The two-year Laidlaw scholars program supports undergraduates as they become globally minded researchers and ethical leaders. Administered by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, the Laidlaw program at Cornell has trained 80 students since 2021. Applications opened this week for first- and second-year students interested in joining the next cohort. 

Overworked teachers in southern India have a new tool for educating their students: Shiksha Copilot, an AI system that generates culturally relevant lesson plans for schools with few resources.

Mursal Rahim's journey from Afghanistan to the U.S.—and eventually to Cornell—was recently chronicled in The Last Free Women: A Daring Escape from Afghanistan and Coming of Age in America.

Cornell faculty are invited to apply for Global Hubs Research Seed Grants by Oct. 14 to launch new international collaborations with researchers at Global Hubs partner universities.

A total of 3,681 first-year students and 603 transfers begin moving to campus on August 17, hailing from 49 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and American Samoa, and 62 countries.