Cornellians, like most college students, have many requirements to graduate, including reaching a certain number of credit hours, completing different distribution subjects and — if they are Arts and ...

ITHACA, NY -- So far, no strategy has stopped Cornell University students from swimming -- and sometimes drowning -- in the beautiful swimming hole in the Fall Creek Gorge that runs through campus.

On Friday, Nov. 10, the Cornell Water Competency Graduation Requirement was updated according to “more modern water safety competency based on industry standards.” The new test requires students to ...

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Cornell University will not conduct its 115-year-old swim test this fall due to the pandemic. The Ivy League school confirmed Wednesday it was waiving the requirement for those ...

A Cornell-bound teen from the Bronx who was set to start classes in two weeks drowned Saturday while swimming in a gorge upstate, cops said. Incoming freshman Winston Samuel Perez-Ventura went for a ...

Wes Newman was sitting inside his cubical working a business internship in Philadelphia during the summer of 2008. Newman’s mind was elsewhere. He wasn’t thinking about the prospects of what this ...

CORAOPOLIS — Water doesn’t recognize enrollment figures. It doesn’t care about big schools and small schools. It doesn’t embrace tradition or experience. Water respects effort. It rewards ...

ITHACA, New York, January 15. THE Cornell men's swimming and diving team won its fourth straight dual meet and improved to 5-2 on the season with a 149-127 victory on Saturday afternoon at Teagle Pool ...

Coming off short rest from last weekend’s season opener, the Penn swim teams showed no signs of fatigue. “They could have gone into meet today feeling sorry for themselves, being tired and not ready ...