This page, edited by Krishna Ramanujan, features stories about the university's outreach, scholarship and research around the world. Contact Krishna at ksr32@cornell.edu


Oct. 2, 2009
Fertilizers may not help crops of poorest African farmers
Global Health students spent summer abroad in low-resource countries
Students deliver 'One Laptop Per Child' -- and critical training -- in Senegal

Aug. 21, 2009
Track coach takes 'Big Red Travel Team' to Kenya
Cornell group tours sites in Turkey on interfaith trip
Skorton tours Africa to build, strengthen partnerships

April 24, 2009
Cornell team in China offers innovative urban eco-design
Johnson School students spend time in Colombia advising businesses
AAP students blog on their impressions of Rome
Southeast Asia Program reaches 50-year milestone

March 4, 2009
Two centers in Ghana welcome CU undergrads as teachers in computer literacy and malaria
Kayoko Hirata '11 helps spearhead U.S.-Japanese student alliance
Alumnus Daniel Fungai Mataruka, Ph.D. '92, to head Agricultural Technology Foundation
U.N. adviser to give keynote at water conference

Jan. 23, 2009
Cornell welcomes its first Joint Japan/World Bank scholars
CU helps build demographic research capacity in Francophone Africa
Chantal Thomas named director of Clarke Initiative
Levine named interim director of Einaudi Center

Nov. 7, 2008
Einaudi Center announces International Week events
A chat with Alice Pell, Cornell's new vice provost for international relations

Sept. 26, 2008
Veterinary students roam the world to improve animal health
Higher yield, cheaper rice-growing method slowly taking root in Africa
Spotlight on Islam versus Islamism
Exploring cooperation for agriculture in the Americas

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