Cornell offers undergraduate students a wide variety of opportunities to become involved in positive change through community-engaged learning.
Seven projects are receiving a boost from the latest round of Engaged Opportunity Grants, awarded two times a year by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement to teams of faculty or staff and their community partners, including:
BIRDSONG, is a repeat recipient, thanks to a Sustaining Engaged Opportunity Grant, launched this year. Applicants who have successfully completed an EOG Planning grant are eligible. Led by Nora Prior, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and Susanne Bruyère, professor in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, the outreach program pairs Cornell STEM students with high school students with disabilities or communication challenges in the BOCES Career Program. With assistance from Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology, they explore their interest in birds and how to communicate about science.
Additional projects that received winter 2025 Engaged Opportunity Grants include:
- Compassionate Release Project: student volunteers advocate for the compassionate release of prisoners serving extreme sentences in federal prison
Read the full story on the Einhorn Center website.
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