Global Hubs Network
Global Hubs connect all of Cornell—students, faculty, staff, and international alumni—with world-class peer universities. And these Cornell connections are just the beginning: our Hubs partners join a vibrant network of transnational research and learning opportunities, collaborating with other Hubs universities and Cornell.
The network's multilateral engagement makes Global Hubs unique—and powerfully effective. Hubs build the kind of strong, long-term international relationships that create understanding, meaningful results, and lasting change.
Network Fast Facts
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Global Hubs partner universities worldwide
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Attendees at the 2024 Hubs network meeting
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Global Hubs affinity groups—and growing!
Cultivating Worldwide Relationships
Hubs Network Meetings
Global Hubs hold annual research network meetings in Ithaca and at Hubs locations worldwide. These in-person meetings bring us together for topical and planning workshops, panel discussions, themed affinity group meetings, and work on joint research projects. Our collaborations continue virtually and with partner visits throughout the year.
Hubs Affinity Groups
Global Hubs foster collaboration through affinity groups that connect faculty and professionals across the Hubs network. Weill Cornell Medicine organized the first affinity group focused on medical schools, and since then the groups have expanded:
- Medical schools
- Women's health
- Sustainable tourism
- Research security
- Engaged learning
- Student mobility
Affinity groups meet regularly, both virtually and in person—most recently at the November 2024 Global Hubs network meeting, cohosted by King’s College London. The groups deepen multilateral collaboration among Global Hubs partners and amplify the impact of our shared initiatives.
Calling Cornell Alumni
Get involved at your Hub! Explore locations—then reach out to learn more about activities near you. We welcome your input on how alumni can create engagement opportunities for Cornell faculty and students.
Full listing
Prakhar Singhania's Cold Bank food storage system took the top prize in the BIG Idea Competition. Singhania is an undergraduate exchange student from Global Hubs partner Ashoka University studying supply chain, food science, and material science.
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Beyond Borders celebrates Cornell’s history of international engagement and campus diversity—from the university’s founding to today.
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Funding from a 2022 Global Cornell International Cornell Curriculum (ICC) Development Grant provided Cornell and USFQ faculty the opportunity to pilot a bilateral exchange course.
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A delegation from Cornell University visited the University of Ghana Business School to discuss a potential project to be funded by the Master Card Foundation and its mutual benefits for both.
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On October 9-10, academics from Queen Mary University of London and Cornell University met on the Queen Mary, Malta campus on the island of Gozo for a workshop on transnational migration.
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This summer, Cornell welcomed six PhD students from Imperial College London to the Ithaca and Cornell Tech campuses as part of Imperial's Global Fellows Fund.
Global Cornell leadership visited India in April, where they met with alumni and institutional partners.
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Imperial College London and Cornell University have formed a new partnership to cooperate on using AI to accelerate scientific discovery and future technologies.
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New seed grants from Global Cornell are deepening relationships between Cornell and its Global Hubs partners across the world.
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Hosted by Global Cornell, the Global Grand Challenges Symposium brought together more than 300 faculty, staff and students from Cornell and the new Cornell Global Hubs to discuss ideas for the next universitywide Global Grand Challenge.