Think globally; learn locally. An online service to Cornellians offers news and documentary broadcasts from around the world, while a monthly group investigates international issues on campus.

Want to watch the news from Ukraine or Zimbabwe? Members of the Cornell community can get a password to access free of charge SCOLA's Web-streaming services to watch international news and cultural television broadcasts from 104 countries in 95 languages.

"You can watch live online or download from a seven-day rolling archive in the form of downloadable, usually half-hour digital files," said Dick Feldman, director of the Cornell's Language Resource Center.

Cornellians are also invited to subscribe to an e-mail list or attend meetings of the Cornell International Education Network, which addresses issues related to international education.

SCOLA is a nonprofit organization that rebroadcasts news and cultural programming. The SCOLA streaming service allows two kinds of desktop access and is Macintosh and PC compatible, Feldman said. Many people are familiar with Channel 1 of SCOLA, which is available on local Time Warner Cable.

"However, the Cornell community can obtain access to all eight SCOLA channels, which offer a broader range of programming," he said.

They include: broadcasts from Europe on Channel 1; programming in Spanish and Portuguese on Channel 2; Chinese programming from the Confucius Institute on Channel 3; broadcasts from mostly Asian countries on Channel 4; programming from continental Africa on Channel 5; programming from the Middle East on Channel 6; South Asian programming on Channel 7 and programming from Eurasia on Channel 8.

To use the service, send a blank e-mail to Feldman, at rf10@cornell.edu, with the subject "SCOLA Password." Feldman will reply with the password and instructions on how to access SCOLA.

Cornellians also can request access to an "Insta-class" service, which provides audio and video files in a chosen language along with a transcript, translation and vocabulary list, by e-mailing Feldman.

Access is funded by the Office of the Vice Provost for International Relations.

Feldman, who also is co-chair of the Cornell International Education Network, said that members of the Cornell community are welcome to attend the network's monthly meetings or subscribe to their e-mail list by contacting Feldman or Alice Wu at purpleiris888@gmail.com. This year, meetings will include such topics as the National Resource Centers' grant activities; service learning; Qatar Ambassadors; short-term study abroad; international alumni and distance learning/videoconferencing abroad.