Cornell University
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2.8
- proper noun
- /kɔrˈnɛl ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːrsɪti/
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Universidad de Cornell
- The 1973 mean-field results for the model obtained by Joseph Straley and Michael Fisher at Cornell University revealed the existence of a four-phase region.
- Cornell University, Ithaca
- Cornell University Press
- N.Y.: Cornell University
Examples
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The education and training of engineers became formalized, as engineering schools, like the Sibley School at Cornell University, started programs steeped in the sciences.
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The calutron story starts around 1940 at Cornell University.
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The announcement of the partnership between Cornell University and New York City to build a new Applied Sciences program.
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The leaders of Cornell University, the University of Idaho, and the University of Kansas.
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JAMES M. CORDES is a professor of astronomy at Cornell University.
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Meredith Small is a professor of anthropology at Cornell University.
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The radial magnetic separator at Cornell University was used to separate lithium isotopes.
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Paul S. Katz became interested in comparative approaches to neural circuits as a graduate student at Cornell University.
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The ostensive purpose was to attend a reunion at his alma mater, Cornell University, where he had received a doctorate in agricultural economics many years earlier.
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For their senior project, two Cornell University computer engineering whizzes recently built a machine that does just that.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Cornell + university
This is a fully compositional name: 'Cornell University' simply denotes the university called Cornell, so a B1 learner who knows 'university' and recognizes the pattern 'X University' will understand it refers to an institution of higher education. Specific world-knowledge (that it is Ivy League or located in Ithaca) is not derivable from the words, but the core meaning is transparently built from the constituents and the common name+institution pattern.
Etymology
Cornell University takes its name from Ezra Cornell, a businessman who in the 1800s gave land and money to start a school in Ithaca, New York. Because he helped 'start' the school, his name was used for it, so today Cornell University means the famous university he helped create.