Academic calendar
Fall 2026 7-Week 1 Session runs Aug 24, 2026 – Oct 22, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Summer 2026
- Summer 2026 8 Week Session
- Summer 2026 6 Week Session
- Summer 2026 3 Week 3 Session
- Summer 2026 Special Session 2
- Fall 2026 7-Week 1 SessionRelevant now
- Fall 2026Fall 2026 Project Session Full
- Fall 2026 7-Week 2 Session
- Winter 2027Winter 2027 Session
- Spring 2027 7-Week 1 Session
- Spring 2027Spring 2027 Project Session Full
- Spring 2027 7-Week 2 Session
- Summer 2027
Campus language
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Showing 28 of 28 terms
A
- ALANA
- The ALANA Intercultural Board, which funds and supports ethnic and cultural organizations.
- Appel
- Appel Commons, referring to the North Star dining room
- Archie
- A student in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP).
C
- C-Town
- Collegetown, the commercial district adjacent to campus where many students live and socialize
- CKB
- Court-Kay-Bauer Hall, a popular freshman dormitory complex.
- CUEMS
- Cornell University Emergency Medical Service, a student-run volunteer EMS agency
- CUPD
- Cornell University Police Department
- CUTonight
- A student-run organization that provides funding for late-night, non-alcoholic social events.
D
- Dickson
- Clara Dickson Hall, the largest dormitory on campus by population
- Donlon
- Mary Donlon Hall, a large freshman dormitory known for its social atmosphere
G
- Ganędagǫ
- Often shortened to 'G-house' or simply 'Ganędagǫ', a newer residence hall on North Campus.
H
- High Rises
- High Rise 5 and Jameson Hall residence halls on North Campus
- Hotelie
- A student enrolled in the Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration.
I
- ISU
- International Student Union, representing international student interests
L
- Libe Cafe
- The Amit Bhatia Libe Cafe, a coffee shop located in Olin Library
- Low Rises
- Low Rise 6 and Low Rise 7 residence halls on North Campus
N
- Nashies
- Bear Necessities, a popular late-night grill and convenience store in RPCC
O
- Okey's
- Okenshields, the centrally located dining hall in Willard Straight Hall
- Okies
- Okenshields, the only dining hall located on Central Campus, found in Willard Straight Hall.
- OSGR
- Office of Student Government Relations.
P
- Prelim
- A midterm examination; Cornell uses this term for almost all major exams during the semester
R
- RBG
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hall, a modern residence hall on North Campus
- RPCC
- Robert Purcell Community Center, the primary dining hall for North Campus freshmen
S
- SA
- Student Assembly, the undergraduate student government body
- Slope Day
- The massive end-of-year concert and celebration held on Libe Slope
T
- Terrace
- The Terrace Restaurant in Statler Hall, famous for its burrito bowls.
- The Slope
- Libe Slope, the iconic hill between the Arts Quad and West Campus
- Trill
- Trillium, a high-traffic food court in Kennedy Hall known for its burgers and salads.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- amit_bhatia_libe_cafe
- Amit Bhatia Libe Cafe
- bear_necessities
- Bear Necessities
- BRBs
- Big Red Bucks, a tax-free declining balance account used for food purchases on campus
- Canvas
- The Learning Management System used for course materials, assignments, and grades.
- CityBucks
- A declining balance system on the Cornell ID that can be used at off-campus restaurants and shops.
- Cornell Card
- A campus-specific credit account that allows students to charge purchases to their university bill
- cornell_dairy_bar
- Cornell Dairy Bar
- Duffield
- Duffield Hall, the primary social and study hub for engineering students.
- Duo
- The two-factor authentication system required to access all Cornell online portals.
- Gates
- Bill & Melinda Gates Hall, the main building for Computing and Information Science
- GSH
- Goldwin Smith Hall, the primary building for the College of Arts and Sciences
- NetID
- The unique alphanumeric identifier used for logging into Cornell email and academic portals
- okenshields
- Okenshields
- PSB
- Physical Sciences Building, a major research and study hub for science students
- Student Essentials
- The main administrative website for checking grades, financial aid, and course enrollment.
- TCAT
- Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, the local bus system used by students to travel around campus and Ithaca
- The Statler
- Statler Hall, the home of the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration
- The Straight
- Willard Straight Hall, the primary student union building.
- Uris
- Can refer to either Uris Library (the 'Harry Potter' library) or Uris Hall (social sciences building).
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall 2026 7-Week 1 Session runs Aug 24, 2026 – Oct 22, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 28 approved campus terms and 19 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.