The exterior of 570 Lexington in Manhattan.

570 Lexington Avenue

More than a dozen Cornell programs occupy space in the historic General Electric building (formerly the RCA Victor building) at Lexington Ave. and 51st St., providing a new Midtown hub for faculty research, student learning and public engagement activities. The building serves as the new NYC headquarters for the ILR School and Cornell University Cooperative Extension-New York City.

School of Industrial and Labor Relations

With 40,000-square-feet of space, ILR has workstations and offices for nearly 100 staff, a variety of classrooms and accommodations for seven institutes and programs: The Worker Institute; ILR Executive Education; the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution; the Labor and Employment Law Program; the Institute for Compensation Studies; the Smithers Institute for Alcohol-Related Workplace Studies; and the Institute for Workplace Studies.

On the 12th floor, the ILR NYC Conference Center provides space for conferences, seminars, workshops, trainings, meetings, classes and receptions.

Weill Cornell Medicine

Weill Cornell Medicine, including headquarters for the Weill Cornell Graduate School Master of Science in Health Sciences for Physician Assistants Program, occupies the building’s ninth and 10th floors. Weill Cornell Medicine’s administrative and external affairs offices are nearby at 575 Lexington Ave.

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

The seventh floor includes space for classes, meetings, networking and other activities hosted by the college and each of its three schools — the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration.

Cornell University Cooperative Extension-New York City

Twelve educators and staff provide programs on health, nutrition and family and youth development, serving thousands of NYC residents annually.  Learn more

Practicing Medicine: Health Care Culture and Careers

A program of the College of Human Ecology and the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions (SCE), the experiential learning program targets students considering careers in health care.  Learn More

SCE also offers NYC-based summer classes in law and business management.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

CALS provides a home base for college staff and faculty visiting NYC to reserve workstations on a first-come, first-served basis.

Cornell Engineering

The Systems Engineering Program has space to foster collaborations with Cornell partners and with other programs in New York City.

Cornell University Library

CUL has reserved space to support the information and research needs of Cornell’s New York City-based programs, students, faculty and researchers.  Learn more

New York Sea Grant

The program – a partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Cornell and the State University of New York – leverages the location to promote coastal community economic vitality, environmental sustainability and citizen awareness of the state’s Great Lakes and marine resources, including those in the NYC metro area.