Mursal Rahim's journey from Afghanistan to the U.S.—and eventually to Cornell—was recently chronicled in The Last Free Women: A Daring Escape from Afghanistan and Coming of Age in America.

Cornell faculty are invited to apply for Global Hubs Research Seed Grants by Oct. 14 to launch new international collaborations with researchers at Global Hubs partner universities.

A total of 3,681 first-year students and 603 transfers begin moving to campus on August 17, hailing from 49 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and American Samoa, and 62 countries.

In this New York Times op-ed, Mursal Rahim (MPA ’25) writes about fleeing Afghanistan and attending Cornell—an educational opportunity unavailable to women under Taliban rule. 

A partnership between Cornell researchers and indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon is marrying traditional and scientific knowledge to protect river ecosystems and their rich biodiversity. Their work is supported by a Global Hubs seed grant.