<p>Cornell is a "Space Grant" college and has ties to NASA. There are many others. If you are crazy about space exploration like me and followed the recent landing on Mars with excitement, you might want to know about Space Grant colleges. </p>
<p>Spent one summer internship at NASA Goddard SFC and one summer at Arecibo Radio Observartory.</p>
<p>Space</a> grant colleges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p>
<p>The program claims the following objectives [1]:</p>
<p>Establish and maintain a national network of universities with interests and capabilities in aeronautics, space and related fields;
Encourage cooperative programs among universities, aerospace industry, and federal, state and local governments;
Encourage interdisciplinary training, research and public service programs related to aerospace;
Recruit and train U.S. citizens, especially women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities, for careers in aerospace science and technology; and,
Promote a strong science, mathematics, and technology education base from elementary through secondary levels.</p>
<p>My university (UAH) is also a space grant college. As an undergrad at FIT, I spent two summers researching in PA with a grant from the Delaware Space Grant Consortium, and I held an internship at NASA MSFC as part of the NASA Academy program sponsored by the Florida Space Grant Consortium. Now, I'm funded by a NASA MSFC GSRP.</p>
<p>The Space Grant Consortia and NASA Education programs are fantastic! I'd highly recommend them to interested students.</p>
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How'd you pick Cornell from all the different colleges on that list?</p>
<p>lgellar-
strong ECE engineering program
close to home
lots of research involvement with NASA, not just outreach
strong planetary sciences
Arecibo Radio Observatory (but students from any college can intern there)
visited many times since childhood and felt comfortable
legacy
Carl Sagan was cool
Steve Squires is cool</p>
<p>re: post # 2, UAH = U Alabama Huntsville
big NASA center in Huntsville, right Laura1013?</p>
<p>UAH also has Space Camp and the only Division I hockey program south of the Mason-Dixon line.</p>
<p>Cornell, coincidentally, is one of only three institutions, with land, sea, space, and sun grant status. Delaware and Oregon State are the other two.</p>
<p>Space grant my butt...Rice gave the land that NASA is on right now to the federal govt.</p>
<p>Collegehelp: Yes, Huntsville is home to Redstone Arsenal, which contains Marshall Space Flight Center.</p>
<p>Westsidewolf: Rice University donated 1,000 acres of Johnson Space Center's 1,600 acres of land, yes. How's that relevant to the topic at hand?</p>
<p>There is a Space Grant Consortium for all 50 U.S. states plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. To find yours, visit NASA</a> - National Space Grant Consortium Web Sites.</p>
<p>There are actually 5 sun-grant colleges, according to this:</p>
<p>Sun</a> grant colleges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p>
<p>Though it appears there are more that are informal participants.</p>