Venues
Cornell’s campus is designed with learning in mind. With unique venues all over campus to choose from, you are guaranteed to find the right locations for your event.
Founded in 1865, Cornell is a privately endowed research university and a partner of the State University of New York. As the federal land-grant institution in New York State, we have a responsibility—unique within the Ivy League—to make contributions in all fields of knowledge in a manner that prioritizes public engagement to help improve the quality of life in our state, the nation, the world.
The Conference and Event Services team is ready to help find the perfect venue to host your meeting and conferences, workshops and classes, and small and large events. Cornell’s campus offers:
- Hundreds of possible venues – classrooms, conference rooms, lecture halls, and large auditoriums
- Meeting spaces that can be flexibly configured to suit any kind of event
- High-speed Internet access
- High-tech presentation tools, audio-visual needs, and teleconferencing/video conferencing resources
We excel at providing creative solutions for our clients' needs.
Conference Venues
Conference and Event Services is deeply embedded in the event space reservation process. Members of our department can request, schedule and approve the use of these spaces.
Examples of common venues:
- Appel Commons
- Robert Purcell Community Center
- Townhouse Multipurpose Room
- Toni Morrison Multipurpose Room
- Willard Straight Hall
- West Campus House System (Alice Cook House, Carl Becker House, Flora Rose House, Hans Bethe House, William Keeton House)
Campus Venues
Conference and Event Services can request these spaces and work with the schedulers on availability, layouts and timing. If you do not need our assistance with planning your event, but would like to reserve one of these spaces on your own – please visit Scheduling@Cornell.
Examples of reservable venues:
- A.D. White House
- Big Red Barn
- Bailey Hall
- Barton Hall
- Bartels Hall
- Lecture Halls (Call, Klarman, Uris, Statler, Rockefeller, Goldwin Smith, Phillips, Gates, Vet School)
- Academic Classrooms
- Atrias (Clark, Baker, Duffield, Sage)
- ILR Conference Center
- Hubert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Merrill Family Sailing Center
- McCormick's at Moakley House
- Schoellkopf Field
- Stocking Hall
- College of Veterinary Medicine