Although geographically distant, Cornell and Iceland are close in spirit, particularly when it comes to a commitment toward sustainability.

That affinity will be on display when the president of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, visits Cornell’s Ithaca campus Nov. 10-11.

Queen Mary University of London is a Cornell Global Hubs partner institution, enabling students, staff and alumni to study, research, and teach at both institutions. Global Hubs connect the whole of Cornell with strong international peer institutions and their communities, countries, and regions.

From Ken Roberts' recent research in Ecuador and evidence ripped from headlines worldwide, when political parties stoke partisan conflicts–often by contesting formal state institutions, like systems for managing elections–actual democratic capacity may take a hit as public opinion polarizes.

Raj Kumar, vice chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University visited the Cornell campus in August. Jindal is a Global Hubs partner in India.

Global Cornell has awarded five International Cornell Curriculum (ICC) grants totaling $114,000 to support faculty developing courses that feature international experiences for students.

Government PhD candidate Vincent Mauro shares his strategies for making the most of your time at an international collection of primary materials. Mauro's fieldwork was supported by the Einaudi Center's Global PhD Research Awards. 

Einaudi Center director Rachel Beatty Riedl kicked off the event with remarks highlighting the center's core commitments: collaborations that advance knowledge, advocacy, and thought leadership to inform global publics, and teaching and learning that open doors to new worlds.

“Polls suggest Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva enjoys a sizable advantage and might avoid a second round of voting, but President Jair Bolsonaro has discredited the electoral process and blamed the media for an uneven playing field,” says Gustavo Flores-Macias, associate vice provost for international affairs. 

Scholars from Ghana, South Africa, Singapore, China, Japan, Australia , the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, and the U.S. will present research at an Oct. 6-7 conference at the ILR School on labor market inequality for global migrants in the Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia-Pacific regions.

At the event, Aftershocks: Geopolitics Since the Ukraine invasion, a panel of faculty and experts raised concerns about worldwide consequences stemming from the ongoing conflict that began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.