Events, Demos and Tours 2024

Event Description

• CUPD K9 Demo: Police dog demo with Cornell University Police Department. 
• Admissions Presentation & Student Panel: For those interested in applying to the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, as well as for those who just want to know more about veterinary education and careers in veterinary medicine, there will be admissions and veterinary career information sessions presented by the admissions director, Jennifer Mailey.
• Scent Dog Demo: Watch trained scent dogs do their thing! 
• Tour of Dairy Barn: A tour of the Vet School's very own Teaching Dairy Barn. Witness a demonstration of the milking process! (-3 minute drive away).
• Veterinary Library Story Time: Join us for read-alouds of Sally Goes to the Vet (Stephen Huneck) and Pigeon Wants a Puppy (Mo Willems) and related, fun activities!
• Farrier Demo: Horses wear shoes too1 Learn about shoeing a horse. 
• Small Animal CPR Lecture: Learn about CPR in cats and dogs. 
• Agility Dog Demo: Come see sport dogs do agility tricks! 
• Agriculture & Sustainability Lecture: Learn about agriculture's impact on the environment and future steps being taken to improve! 
• Dentistry: learn about tooth health in your dogs and cats
• Cardiology: learn all about animal CPR with our lifelike animal models 
• Canine Water Treadmill: watch a dog use a water-filled treadmill and learn about rehabilitation
• Imaging (ultrasound and radiology): see the inside like the veterinarians do! Discover more about the anatomy of your pets
• Small Animal Physical Exam: get your hands on a pup or a cat and learn how the veterinarians do it
• Equine treadmill: see a HORSE. On a TREADMILL. See a demonstration of our state-of-the-art performance treadmill used to study orthopedic and cardiovascular diseases of horses
• Painted horse: get a beautiful image of a horse’s insides
• Petting zoo: come and meet a variety of farmyard friends
• Pocket pets: chinchillas and rats can be awful sweet, come see
• Herptiles: snakes and lizards to meet
• Wildlife health: identify skulls, learn how to wrap an injured wing, dart a wild beast and learn about our Wildlife Health Center
• Dress like a surgeon: get on all the gear you’ll need for your future
• Teddy Bear ER: got a busted bear? Let the Cornell Vet Students fix it up. Vet Students will surgically repair your wounded stuffed animals* with TLC.
• *PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN INJURED STUFFED ANIMAL FOR TEDDY BEAR ER. WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH STUFFED ANIMALS FOR SURGERY.
• Face painting: Get your face painted with your favorite animal ($1.00 minimum donation)
• Local Non-Profits: These groups are animal shelters and other animal-focused organizations within our community. Many bring animals along with them, and they’re all ready to answer questions and fill you in on what they do!
• Corporate Sponsors, Government Agencies, Technician Schools: Come learn about some of the other aspects of animal health, from public health with the Health Department, to how to become a veterinary technician. We’ll also have a few sponsors with information on their pet products!

Exhibit Locations

Other features

• Annual SAVMA Sale of Cornell Apparel
• The Cornell Dairy Bar, just a 5 minute walk from the veterinary school, sells an array of food items including sandwiches, snacks, and Cornell’s very own ice cream! Just follow the signs placed outside of the vet school to find the Dairy Bar.

The Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine is at the intersection of Route 366 and Tower Road in Ithaca, New York. Open House visitors should park in the large "O" parking lot just off Tower Road and enter the college through the Veterinary Medical Center Public Entrance. The doors are under the open house banner in the Veterinary Education Center.

From the north: Take Route 34 South to Route 13 South to Ithaca; turn onto Buffalo Street; turn right onto Albany Street; turn left onto Green Street; turn left onto Route 366; at the Y intersection, bear right; turn left on to Tower Road across from Cornell Orchards.

From the northeast: Take Route 13 South toward Ithaca; turn left onto Route 366 (by NYSEG); turn right onto Tower Road across from Cornell Orchards.

From the south: Take Route 13 North to Ithaca; turn right onto Green Street; turn left onto Route 366; at the Y intersection, bear right; turn left on to Tower Road across from Cornell Orchards.

From the east: Take Route 79 West to Ithaca; turn right onto Pine Tree Road; continue until 4-way stop sign; turn right onto Route 366; turn left on to Tower Road across from Cornell Orchards.

From the west: Take Route 79 East, Route 96 South, or Route 89 South to Ithaca; after you cross the inlet bridge, turn right onto Fulton (one-way street); at the Route 13/Meadow Street intersection, continue straight across onto Clinton Street; turn left onto Albany Street; turn right onto Green Street; Green Street turns into State Street and continues to be Route 79 East; continue up State Street; bear left onto Mitchell Street; bear left onto Ithaca Street; turn right onto Route 366; turn left onto Tower Road across from Cornell Orchards.