In a packed Lewis Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall on Oct. 22, campus audiences had an opportunity to join the national debate on international aid.

Cornell students received international recognition and a cash prize from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology during its One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2025.

The federal government ended a program that has funded Cornell's Southeast Asia Program and South Asia Program for decades.

They will conduct research, study, and teach English in Canada, France, Honduras, India, Jamaica, the Netherlands, Norway, and Taiwan.

“Although Afghanistan is situated in a high seismic zone, its vulnerability to earthquakes is affected by other factors,” Noor Ahmad Akhundzadah, a visiting scholar with the South Asia Program.