Facilities
One of only 28 veterinary colleges and schools in the United States,
the College of Veterinary Medicine is located on the Cornell campus in
Ithaca, New York. In the heart of the Finger Lakes region, an area of
tremendous natural beauty, Ithaca provides a balanced atmosphere of city
and country.The college's central campus has five main buildings on 15
acres with a total of 1.2 million square feet of space.
Veterinary Medical Center Opened in 1996, the center houses the Cornell University Hospital for Animals (including the Companion Animal Hospital, and the Equine and Farm
Animal Hospitals) on its ground floor, and research facilities and
offices on its upper floors. Principal patient-care areas in the
hospital include behavior, cardiology, dentistry, dermatology, internal
medicine, neurology, nutrition, ophthalmology, orthopedics and sports
medicine, surgery, and theriogenology. State-of-the-art technologies
include anesthesiology, clinical laboratories, intensive care and
neonatal care units, medical imaging, and specialized surgery suites.
Veterinary Education Center Opened in 1993, the facility includes state-of-the-art teaching laboratories, lecture halls, and the veterinary library. The Irving W. Wiswall Learning Laboratory is a high-tech dry lab that accommodates 92 students with integrated media resources, dual-headed microscopes, and networked computer workstations. The Jerry and Darlene Bilinski Learning Laboratory is a 5,000-square-foot wet lab for microbiological and molecular biological teaching. The Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library holds over 102,000 volumes, maintains 800 journal subscriptions in the biomedical sciences, and houses over 1,600 audiovisual titles. It features an on-line catalog, network resources, and databases.
Veterinary Research Tower A nine-story building added in 1974, the tower houses research facilities and offices. It contains research laboratories, a lecture hall, a conference room, and offices. Renovations are underway to reconfigure the tower's smaller, single-purpose labs into larger, open laboratory spaces.
Diagnostic Laboratory Added in 1978, the Animal Health Diagnostic Center is the official laboratory of New York State and the state diagnostic center for animal disease control. The laboratory services patients of the Cornell University Hospital for Animals as well as those of veterinary practitioners in New York State and nationally. The laboratory is accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians and the United States Department of Agriculture and its Animal-Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS). The diagnostic lab also carries public health accreditation for endocrinology and water testing.
Schurman Hall A three-story building, Schurman Hall houses classrooms, tutorial rooms, the modular resource center, research facilities, and offices. The 3,500-square-foot modular resource center is a visual library of self-contained learning stations that feature interactive learning resources.
Nearby, on the central campus are several additional college facilities:
James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health A world-renowned center for canine and equine research, the Institute includes the Cornell Research Laboratory for Diseases of the Dog, the Center for Canine Genetics and Reproduction, the Laboratory of Immunology, and the Cornell Equine Genetics Center.
Cornell Equine Park On 165 acres, the park features boarding and other facilities for 150 horses, a half-mile track, stallion barn, and separate brood-mare barn with a laboratory for reproductive studies.
Equine Annex An equine quarantine facility, a stable, and a laboratory for equine embryo biology.
In addition, we have satellite facilities throughout New York State, principally to meet the mission of the Animal Health Diagnostic Center.
