My sister works there.
It's really a fascinating place, from what she's told me. Apparently they heat and cool the buildings using geothermal heat, kind of, by pumping water from deep within the lake and running it through heat pumps. Very efficient and environmentally friendly, as the loop that goes to the building is separate from the lake water so the lake water cannot be contaminated by anything. That still doesn't stop the local hippies/fluffbunnies from protesting that somehow Cornell is doing something wrong.

They also have a great veterinary school there, so any time there's a strange livestock disease or a three headed animal born it's sent there for study.

Add to that the fact that my grandfather used to work for them, and I really have no good excuse for not going and poking around the place...
( Wanderer, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 17:38, Reply)