Everyone at Cornell can get MS Office for free, on their personal devices.
Students can get MS Office for free
Here's how:
MS Office has been available on any Cornell computer for a long time, using different licensing
MS Office can be installed for free on any Cornell "institution-owned" computer, due to Cornell's license agreement with Microsoft. (A Cornell "institution-owned" computer is any computer purchased with any Cornell funds, or given to the University). University licensed software needs to be removed if the computer's ownership is transferred.