Local Services
University Health Services
University Health Services on Central Campus
Local Sanitorium
Off-Campus Infirmary
Health Clinic
Clinic space was expanded to provide greater service to the campus community.
1975
New “Gannett Clinic” opens on Ho Plaza. The clinic is named by the Gannett Foundation to honor media mogul Frank Gannett, CU 1898.
1965
1979
Since Cornell’s earliest days, outbreaks of communicable disease, disasters of local, national, and international scale, and other emerging public health concerns have shaped campus support for the students in our care. As early as 1882, a “Mental Health Division” was created at the university, making Cornell an early leader in recognizing the importance of emotional health and well-being in students’ lives. In recent decades, an increasing number of state and federal mandates – from safety regulations and required vaccinations to sexual violence services – have influenced the scope of health services as well as our delivery of care.
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1985
Gannett Health Center
1956
1955
University health officer—called the medical adviser— was appointed.
1945
Infirmary was expanded to Schuyler House (addition built to connect the structures).
President Day announced “the University will assume full responsibility for the medical care of sick students.” First clinic opens on central campus in a faculty residence.
1935
Henry Sage home was converted into an infirmary to accommodate about 20 students.
1925
Ithaca’s Cascadilla Sanitarium (now a Collegetown residence hall) was once described as an “ill-ventilated, ill-smelling, uncomfortable, ill-looking alms house.”
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Gannett Clinic
1940
1870s
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A RICH HISTORY