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Global Cornell

Cornell University

International Committee

The committee is charged with identifying strategic initiatives and setting priorities to advance the university's global mission.

Sunset over Cornell's campus with McGraw Clock Tower lit and the lake in the background.

Cornell University is an international community of students, staff, and faculty, and alumni. The university has welcomed international students and faculty since its founding and has engaged in meaningful work abroad for over 100 years. This work spans all disciplines and most countries of the world. The university strives to maintain a consistent, principled, and strategic approach to international affairs but recognizes a diversity of experiences, perspectives, and opinions. Given increasing geopolitical tensions and regulations worldwide and concerns about best practices at home and abroad, the International Committee (IC) offers strategic guidance, expertise, and support to the Office of the Vice Provost of International Affairs (OVPIA) as well as to university leadership more broadly.

Chair

  • Wendy Wolford, Vice Provost for International Affairs, Robert A. and Ruth E. Professor, Global Development, CALS

Members

  • Alexander Colvin, Dean, ILR School
  • Durba Ghosh, Professor, History, Arts and Sciences 
  • Andrew Karolyi, Charles Field Knight Dean, SC Johnson College
  • Kyle Kimball, Vice President for University Relations
  • Gary Koretzky, Vice Provost for Research
  • Peter Loewen, Harold Tanner Dean, Arts and Sciences
  • Thomas Pepinsky, Walter F. LaFeber Professor, Government and Public Policy.
  • Jared Pittman, Senior Associate General Counsel 
  • Christine Potter, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director of Global Operations and Strategy, OVPIA
  • Michael (Mickey) Stewart, Professor and Chair, Otolaryngology; Professor, Population Health Sciences; Senior Associate Dean of International Affairs and Affiliates, Weill Cornell Medicine 
  • Alexander Travis, Professor, Reproductive Biology, Biomedical Sciences; Director, Master of Public Health Program; Chair, Public and Ecosystem Health, Vet Med