Cornell, New York state's land-grant university, has received the nation's top recognition for community-related activities from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Cornell University has scores of programs that do everything from helping children avoid burns to educating men in prisons and supporting the sustainability of small farms.

For its community engagement, the university has earned the nation's top recognition. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching -- whose classifications of colleges and universities are considered the country's gold standard -- has designated Cornell an "institution of community engagement," Carnegie announced today (Jan. 5). Cornell is now one of only 311 U.S. colleges and universities to receive this classification. Read the full story