From Cameroon to Ukraine, threatened scholars are finding ways to keep teaching and researching through Cornell‑supported virtual fellowships anchored closer to home.

Their time studying abroad gave graduating seniors Kevin Chang and Ana Hoffman Sole knowledge of new places, new skills and rich new communities. Now they’re looking ahead to career paths that build on what they learned.

Study abroad programs allow you to deepen your Cornell experience by immersing yourself in another culture. Unlike short-term travel, spending an extended period in a new country offers a uniquely transformative experience.

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.

Cátia Dombaxe, international PhD student from Angola, is bringing badly needed practical science education to impoverished areas of Angola through the STEAMpact Foundation, a nonprofit she founded in 2024.

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.

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

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

Vice provost Wendy Wolford shares that Cornell's international students were able to secure visas in time for the fall 2025 semester.