was 1,797 at the 2010 census. The name incorporates a misspelling of the surname of the founder,Abner Treman. The Tremans spelled their surname several different ways;"Truman," however,was not one of them. The village's application for a post office established the present spelling. The Village of Trumansburg is located within the Town of Ulysses and is northwest of Ithaca,New York.
Andrew Dickson White was an American historian and educator who co-founded Cornell University,one of eight Ivy League universities in the United States,and served as its first president for nearly two decades. He was known for expanding the scope of college curricula. A politician,he had served as New York state senator and was later appointed as U.S. ambassador to Germany and Russia.
A land-grant university is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890,or a beneficiary under the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. There are 57 institutions which fall under the 1862 Act,19 under the 1890 Act,and 35 under the 1994 Act.
Alonzo Barton Cornell was a New York politician and businessman who was the 27th governor of New York from 1880 to 1882.
Tompkins County Public Library (TCPL) is the public library for residents of Tompkins County,New York. The library has one branch which is located in Ithaca,New York.
Hiram W. Sibley,was an American industrialist,entrepreneur,and philanthropist who was a pioneer of the telegraph in the United States.
The history of Cornell University begins when its two founders,Andrew Dickson White of Syracuse and Ezra Cornell of Ithaca,met in the New York State Senate in January 1864. Together,they established Cornell University in Ithaca,New York,in 1865. The university was initially funded by Ezra Cornell's $400,000 endowment and by New York's 989,920-acre (4,006.1 km2) allotment of the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862.
Llenroc is a Gothic revival villa built for Ezra Cornell,the founder of Cornell University. It is located at 100 Cornell Avenue in Ithaca,New York,just below the Cornell University campus. Since 1911,it has been the home of the Pi Chapter of the Delta Phi fraternity. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Justin Morrill Hall,known almost exclusively as Morrill Hall,is an academic building of Cornell University on its main campus in Ithaca,New York. As of 2009,it houses the university's Departments of Romance Studies,Russian Literature,and Linguistics. The building is named in honor of Justin Smith Morrill,who as Senator from Vermont was the primary proponent of the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act of 1862 which greatly assisted the founding of Cornell University. Morrill Hall was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
The New York State College of Forestry,the first professional school of forestry in North America,opened its doors at Cornell University,in Ithaca,New York,in the autumn of 1898.,It was advocated for by Governor Frank S. Black,but after just a few years of operation,it was defunded in 1903,by Governor Benjamin B. Odell in response to public outcry over the College's controversial forestry practices in the Adirondacks.
Central Campus is the primary academic and administrative section of Cornell University's main campus in Ithaca,New York. It is bounded by Libe Slope to its west,Fall Creek to its north,and Cascadilla Creek to its south.
Ithaca is a town in Tompkins County,New York,United States. The town's population was 22,283 at the 2020 census. The town is in the central part of the county,in the Finger Lakes–Southern Tier region of New York,and is part of the Ithaca Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Town of Ithaca is a horseshoe-shaped portion of the metropolitan area of Ithaca,New York,surrounding the City of Ithaca and being the city's only border. Ithaca College is located in the South Hill section of the town.
John James Speed,Jr. was an American farmer,merchant,politician,and pioneer in telegraphy.
Fall Creek is a river located in Tompkins County,New York. It flows into Cayuga Lake by Ithaca,New York.
Victoria Romanoff is a Latvian-American artist living in central New York. She is known both for her work in the visual arts as well as for her vast contributions in architectural preservation.
Beebe Lake /bibi/ is a reservoir in Ithaca,New York,located on the campus of Cornell University.
Ezra Cornell is a monumental statue on the Arts Quad on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca,New York. The monument honors Ezra Cornell,the university's co-founder and namesake. The statue,designed by Hermon Atkins MacNeil,was dedicated in June 1919.
