Cornell University

Our Vision:

To lead, enable, and inspire others to attain a healthier world for animals and people.

Our Mission:

We are dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and implementation of scientific knowledge to improve the health and well-being of animals and people. As a New York land-grant college, we achieve regional and global impact through:

• Education: Employing innovative, evidence-based, learner-centered education to prepare students, veterinarians, and scientists to assume vital roles in clinical, population, and diagnostic veterinary medicine; scientific inquiry; local and global public health; and public policy
• Discovery: Producing a continuous stream of scientific breakthroughs at the interface of basic research and clinical application
• Care: Examining and anticipating the rapidly evolving needs of New York and global veterinary healthcare with the redefinition and promotion of excellent multi-disciplinary clinical and diagnostic services and exemplary animal care

Our Values:

• Excellence: Holding ourselves to the highest standards, and continually improving in everything we do.

• Collaboration: Building multidisciplinary and mutually beneficial partnerships within the College, across the University, and with other academic and non-academic organizations.

• Compassion: Demonstrating compassionate and humane care in the treatment of all animals and people.

• Equity: Promoting practices of health and well-being that are consistent across different populations, and ensuring equitable access to our education, training, and services.

• Stewardship: Responsibly managing and conserving environmental and financial resources, and acting with transparency.

• Innovation: Possessing insatiable intellectual curiosity and passion to challenge convention to achieve breakthroughs with lasting impact.

• Respect: Creating an environment of inclusion and empathy for all, where our differences and diversity are embraced and considered the foundation of our strength.

• Communication: Actively engaging in two-way discourse to build understanding and relationships to achieve positive change.