Programs, Centers, and Institutes
Each of Cornell’s colleges and schools has an international dimension, but not all aspects of international studies are easily accommodated within the confines of the individual disciplines that comprise the basic structure of the University. To facilitate scholarship and action in cross and inter-disciplinary areas, Cornell has established a variety of programs, centers and institutes. These organizations may be housed within a particular college or school; however, many of their activities and initiatives reach out across the University, allowing agronomists, economists, historians, humanists, sociologists, and other academicians to bring their own perspectives to the study of a particular world area or international topic.
A mark of distinction among all of Cornell’s programs, centers, and institutes are the five area studies programs that are recognized as National Resource Centers (NRCs) by the U.S. Department of Education. This designation signifies the breadth and excellence that these programs maintain in areas deemed critical to U.S. national interests. Supported in part by federal funds, the programs directly promote the teaching of languages and also make their expertise available to the regional community by presenting films and videotapes, organizing lectures, seminars, and workshop, and publishing books and working papers. Cornell’s NRCs cover Latin America, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe.
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Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences,
University-wide Centers
The mission of the Einaudi Center is to enhance the international dimensions of Cornell University’s curriculum and facilitate interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching, as well as serving as the umbrella support organization for more than twenty programs in area, thematic, and development studies at Cornell.
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Africa
Africana Studies and Research Center
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences,
University-wide Centers
Region:
Africa
Africana studies is a tradition of intellectual inquiry and study of African peoples. Using a transdisciplinary approach, Africana scholars document the global migrations and reconstruction of African peoples, as well as patterns of linkages to the African continent and among the peoples of the African Diaspora.
Institute for African Development
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
Region:
Africa
The Cornell Institute for African Development coordinates teaching, outreach, and professional service activities on issues related to Africa, including food security, human resource development, refugee assistance, environmental resource management, economic growth, and public policy.
Asia
Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture
Unit:
Law School
Region:
Asia
The Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture aims to bring a broad interdisciplinary and humanistic focus to the study of law in East Asia. Through research, teaching, and scholarly dialogue, it seeks to expand the purview of legal scholarship and to develop new ways of thinking about transnational law, politics, and culture.
East Asia Program (NRC)
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
Region:
Asia
The East Asia Program coordinates and supports the campus-wide study and understanding of East Asia through courses, faculty research, libraries, art exhibitions, language-learning resources, student organizations, and exchange programs.
South Asia Program (NRC)
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
Region:
Asia
The South Asia Program aims to bring attention to South Asia through courses, faculty research, libraries, art exhibitions, language learning, resources, student organizations, exchange, and outreach programs as well as their own publication series.
Southeast Asia Program (NRC)
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
Region:
Asia
The Southeast Asia Program promotes knowledge and interest in the countries and cultures of Southeast Asia through the support of interdisciplinary teaching, research, outreach, resources, and specialized publications.
Europe
French Studies Program
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
Region:
Europe
The French Studies Program has been established thanks to a grant from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy designating Cornell University as a "Centre Interdisciplinaire," and with the support of the College of Arts and Sciences. It has a double mission: one academic, the other as a resource center for teachers of French in upstate New York.
Institute for European Studies (NRC)
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
Region:
Europe
The Institute for European Studies promotes and co-ordinates multidisciplinary curricula, research projects, initiatives, and events centering on Europe to both broaden the Cornell community's view of Europe and to make the study of European languages, culture, and society an integral part of graduate and undergraduate education.
Institute for German Cultural Studies
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
Region:
Europe
Through the Institute for German Cultural Studies, Cornell students and faculty members from various fields, as well outside scholars and intellectuals, participate in transdisciplinary study, discussion, and exploration of German culture.
Netherlandic Language and Cultural Studies
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
Region:
Europe
The Netherlandic Language and Cultural Studies program has a history dating as far back as WWII. The program aims to provide Cornell students, faculty and staff as well as students from colleges and High Schools of the Upstate New York Region with skills and knowledge of Dutch and Flemish.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin American Studies Program (NRC)
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
Region:
Latin America and the Caribbean
The Latin American Studies Program provides a focus for all activities oriented toward Latin America on the Cornell campus, and aims to stimulate teaching by establishing contacts with Latin American universities and institutions, supporting research through grants to faculty members and graduate students, and sponsoring visiting scholars from Latin America.
Miscellaneous
Berger International Legal Studies Program
Unit:
Law School
Modern legal education must train students to succeed in a rapidly evolving transnational environment. Mastery of a single nation's system of laws is no longer adequate, even if that nation is the United States. The world's leading law schools are already international in scope and purpose. The Cornell Law School is such an institution.
Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
Unit:
Johnson Graduate School of Management
Research and business education programs focus on the ways private enterprise can achieve unparalleled financial success through the solution of the world's social and environmental problems.
Center for the Environment
Unit:
University-wide Centers
Promoting a sustainable relationship between people and the environment as well as ensuring a quality life for people throughout the world is what grounds the vision of the Cornell Center for the Environment. Today's most pressing environmental challenges make clear that all aspects of the environment are connected, sometimes in surprising ways. Cornell has great talent and capacity in diverse disciplines that can advance knowledge and solve environmental problems. The Center specializes in crafting interdisciplinary collaborations among scientists and professors drawn from throughout Cornell and partner institutions.
Center for the Study of Inequality
Unit:
University-wide Centers
The Center for the Study of Inequality (CSI) fosters basic and applied research on social and economic inequalities, as well as the processes by which such inequalities change and persist. As the structure of inequality continues to evolve in unpredictable ways, it becomes increasingly important to develop formal models of the sources and causes of inequality, thus moving beyond the conventional applied policy research that has dominated the field for decades.
Comparative Economic Development
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
The Program in Comparative Economic Development is a small but ambitious program. A major objective of the Program, when it was founded in 1985 by Erik Thorbecke, was to foster an exchange of ideas on development by bringing together development specialists from different parts of the university. The same objective continues to guide the organization of the Program today.
Comparative Muslim Societies Committee
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
The Comparative Muslim Societies Committee was formed in an effort to promote the comparative study of Muslims and Muslim societies between and across the boundaries of traditional area studies programs.
Comparative Societal Analysis
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
he Comparative Societal Analysis Program supports comparative research in a variety of substantive areas, including social inequality, economic and political change, and social movements.
Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program
The Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program conducts applied research and engages in technical cooperation and training on issues of poverty, human resource development, and food and nutrition policy in developing countries and in transition economies of Eastern Europe
Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
Unit:
University-wide Centers
The Cornell Institute for Public Affairs offers a two-year public affairs program, leading to the Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree. The interdisciplinary nature of this MPA program is one of its distinguishing features. CIPA Fellows (graduate students) have the flexibility to design an individualized course of study using faculty resources from across the university. This extraordinary breadth of opportunity, complemented by the wealth and diversity of public policy expertise that exists on the Cornell campus, serves as a catalyst for innovative thought and study.
Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development
Unit:
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
University-wide Centers
Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development (CIIFAD), with partners in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, initiates and supports innovative programs that contribute to improved prospects for global food security, sustainable rural development, and environmental conservation around the world.
Cornell Participatory Action Research Network
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
The Cornell Participatory Action Research Network (CPARN) is a network of Cornell students, staff, faculty and community members committed to the study and promotion of participatory action research as an important framework for understanding and addressing human problems and producing useful social action.
Engineers for a Sustainable World
Engineers for a Sustainable World is a nonprofit organization with a network of more than 3000 professionals and students working to reduce poverty and improve global sustainability. Every day, people around the world struggle to gain access to clean water, food and shelter for their children, and an education to build a better future.
Gender and Global Change
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
The Program on Gender and Global Change is an interdisciplinary program focused on comparative historical analyses of changing patterns of gender relations. It is part of the Einaudi Center for International Studies and coordinates its initiatives with the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program; the African, Asian and Latin American Studies Programs, and topical studies groups such as International Studies in Planning, International Political Economy, and Peace Studies.
Human Ecology Research and Outreach
Unit:
College of Human Ecology
Programs in the College of Human Ecology that are international in scope have wide-ranging topics and include the study of the workplace, AIDS education, and maternal and child nutrition.
ILR International Programs
Unit:
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
ILR International Programs promotes ILR's core mission in research, teaching, and extension programming around the world. Guided by an academic committee, this Program supports the integration of international dimensions into teaching and research at ILR.
ILR Research Centers and Institutes
Unit:
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
ILR is affiliated with over a dozen research centers and institutes, ranging from local to international, that aim to advance knowledge and understanding of work-related issues.
International Medical Education Program
Unit:
Weill Medical College
The Weill Medical College of Cornell is one of the leading medical schools in the field of international medicine. Weill Cornell faculty are actively involved in international research and health care, with ongoing projects in many parts of the world.
International Nutrition Program
The International Nutrition Program trains individuals who are dedicated to eliminating hunger, malnutrition, and chronic disease internationally. The Program faculty addresses nutritional problems through research, nutritional education and training, and applied nutrition programs in the community, government, and international organizations.
International Political Economy
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
The focus of the International Political Economy program changes over time; its activities presently center about two areas of interest: the politics of money and the politics of globalization; as always the program emphasizes both multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary approaches to each of these central concerns.
International Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)
Unit:
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
International Programs (IP/CALS) takes the lead in promoting international collaboration in Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. It combines experience, technology, and innovation to coordinate projects and support faculty and students in their initiatives around the world.
International Studies in Planning
Unit:
College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
In the year 2025, 65 percent of the world's population will live in cities. For this reason, cities, their inhabitants, and the regions they dominate have become central concerns for students of international development. Since 1971, CRP's Program on International Studies in Planning (ISP) has helped students understand the dynamic social, economic, and political context of urban and regional development.
Law School International Programs and Projects
Unit:
Law School
Cornell Law School supports a range of programs and centers that deal with international and comparative topics.
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences,
University-wide Centers
The mission of the Einaudi Center is to enhance the international dimensions of Cornell University’s curriculum and facilitate interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching, as well as serving as the umbrella support organization for more than twenty programs in area, thematic, and development studies at Cornell.
Peace Studies Program
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
An interdisciplinary program involving students and faculty from a wide variety of fields devoted to research and teaching on the problems of war and peace, arms control and disarmament, and instances of collective violence.
Polson Institute for Global Development
Unit:
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
The Polson Institute for Global Development promotes theoretical and applied research activities related to global development. The goal of these activities is to enhance and extend the intellectual work and exchanges among members of the Development Sociology Department, and between the Department and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and other colleges and programs of Cornell University, as well as off-campus development institutes and organizations.
Population and Development
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
The Population and Development Program (PDP) seeks to facilitate research on population dynamics by promoting collaboration among scholars of diverse disciplines in the Cornell community who teach and conduct research on population issues and relationships.
Poverty, Inequality and Development
Unit:
College of Arts and Sciences
Cornell University is a world leader in research on poverty, inequality and development. Its faculty and graduate students conduct theoretical, empirical and policy oriented research across a wide range of disciplines and geographical locations. This website is a window to that research.
