Graduate School

2026 Summer Ice Cream Social
2026-06-02 16:30 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | 148 Stocking Hall, 411 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY, 14853
OISE 2026 Summer Ice Cream Social
Come celebrate the summer in community with your fellow graduate students, postdocs, lecturers, researchers, faculty, and staff with a cup of Cornell Dairy ice cream or sorbet!
Register here!
Date: Monday, June 22, 2026
Time: 4:30 – 6:00 pm ET
Location: Stocking Hall 148
Please email grad_assoc_dean@cornell.edu if you have any questions.

2026 Summer Success Symposium
2026-08-18 10:00 - 15:30 | G10 Biotechnology Building, 526 Campus Road, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
The Summer Success Symposium is a professional and community development event for new and continuing research students from across all graduate fields. Open to all research degree students, this symposium has a particular focus on bringing together Graduate School Dean’s Scholars and other students with an interest in contributing to Cornell’s core value to provide a Community of Belonging where scholars representing different backgrounds, perspectives, abilities, and experiences can learn, innovate, and work in an environment of respect.
Registration will open in June.

Dean's Welcome for New Graduate and Professional Students
2026-08-20 09:00 - 10:00 | Bailey Hall, 230 Garden Ave, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
Welcome, new graduate and professional students! You’re invited to the Dean’s Welcome on Thursday, August 20, at 9 a.m. in Bailey Hall. The formal program features the Cornell president, the Graduate School dean and vice provost for graduate education, and a panel of esteemed faculty and students.

Grad Connect 2026: A Resource Fair for Graduate and Professional Degree Students
2026-08-20 10:00 - 13:00 | Barton Hall, 117 Statler Drive, Ithaca, New York, 14853
This collaborative resource fair will allow graduate and professional degree students from across programs to engage with each other while learning more about the resources, offices, and organizations that help support their development and progression at Cornell. Open to incoming and current students.
If you need accommodations to participate, please email gradstudentlife@cornell.edu.
