Up to 20 early-stage research projects will receive funding from this year’s Global Hubs Research Seed Grants, connecting Cornell faculty with researchers at Global Hubs partner universities. Applications are due Oct. 15. 

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.

Expected funding for National Resource Centers, which are dedicated to language and area studies education, never came through this summer. Ellen Lust, director of the Einaudi Center, speaks about the impacts at Cornell and to students across the country.