Former U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator and United Nations ambassador Samantha Power challenged students to make the case for foreign aid and U.S. engagement abroad during the Bartels World Affairs Lecture on April 16.

A team of geophysicists from Cornell, Cameroon, and South Africa is using machine learning tools to unearth new information from earthquake data collected by Cornell 15 years ago—providing a lifeline for a scholar whose career was upended by conflict.

With wars unfolding in far-flung places from Ukraine to the Horn of Africa, Cornell faculty are joining with international collaborators at Cornell Global Hubs to understand the organized violence of modern war – and find ways for nations to act together to keep the peace.

Eighty-three graduate students traveled internationally for fieldwork last summer. Applications are open until March 6 for graduate students seeking support for summer 2026.

The idea for a youth climate action project originated in 2023 during the Einaudi Center-led Mandela Washington Fellowship at Cornell.