It endowed the country's first professorships in American history, musicology and American literature and was the first U.S. university to offer a major in American studies. The university is also known worldwide for its engineering expertise and advancements. The Cornell Center for Technology, Enterprise, and Commercialization encourages entrepreneurship and economic development by being one of the nation's top institutions in forming start-up companies. It also fosters collaborations with industry and helps to market inventions resulting from Cornell research. Last year, the Center received 200 invention disclosures, filed 203 U.S. patent applications, completed 77 commercial license agreements and distributed royalties of over $4 million to Cornell units and inventors. In other words, this school definitely appears to be a place where someone...

As previous Attorney General Janet Reno's quote on the website states: "I don't think I have ever been anywhere in the United States that had so many people with so many different interests." quote from one of the present students shows this diversity of study. When asked what he is going to do with his future, he answers, "First off, graduate! Then probably business school. Looking forward to studying abroad my junior year, most likely in Switzerland. Then I want to go into private banking for a little while. I hope to eventually open up my own hotel and restaurant, and become an…