Cornell Lifted

Spread Gratitude Across Cornell

Join Cornell's gratitude movement that transforms campus with thousands of thank-you messages.

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025 on the Arts Quad

Send a Lifted Message

The Lifted submission form is now closed. Keep an eye out for the next semester's Lifted event!

How Lifted Works

A simple process to spread joy and gratitude

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Write a Message

Send a heartfelt note to someone who has made a difference in your Cornell experience - a friend, professor, or staff member.

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We Deliver

On the last day of classes, your message will be displayed alongside thousands of others, creating a beautiful display of campus-wide gratitude.

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Spread Joy

Your recipient discovers their card attached to a cheerful balloon or flower on the Arts Quad in Spring, or amid dazzling lights in Willard Straight Hall in Fall.

Lifted Legacy

A glimpse of our past events

Fall Edition

Spring Edition

Example Messages

Get inspired with these sample messages

Friend

To: Lillian

HELLOO!!! Lillian lillian lillian...where do I even begin. I wanted to let you know you much I appreciate you in my life and how grateful I am to have you as one of my closest friends. I truly do not know how my Cornell experience would've been like without you there and without the experiences we've had together baking disturbingly ugly matcha brownies, calling about stinkbugs, and never finishing freaks and geeks (when is that happening). You mean so much to me and I am seriously going to miss you sososososoosossssos much like I will cry if I think about it right now. DON'T LEAVE ME!!!! Anyway love you so much <3

From: Anonymous hehe

Professor

To: Prof. Harms

Thank you Professor Harms for being such an amazing professor! Having the opportunity to work with you this semester was really wonderful, I learned so much. I'm really excited for the opportunity to take another class with you during my final semester at Cornell, you truly teach in a way that helps me understand difficult coding concepts better than any professor I've had. Happy holidays!

From: Jamie

Staff Member

To: Happy Dave

They say it's the people that make the place. The food at Okenshields may be mid, but the vibes are much better! Okenshields truly would not be what it is without your happiness, dancing, and DJ-ing!

From: Anonymous