Einaudi travel grants send grad students abroad

Eighty-three graduate students travelled internationally for fieldwork last summer with the support of research travel grants from the Einaudi Center for International Studies. Their work sent them to every continent except Antarctica and Australia. Applications are open until March 6 for graduate students seeking support for summer 2026.

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Youth build resilience in climate-vulnerable Sierre Leone

A collaboration based in Bo City empowers future leaders to invest in climate adaptation, providing a model for other "secondary cities."

Helping urban youth use AI to navigate the future

Christian Gant-Madison's '25 platform will use AI to connect youth to jobs, skill development opportunities, civic education information and social resources.

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Grants fund oyster restoration, ‘cattlevoltaics’

Five new projects from the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and The Nature Conservancy seek to protect pollinators, restore oyster habitats, manage flood risk and support “cattlevoltaics.”

A&S student chosen for civic engagement scholarship

Katrina Greene '27 will be headed to Washington, D.C. this spring as a John Robert Lewis Scholar, an award given by the Faith and Politics Institute.

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Task force recommends restraint in use of institutional voice

Cornell leadership will apply principles of institutional restraint to decisions about when and how the university should comment publicly on matters of social and political significance.

Film about Afghan girls’ robotics club, panel set for Feb. 11

Cornell Cinema will present a screening of the documentary “Rule Breakers,” chronicling the founding of Afghanistan’s first all-girls robotics team, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.

Maps offer neighborhood-level insight into American migration

A publicly available dataset mapping moves between U.S. neighborhoods in far greater detail than standard public data could improve studies of climate risk, affordable housing and economic opportunity.

Why instability is becoming the norm in the new world order

For much of the postwar era, the global economic system was built around a reassuring idea: that shared rules, open markets and international cooperation would smooth shocks, spread prosperity and reduce conflict. Maybe not.