Cornell University

Cornell University. A private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. The university was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White. Since its founding, Cornell has been a co-educational and nonsectarian institution.

Cornell was  founded as the only nonsectarian university — and the first in the Ivy League. Due to their own experiences with religion, Ezra Cornell and A.D. White wanted to create an institution that was not dominated by a singular faith.

Cornell University has a large Jewish population, with about 3,000 undergraduate and 500 graduate Jewish students, making up 22% of the student body, because it offers a sense of belonging for Jewish students.

The Center for Jewish Living at Cornell provides a space for Jewish students to feel at home, with events like Shabbat dinners and high holiday celebrations. Cornell also has a Jewish sorority, Sigma Delta Tau, which was founded in 1917 by seven Jewish women who faced discrimination from other sororities

Prominent alumni: Anthony Fauci, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bill Nye