Migrations faculty fellow and anesthesiologist Gunisha Kaur writes about India’s farmers. Although they are critical to providing food for the country, they're dying by suicide in huge numbers. Kaur argues for more than just agricultural reform, but also how India should decriminalize suicide and provide mental health support.

We’re going global! We will talk about Cornell’s new collaborative Global Hubs with our colleagues Wendy Wolford, Rachel Beatty Riedl, Sebnem Ozkan, and Cindy Tarter.

Partnerships exist with institutions in Australia, China, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom, and Zambia.

Rachel Bezner Kerr, part of the Einaudi Center's "qualities of life" research team, contributes to a new cautionary report from the IPCC.

Ukrainian students and researchers at Cornell share thoughts about their loved ones’ safety and their country’s future as they absorb the ongoing news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

At a Cornell event Feb. 22 cosponsored by the Einaudi Center, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor said Russian President Vladimir Putin appears intent on provoking a “horrific conflict.”

"The refugee resettlement program is overwhelmed and lacks resources because of all the cuts the prior administration made,” says Steve Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law.

CNY Central shares the story about the nine Afghan women scholars studying at Cornell, along with an interview with three of the scholars. 

"(The shootings) are certainly something to keep an eye on. I don't mean to trivialize the gravity of what happened,” says Gustavo Flores-Macías, associate professor of government. “But there are tens of millions of people that visit Mexico every year … and these events, they are very shocking, but fortunately they're not particularly prevalent. This is still something that occurs very rarely.”

With support from a Cornell China Center seed grant, Cheng Zhang, assistant professor of information science, and doctoral student Ruidong Zhang have developed a silent-speech recognition device that can identify silent commands using images of skin deformation in the neck and face.

This year’s Lund Critical Debate, “Migration in the Age of Pandemics,” on February 16 explored ways to promote the best public health outcomes worldwide and protect human rights, as waves of people cross national borders.