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Gracekelly Fulton '24, co-lead of the Sustainable Landscapes team, prepares to plant a wild plum tree outside Onondaga Nation School.
Nov 14, 2024
Medicinal garden at Onondaga Nation School grows opportunity
Nov 7, 2024
German studies hosts evening with ‘Rosa and Blanca’ playwright
Nov 6, 2024
Cornell microchip designers inspire students with 'fox hunt'
With the community, the 2024 Engineers in Action project team built a bridge over the Black Mbuluzi River in Eswatini - connecting 5,400 people to schools, health care and markets.
Oct 29, 2024
Student team expands impact with water and bridge projects in Eswatini
Oct 23, 2024
Students look to cast their votes with enthusiasm – and nuance
Goldwin Smith Hall and the statue of Ezra Cornell on the Arts Quad in fall.
Oct 15, 2024
Engaged faculty network grows with 28 new fellows
Oct 14, 2024
Engineering students teach 4-H youth about STEM careers, concepts
Oct 14, 2024
World Languages Days open to public this year
Oct 14, 2024
NYS communities create a crisis resilience playbook, with Cornell help
Oct 10, 2024
With research and data, professor empowers Indigenous communities
Volunteers salvaged original wood flooring, utilities and other elements from homes deconstructed in Ithaca’s Collegetown neighborhood in 2022.
Oct 3, 2024
Building deconstruction, reuse would benefit NYS jobs, climate
Oct 2, 2024
Navigate public opinion to win the presidency in online game
Sep 27, 2024
PRYDE Scholars spend summer helping celebrate 4-H’er contributions to communities
“Birding buddies” go on a birding walk through Stewart Park at the end of the spring semester.
Sep 26, 2024
‘Birding buddies’ build social and science communication skills
Sep 25, 2024
A research trip to India’s indigenous communities makes global health personal
Sep 24, 2024
Paving the way for NYC High Roaders
The nonpartisan student group Cornell Votes tables at Welcome Students Weekend, Sept. 14, on the Ithaca Commons.
Sep 17, 2024
Cornell Votes fields a surge of student interest in voting
Erini Williams ’26 and Jessica Han '26 participated in the pilot internship program, where they worked with teens in the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem.
Sep 4, 2024
College of Human Ecology launches engaged internship in NYC
Aug 20, 2024
Zhang named provost’s fellow for public engagement
Ithaca High School senior Etienne Exantus, left, studies tomato grafting with graduate student and mentor Sam Yanders.
Aug 13, 2024
STEP expands local high school students’ horizons
Students and alumni at the inaugural Women in Community-Engaged Leadership Symposium on June 20. Photo by Jesse Winter.
Jul 31, 2024
Leadership symposium inspires women to build community
Michael Ramos, UWTC president and CEO, and Whitney Tassie, the Einhorn Center's grants and awards lead, at UWTC's Celebration 2024 event
Jul 22, 2024
United Way of Tompkins County honors Einhorn Center partnership
Artist Brandon Lazore is creating a digital mural about climate change in the Kettle Lakes Watershed in collaboration with New York State Water Resources Institute and  the Cortland-Onondaga Federation of Kettle Lakes Associations
Jul 18, 2024
Digital murals to dental clinics: Einhorn Center grants support community-based projects
Jun 18, 2024
AAP launches Engagement Impact Grants
Beverly J. Martin Elementary students explore model play spaces created by their peers, with reading teacher Jenna Hallas, on May 8.
Jun 5, 2024
Cornell experts, Ithaca elementary students reimagine outdoor spaces together
Members of Art Beyond Cornell at the Spring Gallery event.
May 29, 2024
Art Beyond Cornell exhibition features works by incarcerated youth
Sophia Lin ’25, left, and Steven Sun ’25, right, set up their all-in-one device that transmits blood pressure data via low-frequency radio waves.
May 23, 2024
Students transmit health care data without cell service, internet
Justin Chen ’24, an environment and sustainability major, paints the edges of his canvas black. His final project is an abstract data visualization that represents the rarity of bird species, conservation status by state and seasonality.
May 20, 2024
Art brings science to life along the Mohawk River
Joel M. Malina, vice president for university relations (center), presented graduating seniors Angelina Tang ’24 (left) and Alexa Plancher ’24 (right) with the 2024 University Relations Campus Community Leadership Award on May 16.
May 20, 2024
Big Red Buddies co-presidents win Campus-Community Leadership Awards
May 15, 2024
Students of different faiths unite to plant trees, give back
Eleven graduate students from across the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business are now certified as community-engaged learning teaching assistants.
May 15, 2024
SC Johnson grad students master community-engaged learning
Matias (right) receives the Levy Award from Eve De Rosa, dean of faculty and the Mibs Martin Follett Professor in Human Ecology, at the Einhorn Center’s 2nd Annual Community Engagement Awards.
May 13, 2024
Matias awarded for community-engaged hiring transparency project
May 6, 2024
2024 Senior Spotlights
May 2, 2024
License suspensions disproportionately hurt marginalized
The Einhorn Center's End of Year Student & Senior Celebration at 
at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, Monday, April 29, 2024.
Apr 30, 2024
Gary Fine of Prisoner Express named CWSP Supervisor of the Year
Apr 29, 2024
Collaboration reimagines shopping mall as wellness hub
Apr 29, 2024
Cornell, SUNY students show off contributions that help others
Apr 24, 2024
Through service, students deepen Cornell’s ties to community
Diane Cohen, chief executive officer of Finger Lakes ReUse, gives the keynote address at the second annual Community Engagement Awards.
Apr 24, 2024
Community Engagement Awards honor exceptional people, projects 
Apr 24, 2024
Student group adapts toys, devices for kids with disabilities
Apr 23, 2024
Workbook tackles injustice – and carbon – in built environment
Students visit Peguche Wasi to learn about how indigenous peoples are preserving traditional hand-weaving practices.
Apr 22, 2024
Cornell-USFQ partnership forges equity in international classroom
Apr 22, 2024
Nine students receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards
Sarah McMorrow '24
Apr 22, 2024
JFK Award recipient merges passions for medicine and public service
Melody Welles '27 and Ariela Asllani ’26
Apr 19, 2024
Robinson-Appel Award recipients serve diverse local populations
Community-Engaged Practice & Innovation Award recipients at the Einhorn Center’s 2nd Annual Community Engagement Awards.
Apr 18, 2024
Faculty awarded for creative, innovative community-engagement
Apr 17, 2024
Maribel Garcia awardee honored for conservation efforts in Central Africa
(From Left) Dr. Nia Nunn, Southside Community Center Board President, Chavon Bunch, Southside Community Center Executive Director, Susan H. Murphy ’73, PhD ’94, former vice president for student and academic services, Rebecca Morgenstern Brenner, senior lecturer at the Jeb. E. Brooks School of Public Policy, Doug Kaplan ‘88, and Kayla Matos, Southside Community Center Deputy Director at the Einhorn Center’s 2nd Annual Community Engagement Awards.
Apr 17, 2024
Rebecca Morgenstern Brenner receives 2024 Kaplan Fellowship
Apr 15, 2024
Snapshot highlights university’s role in local economy
Liam Du '25
Apr 12, 2024
Liam Du '25 named CWSP Student Employee of the Year
Architecture students volunteer at the Enfield Food Distribution Center. The visit served as participatory research for their speculative design projects.
Apr 11, 2024
Community-engaged research gets boost from new grants
Apr 11, 2024
Cornell recognized among Vote Everywhere’s “Founding Fifteen” campuses
Student leaders and members of the center's Alumni Advisory Council: Laila Rahbari ‘24 JD ‘27, Ella Paolucci ‘24, Olivia Ochoa ‘24 and Angelina Tang ‘24.
Mar 22, 2024
Alumni Advisory Council gathers at CALC
Ying Lin Zhao ’26, center, works with Amy LeViere ’95, left, chief philanthropic services and systems officer, and CEO George Ferrari ’84 at the Tompkins County Community Foundation.
Mar 21, 2024
Community Work-Study Program celebrates 50 years
Sophia Ukeni ’27 tries the mortar and pestle method of removing coffee bean husks at Don Pupo in Santa Ana.
Mar 19, 2024
Students explore Costa Rica's agriculture and food systems
Mar 13, 2024
Students from 29 campuses join forces for health hackathon
Mar 11, 2024
Video: Community-Engaged Performance Tour of Cuba
Mar 1, 2024
Support the Einhorn Center on Giving Day
One recent Engaged Opportunity Grant project will support shore clean-up efforts in Massachusetts. Photo by Sarah J. Thornington
Feb 23, 2024
Engaged Opportunity Grants support student involvement in community projects
Feb 12, 2024
New program trains students to facilitate community-engaged learning courses
College of Engineering student Aryaman Anupam Thareja ’25 chats with other contributors and guests attending the 2023 Contribution Project Student Showcase in the Human Ecology Commons.
Feb 6, 2024
The Contribution Project returns to Cornell, expands to two SUNYs
Feb 5, 2024
Engaged Conversations Series to focus on community partnerships
Abigel Manaye ’24 (standing) argues the opposition side of the debate, “Speechless: Should Union Organizers Have Free Speech Rights in the Workplace?,” held Jan. 31 in Ives Hall.
Feb 2, 2024
Students debate free speech in the workplace
Feb 1, 2024
Founded by undergrads, service groups are still going strong
Jan 31, 2024
Speaker series to examine antisemitism, Islamophobia
Jan 19, 2024
Cornell Cares: showing love and respect through service
CPFB grantee Veronica Zellers ’24 (second from left) and community partner Professor Bruce Levitt (fifth from left) with Art Beyond Cornell members and supporters at a spring 2023 event
Jan 18, 2024
Student grant board funds social justice community projects
Jan 11, 2024
Big Red Buddies aids in kids' social development
Dec 21, 2023
Cornell students give back this holiday season
As part of the Pro Bono Legal Reentry Assistance program, Cornell Law School student Zaria Goicochea (left) and Jason Hoge (right), attorney from Legal Assistance of Western New York, work with a client at an Expungement Clinic at the Tompkins County Public Library on Oct. 23.
Dec 12, 2023
Students help those with criminal records gain clean slates
Dec 8, 2023
Celebrating December 2023 Seniors
Dec 6, 2023
Gliders, circuits, siphons: Upward Bound students experience engineering at Cornell
Dyson School students  discuss affordable housing issues and tour facilities with local developers (photo by Simon Wheeler)
Nov 30, 2023
Students explore business for the greater good through Grand Challenges
Nov 9, 2023
Einhorn Center announces new Engaged Faculty Fellows
SCDI’s Trang Minh Nguyen, program manager for harm reduction and addiction treatment and children and youth programs, speaks to the team in preparation for work with VACEP storytelling partners in the SCDI offices in Hanoi. Photo by David Koh / VinUni
Nov 8, 2023
Partnership raises awareness of childhood abuse and neglect in Vietnam
Nov 7, 2023
Student groups earn Cornell honors for local partnerships
Nov 1, 2023
Alumni Advisory Council to increase alumni involvement in community-engaged learning
Emile Bensedrine (B.S. URS '23) leads MS Food Justice Collaborative partners in reparative community engagement activities.
Oct 25, 2023
Designed with care: improving community well-being through planning
Yovani Perez pays taxes on his painting and construction business thanks to an IRS identification number secured through Cornell’s Low-Income Taxpayer Law and Accounting Practicum.
Oct 24, 2023
Low-income taxpayer clinic helps farmworkers access tax justice
As part of the Earth Projects class, Sam Jurado ’24 hangs naturally dyed yarn to dry.
Oct 12, 2023
Field-based art class boosts green consciousness
Oct 6, 2023
CCE interns’ summer projects celebrated at reception
Oct 4, 2023
Coming home: Gayogohó:nǫˀ language programs expand reach
Student interns, from left, Russell Kwong, Sherla Zhagnay and Chet Lukanic speak with Sage Gerling, CCE Ontario County board member and associate director for business operations at the Cornell Agritech.
Sep 28, 2023
Student interns help plan future of 4-H camp
Sep 26, 2023
Dunifon reappointed dean of College of Human Ecology, an Engaged College
Sep 18, 2023
New ASL offerings build on Einhorn Center student-run program
Julia Prescott ’23 plays with children in a Head Start classroom.
Aug 28, 2023
Big Red Buddies support learning in Head Start classrooms
2023 ILR High Road Fellows Kirsten Law and Ron Varghese speak at the group’s weekly Friday Workshops.
Aug 22, 2023
ILR students help NYC area organizations, gain experience
Aug 18, 2023
Student spotlight: Yuxin Zou ’26
Aug 10, 2023
Few in US recognize inequities of climate change
The Cornell Club of Chicago helped inspect and pack food donations at the Greater Chicago Food Depository and the Northern Illinois Food Bank.
Aug 9, 2023
Cornell Cares: making a difference in your hometown
Students visit the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility. IAWWTF is a key community partner in a project studying contaminants in Cayuga Lake.
Aug 2, 2023
Engaged Opportunity Grants fund projects from Tompkins to Tanzania
Denise Rose, right, worked with other Cornell students on a study of mental health in India.
Jul 18, 2023
Serve in Place grants offer international experiences
Jun 22, 2023
Community-engaged learning e-courses available to faculty and staff
Students in Cornell Botanic Gardens’ Learning by Leading program moving plants they propagated from greenhouse to outdoors.
Jun 7, 2023
Students ‘Learning by Leading’ in the Cornell Botanic Gardens
Carley Robinson ’20 is directing the play “Fertile Grounds” for Ithaca’s Civic Ensemble.
Jun 5, 2023
Theatre collaboration sets stage for community engagement
Natalia Urbas '23 (3rd from left) receives the 2023 JFK award from members of the award committee, from left Cynthia Wolloch ’64, Carolyn Neuman '64 and Katie Dealy '00.
May 23, 2023
JFK Award winner to mentor girls of color in STEM
Sruti Yanamandra ’22, a master’s student in mechanical engineering, introduces Internet of Things technology to students at Geneva High School.
May 17, 2023
Students use the Internet of Things to connect, inspire
Abigail Boatmun ’23 receives the 2023 Campus-Community Leadership Award from Joel Malina, vice president for university relations.
May 17, 2023
Boatmun ’23 honored for campus-community leadership
Hannah Rudt in Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
May 15, 2023
CWSP student wins national student employee award
May 12, 2023
Maribel Garcia awardee advances STEM education in Angola
Jake Edwards gives introductory remarks during the canoe dedication ceremony at Cass Park.
May 11, 2023
Students donate handmade canoe to Haudenosaunee youth
May 9, 2023
2023 Senior Spotlights
Einhorn Center Executive Director Basil Safi, left, and Douglas Kaplan ’88 present the 2023 Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship to Gen Meredith
May 2, 2023
Kaplan faculty fellowship honors public health partnerships
Sheryn Albayati ’23 and Hannah Rudt ’23
Apr 27, 2023
Community Work Study Program students honored
Students in the Milstein Program practice with each other before they conduct interviews with civic leaders.
Apr 27, 2023
Milstein first-years take advantage of community, opportunity
Apr 24, 2023
Students’ island clean-up trip inspires multimedia projects
Members of Cornell’s Translator-Interpreter Program, winners of the 27th annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial and Intercultural Peace and Harmony.
Apr 21, 2023
Translator-Interpreter Program wins annual Perkins Prize
Front row (l-r): Alisha Robbins '26, Najeh Abduljalil '25, Yasmin Ballew '23, Michael Dicpinigaitis '24; Back row (l-r): Karen Yearwood, Adin Choung '26, Penny S. Haitkin '65, Basil Safi, Ryan Lombardi, Neil Giacobbi '96
Apr 19, 2023
Robinson-Appel Awards honor student service projects with local youth
Apr 13, 2023
New faculty award celebrates community engagement across Cornell
Apr 10, 2023
Maureen Waller will study driver’s license suspensions as an Access to Justice Scholar
Apr 5, 2023
New hires, new focus enhance academic initiatives at Einhorn Center
Mar 30, 2023
Service-learning helps students help communities
Mar 10, 2023
Blog post: The impact of community-engaged learning
Feb 20, 2023
Student voting ambassadors boost civic engagement through Cornell Votes 
Feb 19, 2023
CHOUNG | Giving back
Feb 15, 2023
MLK lecture examines racial justice after affirmative action
Feb 2, 2023
Center partners with ILR on new engaged, experiential programs office
Jan 31, 2023
MLK Commemorative Lecture: Racial justice after affirmative action
Jan 25, 2023
Cornell, NYSEG pilot app to help consumers moderate electricity use
Jan 10, 2023
Blog post: On the dynamics of kitchen utensils: Icebreakers, discussion and preparation!
Richlove Nkansah ’26
Dec 22, 2022
First-years share their transformational journeys ... so far
Althea Brennan '25
Dec 7, 2022
ILR School's Ithaca Co-Lab builds on research
Dec 5, 2022
Cornell receives national voting recognition
Nov 22, 2022
Town-gown awards honor food-related community partnerships
Nov 21, 2022
Laidlaw scholars at Cornell gain global perspectives
Nov 16, 2022
New fellows expand community-engaged learning network
Nov 14, 2022
Cornell Votes hosts second-annual civic celebration to commemorate unprecedented voter turnout
Cornell Votes members Dana Karami ’23, center, vice president of operations; Patrick Mehler ’23, founding member and president; and Lauren Sherman ’24, incoming vice president of external operations, gather in Willard Straight Hall.
Nov 2, 2022
Students get out the vote, on campus and across the state
Oct 27, 2022
Local teens conduct outdoor design research through Cornell collaboration
Nika Colley ’23, foreground, works on a teaching farm in Rochester as part of her summer internship through Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Oct 13, 2022
CCE interns recall summer experiences and community connections
Oct 13, 2022
Blog post: Skip the small talk!
Sep 19, 2022
Publication: Writing and Publishing Community-Engaged Scholarship
Sep 13, 2022
Blog post: Flexibility and Adaptability
Incoming students worked at the ReUse Center during the Pre-Orientation Service Trips program. Chris Kitchen.
Sep 8, 2022
Orientation service connects students with local community
Sep 6, 2022
Student’s research focuses on Indigenous agriculture system
Morgan Chen (left) and Anna Paaske '24, who is modeling a piece Chen created during her residency
Aug 23, 2022
Artist explores cultural identity by deconstructing materials
A high school student and librarian Daniel McKee participate in the Upward Bound summer program on Tuesday, July 20, 2022.
Aug 9, 2022
Upward Bound helps local high school students get to college
Douglas Kaplan ’88 presents award to Laura Niemi.
Aug 4, 2022
Niemi wins Kaplan Family Fellowship
Aug 2, 2022
Warner wins Levy Engaged Teaching and Research Award
Cornell engineering students built a cutting-edge, outdoor food-sharing cabinet to stave off chronic hunger among local residents.
Jun 17, 2022
Curbing hunger: Students build inventive outdoor food pantry
Katherine McComas, vice provost for land-grant affairs; Jenny Loeffelman, assistant vice president for student and campus life; Krista Saleet, deputy executive director for the David. M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement; Avery MacLean '22; Matthew Borinshteyn '25; Jennifer Lee '23; Marla Love, dean of students
May 24, 2022
Three students win Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Awards
A display table featuring some of the student projects.
May 12, 2022
With $400, students turn ideas into impact
May 5, 2022
Maribel Garcia Awardee increases connection through student stories
Apr 28, 2022
Five students receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards
Apr 25, 2022
Students, county agency raise awareness of commercial sexual exploitation of children
Apr 20, 2022
Community engagement, scholarship, and leadership take Cornell students beyond campus
Apr 19, 2022
Students find many paths to discovery, insight and innovation
Mui Ho ’62, B.Arch. ’66.
Apr 19, 2022
Major gift endows Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities in AAP
Members of the Cornell Translator-Interpreter Program pose for a portrait in Kennedy Hall.
Apr 12, 2022
Student Translator-Interpreter Program breaks language barriers
Apr 7, 2022
Student Experience: The Grand Challenges Framework
Apr 6, 2022
John F. Kennedy Award recipient reimagines public safety
Apr 1, 2022
Grants aim to unite networks to increase impact
Mar 30, 2022
Student grants serve communities from New York to Ethiopia
Mar 16, 2022
CALS junior earns national award for addressing social change
Feb 21, 2022
Students’ tool forecasts manganese in Ithaca water supply
Volunteers salvaged original wood flooring, utilities and other elements from homes deconstructed in Ithaca’s Collegetown neighborhood in 2022.
Feb 16, 2022
Unbuild better: a Collegetown case study in deconstruction
Feb 10, 2022
Justice for marginalized communities
Feb 9, 2022
Volunteer scientists change opinions about vaccines
Jan 27, 2022
Engineers propose greener recycling for medical PPE waste
Patrick Mehler '23, left, Kiran Ganga '24 and John Hanna '24 are members of Cornell Votes, a university-wide, nonpartisan group seeking to increase civic engagement on campus, and promote voter registration and turnout.
Jan 27, 2022
Cornell Votes hails 2020 rise in student voter turnout
Jason Jiang (Dining) and Zhijie (Jacky) Cheng (Engineering) study food safety and English.
Jan 21, 2022
CLASP participants celebrate growth in learning partnerships
Jan 10, 2022
Faculty build network of community-engaged teachers, scholars
Dec 16, 2021
Glass half full: Cornell’s COP26 delegation returns informed, inspired
Global Health students participating in the KCMU-Co collaboration in 2019, the last time the program was in-person.
Dec 1, 2021
Forum showcases community-engaged learning projects
Nov 30, 2021
Cornell, Ithaca College effort moves housing project forward
Nov 29, 2021
Cornell’s first Laidlaw scholars research, lead
Nov 23, 2021
Community partnerships honored at 2021 TOGO awards
Students in
Nov 18, 2021
In the virtual front row, Cornell students saw COP26 unfold
Nov 17, 2021
First-Generation Student from Harlem Leads College Prep Course for Underprivileged High School Students
Nov 9, 2021
Student organization promotes early childhood STEM education in Ithaca
An Oct. 22 ceremony in the Statler Hotel formally dedicated the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, honoring Cornell Trustee David M. Einhorn ’91, who has provided endowment funding for the center through his foundation, Einhorn Collaborative.
Oct 21, 2021
David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement dedicated
Oct 13, 2021
Panel explores ‘cutting-edge’ Engaged College Initiative
Oct 12, 2021
Students recount life-changing CCE internships
Youth participants and researchers celebrate the completion of the program at the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem. Members of the Leak research group, bottom left to right:  Doctoral candidate Navika Gangrade; Thais Salas ’23; Samantha Heller ’23; Hannah Rudt ’23, YeonJin Jung ’22 and Dane Allen ’23.
Oct 11, 2021
Students teach NYC teens about food systems, justice
Oct 11, 2021
New moral psychology minor takes on challenging questions
Oct 7, 2021
Community of practice explores digital storytelling in the classroom
Aug 24, 2021
Students’ satellite mission explores earliest universe
Aug 18, 2021
New engaged course supports NYS rural schools
Emma Harte worked to protect shorebirds this summer.
Aug 16, 2021
Helping shorebirds, refugees through summer work
Jul 8, 2021
Research partnership supports NYS families fighting opioids
Jun 23, 2021
Student veteran given Maribel Garcia Community Spirit Award
Jun 16, 2021
Cornell Atkinson awards $1.8 million to fund vital collaborations
Joseph Margulies, professor of law and visiting professor of government (GOVT).
Jun 9, 2021
Margulies receives Levy faculty engagement award
Jun 7, 2021
Blog showcases community-engaged learning and social change
Krista Saleet, will be deputy executive director of Public Engagement, and Basil Safi, will be executive director.
Jun 3, 2021
New center expands community engagement opportunities
May 21, 2021
Break it down: CR0WD task force forges zero waste goals
May 21, 2021
New global development major unites classroom, field training
May 19, 2021
Faculty profiles: From circular construction to academic law ambition
May 14, 2021
Cornell poet’s play “Trap Door” opens an aperture into Ithaca history
May 11, 2021
Students capture Ithaca civil leaders’ oral histories in new book
May 7, 2021
Engaged learning spotlight: beyond incarceration
May 4, 2021
2021 Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award recipients
Apr 27, 2021
Alice Soewito receives Class of '64 John F. Kennedy Memorial Award
Apr 26, 2021
Joanna Papadakis ’21 honored for town-gown innovation
Apr 14, 2021
Rachel Bezner Kerr: Taking a farmer-led approach to food justice
Mar 31, 2021
Students ‘serve in place,’ reflect on community action
Mar 24, 2021
Newman Civic Fellow works for meaningful change
Mar 15, 2021
Author Valarie Kaur to kick off new CURW speaker series
Mar 5, 2021
Community-engaged learning initiative helps students change the world
Feb 11, 2021
New initiative engages communities in neuroscience
Brianna Johnson ’21, a student researcher on a Cornell team working to increase food security for local residents.
Feb 10, 2021
New research grants support Ithaca-area communities
Dec 22, 2020
Cathy Creighton ’87 to direct ILR’s Buffalo Co-Lab
Dec 8, 2020
Students help man win freedom after 28 years in prison
Dec 2, 2020
Maribel Garcia Community Spirit Award recipient announced
Oct 28, 2020
Laidlaw Scholars undergraduate program comes to Cornell
Oct 14, 2020
Grants fund community-engaged learning curricula
Sep 28, 2020
Community-engaged learning to build on colleges’ strengths
Sep 23, 2020
Glass continues Cleveland transdisciplinary studio and CRP workshop with Engaged Faculty Fellowship
Sep 10, 2020
NSF funding to help erase upstate NY’s digital divide
Sep 8, 2020
Twenty new Engaged Faculty Fellows named
Aug 27, 2020
Brothers’ nonprofit feeds hungry in native Puerto Rico
Jul 9, 2020
Task force fills food gaps for families
Jun 15, 2020
New Engaged Research Grants awarded to 14 partnerships
Jun 9, 2020
Summer practicum underway for first rural humanities cohort
May 27, 2020
Maureen Waller receives 2020 Engaged Scholar Prize
May 18, 2020
Online showcase celebrates students’ community engagement
May 14, 2020
Students reflect on engaged experiences, leadership
May 7, 2020
ILR’s Ithaca Co-Lab to focus on engaged learning, outreach
Apr 27, 2020
Professor helps organize county food task force
Apr 22, 2020
Website charts COVID-19 spread across NY state
Apr 9, 2020
Smooth start to virtual instruction, thanks to weeks of prep
Apr 8, 2020
Cornell joins global research university climate alliance
Apr 2, 2020
Students face pandemic disruption with resilience
Mar 24, 2020
Students sketch Ossining’s budding waterfront ideas
Mar 10, 2020
Getting climate smart in Armenia
Yunyun Wang ’20 awarded national fellowship
Mar 10, 2020
Yunyun Wang ’20 awarded national fellowship
Feb 12, 2020
Four students receive Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Awards
Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research in the ILR School, has been awarded the 2020 George D. Levy Faculty Award, which recognizes a faculty member whose community collaborations serve as models for outstanding community engagement in higher education.
Feb 7, 2020
Bronfenbrenner wins Levy faculty engagement award
Jan 29, 2020
Cornell launches science communication minor
Jan 16, 2020
Burrow, Felippe named provost’s fellows for public engagement
A panel on community partnerships, from left: Jeff Godowski, assistant dean of Flora Rose House; Ansley Jemison, adviser for New York State Opportunity Programs; and Joyce Muchan ’97, assistant director for student development at the Public Service Center.
Jan 10, 2020
Staff share experiences in community-engaged work
Dec 23, 2019
Engagement grant will help support disability advocacy
Dec 18, 2019
Shelter medicine program takes veterinary care to rural area
Dec 16, 2019
CLASP participants connect through lifelong learning
Dec 4, 2019
Pelosi meets Cornell students at UN climate change meeting
Nov 22, 2019
Student engineers to ply their green skills in NYC
Nov 20, 2019
Town-gown awards to recognize community partnerships
Talia Bailes ’20, founder of Ballet and Books, leads a class at the Southside Community Center Oct. 26.
Nov 20, 2019
Students pair ballet and books in Ithaca outreach program
Michael Drake, left, chair of the board of directors of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, presents the C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award to Katherine McComas, vice provost for engagement and land-grant affairs.
Nov 11, 2019
Cornell support for NY farmworkers wins national recognition
Nov 7, 2019
Play looks at how climate change will impact Ithaca’s future
Oct 28, 2019
Symposium seeks to beat back ‘zombies,’ grow sustainable housing
Oct 23, 2019
New global development unit calls for ‘education with impact’
Oct 23, 2019
Students to prep youth with disabilities for employment
Oct 21, 2019
Entrepreneurship faculty win grants for course help
Oct 18, 2019
Cornellians provide ‘greatest good’ return on investment
Debra Castillo, the Emerson Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies in the Department of Comparative Literature and director of the Latina/o Studies Program, gives her presentation on Latinx cultural collaborations during the Rural Humanities Showcase, Sept. 6 at A.D. White House.
Sep 20, 2019
Rural Humanities Showcase touts Cornell-community projects
Apr 4, 2019
An Architect’s Lens on Societal Wellbeing
Jan 23, 2019
Anthony Burrow receives Engaged Scholar Prize
Dec 14, 2018
Moseley receives Engaged Cornell faculty award
Jun 14, 2018
Salma Shitia honored with Kennedy award
May 16, 2018
Two named 2018 Kaplan Faculty Fellows for service-learning work
Apr 19, 2018
Radcliffe honored for wildlife preservation community partnerships
Apr 18, 2018
Allred receives third annual Engaged Scholar Prize
Students in the Cornell in Washington program with Christine Leuenberger, front row, second from left, a senior lecturer in the Department of Science & Technology Studies.
Apr 16, 2018
Students tackle climate policy in Cornell in Washington course
Participating in the panel discussion on community engagement are, from left: Moderator Amanda Wittman, Rochelle Jackson-Smarr, Rafael Aponte, Mané Mehrabyan '17 and Fabina Colon.
Jan 30, 2018
Institute helps staff help students succeed in community engagement
A pedestrian and walking path atop breakwaters, shown in this rendering, could encourage wetland growth and protect Piermont from storm debris.
Dec 17, 2017
Students envision future of Hudson River town confronting flooding
Jul 24, 2017
Collaborative play transcends borders, cultures
Rebecca Burd '20 tutoring Boyton Middle School student Da-Kaw Correia part of a after-school program of a Cornell freshman writing class tutoring middle school students.
Apr 25, 2017
Cornell, Boynton students find common ground through writing
Max Zhang in Ithaca with home that uses wood as a heat source.
Apr 6, 2017
Engineer Max Zhang awarded Engaged Scholar Prize
Bruce Levitt, professor of performing and media arts (PMA) works with students during a rehearsal for a play in Auburn, NY related to the Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP).
May 11, 2016
Bruce Levitt awarded inaugural Engaged Scholar Prize
May 6, 2015
Hannah McKinney wins JFK Award for prison advocacy work
May 6, 2015
Owen Lee-Park awarded Community Spirit Award