Navigating Graduate School

There are many ways to find community on campus. Try attending an event, joining a club, or participating in a networking session.

• The Big Red Barn Graduate and Professional Student Center – social events specifically for graduate and professional students
• CampusGroups – registered Cornell clubs and groups, including some for graduate students only
• Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GPSA) – the graduate and professional student component of Cornell’s system of governance
• Graduate and Professional Student Diversity Council – student organizations advancing a sense of community, professional excellence, and a climate of inclusion for all graduate and professional students
• Graduate School Primer – networking sessions for first year students
• All Graduate School events – academic, professional, and social events for graduate and professional students

Get to know funding options available to you as a graduate student. Many grant, award, fellowship, scholarship, and other funding opportunities exist, in addition to funding arrangements such as assistantships.

Personal Finances

• Direct deposit – stipend and assistantship checks
• Graduate School Emergency Funds – help in extenuating circumstances for qualified graduate students

Funding Sources

• Assistantships
• Fellowships
• External Fellowships
• Loans

Graduate School grants

• Conference Grant
• Research Travel Grant
• Summer Foreign Language Grant

Listservs, Workshops, Information Sessions

• Graduate Fellowships Listserv
• Graduate School Fellowship Workshops
• International Research and Language Fellowship and Grant Funding and Information Sessions 

There is a wide variety of housing available across Cornell and Ithaca. Cornell offers housing resources in addition to some graduate and professional student apartments and residences.

• Graduate and professional student on-campus housing
• Hasbrouck Apartments
• Housing & Residential Life Central Office
• Off-campus living

Cornell has a wide variety of resources to support students academically, professionally, and personally.

Academic Support

• Grievances and policies
• Center for Teaching Innovation
• Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines
• Fellowship and funding programs 

Support for International Students

• English Language Support Office (ELSO)
• International Services

Personal Support

• Cornell Health
• Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
• Mental Health at Cornell
• Office of Graduate Student Life
• Office of University Ombuds
• 211 Tompkins Information Referral

There are many ways to get around Ithaca, including personal cars and bikes, rideshare vehicles, public buses, and, of course, walking. Get to know the details.

Getting Around Cornell

• Bike registration form
• Parking at Cornell

Getting Around Ithaca

• Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) Bus
• TCAT bus tracking apps
• Ithaca Carshare
• Parking in Ithaca