Location: Duffield Hall Atrium
Career Conversations

Cornell families are a wonderful resource for students to explore networking skills in a caring and supportive environment.

Whether you're currently on your career journey or you have retired or volunteer, you have insights and perspectives to help prepare Cornell students for the job market. Come to Career Conversations to share your experiences and help them strengthen their networking skills. You'll meet undergraduate students from all colleges to offer broad-based career advice and answer their questions.

Or, just plan to attend and bring your student to explore career services together! College-based Career Services professionals will be there to talk to you about the resources they offer.

Questions? Email us at familyfellows@cornell.edu.

Location: Willard Straight Hall
Reception for parents, students, and honored guests

Enjoy an evening of mixing and mingling with other Cornell families, university leaders, faculty, and staff over drinks and light refreshments. Your students and honored guests are welcome to join in this fun and lively gathering.

Location: Park Atrium, Robert A. and Jan M. Beck Center, Statler Hall

Enjoy a hearty continental breakfast with other Cornell Family Fellows to start your day of learning and engagement.

Location: Room 196, Beck Center, Statler Hall

Location: Room 196, Beck Center, Statler Hall

Location: Statler Ballroom, Statler Hotel

The Future of the American University 

In fall 2025, Provost Kavita Bala appointed a faculty-led Committee on the Future of the American University to explore how the university can evolve to best serve future generations while pursuing its core missions of education, scholarship, public impact, and community engagement. Join Provost Bala and members of the committee to hear more about their work and to share your perspectives on the future of higher education and Cornell. 

Moderator: Provost Kavita Bala 

Location: Johnson Museum of Art

*Space is limited

Location: Computing & Communications Center

Step into the Creative Technology Lab at Cornell's Center for Teaching Innovation and experience how emerging technologies are reshaping teaching, learning, and creativity at Cornell. The demo features hands-on explorations of AI tools, augmented and virtual reality, and digital storytelling, showcasing projects developed in partnership with faculty, students, and researchers across campus.

Choose an area of Cornell University to learn more about! Select a tour to get a behind the scenes glimpse into some of Cornell's most intriguing areas.

The Cornell University Insect Collection: With more than 7 million specimens representing 200,000 species, the Cornell University Insect Collection is one of the largest in the world. From Nabokov's noted butterflies to multitudes of beetles, you'll be to view just a sample of the varieties and understand how our entomology department serves to support both the citizens and the farmers of New York State with their entomological concerns.

Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science: Cornell Bowers’ new, LEED gold certified Computing and Information Science building provides 135,000 square feet of dynamic space for students and faculty in our three departments—computer science, information science, and statistics and data science—to learn, research, and innovate together. The building features robotics, builder, and research labs, a design studio, and an active learning classroom, in addition to office spaces, meeting rooms, and informal study areas.

Cornell Chimes: Housed in historic McGraw Tower, which was re-opened in the fall of 2025 after two years of construction, the 21-bells are played primarily by student chimemasters. Join a chimemaster to learn more about this uniquely Cornell tradition and enjoy the view of campus and Ithaca from the top of the tower. Please note - you will need to climb 161 steps to the top of the tower!

Location: The Regent Lounge, Statler Hotel
Join members of the Parent team to reconnect with friends and meet new ones.

Location: Beck Center Atrium

Join us for a relaxed breakfast and bring your students as we come together to reflect on the weekend and make plans for next time. We hope you’ll come to start the day off with conversation and a warm send-off. 

Location: RSVP for details

Hillel is pleased to be able to invite all Family Fellows and their students to the groundbreaking celebration and ceremony for the first stand-alone Hillel building at Cornell, marking a most exciting and historic moment for campus life. Email skc79@cornell.edu for more information and RSVP.

With your leadership support, you are recognized as a Family Fellow.

For any questions, please email familyfellows@cornell.edu