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The 2024 Global Hubs Network Meeting was held in London, co-hosted by King’s College London.

Cornell Global Hubs are your point of entry to a world of high-impact opportunities. Based in strategic locations worldwide, Global Hubs bring together faculty, students, alumni, and local communities—to collaborate, learn, and discover.

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Julie Ficarra

[We can decolonize international education] by building partnerships that decenter 'Western' epistemologies, toward the co-creation of knowledge and solutions to our most pressing problems.

— Julie Ficarra
Senior Lecturer, Brooks School of Public Policy
ICC Grant Winner
Ally Mark in Denmark

While in Europe, I learned about and experienced firsthand the differences in the healthcare systems across nations. I’ve been actively applying my knowledge from abroad to my classes at Cornell. It’s so amazing to approach my learning from multiple perspectives.

— Ally Mark '24
Human Development
Denmark
Allison Lee in Sydney

Take the leap of faith. It is so easy to push it off and say that you can do it later, but there is truly no other experience like this—one that is so unique, rewarding, and fun.

— Allison Lee '25
CALS Global Fellow
University of Sydney
Sarah Besky in India

Broadening the inclusiveness and internationalism of our community here—and cultivating research and learning that emerges from these exchanges—is one of the most exciting potentials of Cornell Global Hubs.

— Sarah Besky
Associate Professor, ILR
Faculty Lead
Haruna Floate in Lab

I spent 10 weeks at Ashoka University as a Global Intern. I loved being able to connect my classroom knowledge to laboratory research, all while immersing myself in the rich and vibrant culture of India.

— Haruna Floate '26
Nutritional Sciences
Ashoka University
Reuben Wong headshot

NUS is heartened to be on board with the Cornell Global Hubs initiative. Cornell's recent interdisciplinary salons included six NUS faculty members engaging with Cornell and other Global Hubs academics. It's exciting to see what lies ahead for our collaboration.

— Reuben Wong
Associate Vice President, Global Relations
National University of Singapore

Spotlights

Student hackathon team competes at HKUST entrepreneurship competition.

An ICC grant funded a Cornell/USFQ class that combines classroom and fieldwork.

Enjoy a visual tour of Hubs success stories for faculty, students, and alumni.

Vice Provost Wendy Wolford explains what sets the Cornell Global Hubs apart. 

Cornell's Language Resource Center catches up with Şebnem Özkan, director of Global Hubs, to learn what's new in Cornell's collaborative, interdisciplinary initiative with partners around the world.

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Cornell alumni, faculty, and global experts gathered in Guangzhou for the 2024 Cornell-China Forum to discuss sustainability, aging, future cities, and education.

Global Cornell welcomed almost 100 representatives from 18 international Global Hubs partner institutions to London for the second network meeting, co-hosted by King's College London. Participants came together to exchange ideas and pave the way for collaborations and engagement to build a better world.

 

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Four Imperial College London PhD students share their experiences at Cornell during the 2023-24 academic year. They partnered with Cornell professors and researchers as part of the Imperial Global Fellows Fund.

Empathera, a student team formed at the Cornell Health Tech Hackathon in March 2024, has been selected to represent Cornell in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Sino-Million Dol


Opportunities

Each Global Hub is unique, but all are grounded in partnerships with strong local universities and based on the principle of mutual benefit and exchange. Cornell is working with Hub partners to develop hands-on projects that promote study and expand the range of academic experiences at home and abroad.

Partners

faculty collaborations | events and symposia | student exchanges | thematic networks

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Faculty

seed funding | faculty-led study abroad | co-teaching | regional access | staff support

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Students

study abroad | field work | faculty-led research | internships | incoming exchange students

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Alumni

mentoring | engaging with faculty | providing internships | in-country connections to Cornell

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