Telluride House About Telluride House
The Telluride House, formally the Cornell Branch of the Telluride Association (CBTA), is a highly selective residential community of Cornell students, faculty, and scholars. Founded in 1910 by Lucien Lucius Nunn, the House offers full room-and-board scholarships and fosters a collaborative, self-governing intellectual environment. Its guiding pillars are democratic self-governance, communal living, and intellectual inquiry.
We are a community of Cornell scholars passionate about intellectual inquiry, democratic self-governance, and community living.
The House also hosts visiting scholars and events, and serves as a home for community learning and discussion at Cornell. Its members actively participate in governance, maintenance, and educational programming.
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Inquiry
Democratic
Self-governance
Community
Living
Notable Alumni
Richard Feynman
Nobel laureate in Physics, faculty fellow
Frances Perkins
U.S. Secretary of Labor, first woman cabinet member
Barber Conable
President of the World Bank, U.S. Congressman
Gayatri Spivak
Literary theorist & scholar
Allan Bloom
Philosopher & classicist
Barbara Herman
Philosopher, first woman resident under new arrangements