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Global Cornell

Cornell University

Initiatives

Global Cornell organizes special initiatives and leads campus and community support for projects that enrich Cornell's connection to the world and foster international collaborations, learning, and shared discovery.

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Scholars Under Threat

Since 2016, Global Cornell has led campus and community support for international scholars, students, and human rights defenders whose work puts them at risk in their home countries. Learn how we support Scholars Under Threat

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Global Grand Challenges

Global Grand Challenges bring together Cornell's world-class strengths—vision, expertise, people, and resources—to understand humanity's most urgent challenges and create real-world solutions.

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International Research Matters

For 160 years, Cornell University has carried out groundbreaking international work that turns bold ideas into solutions and improves lives abroad and in the United States.