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Byline: Priya Pradhan

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Intercultural conversations

Story circles foster intercultural conversations, belonging

Cornell Chronicle

Launched by the Office of Global Learning (OGL), the story circles initiative is intended to bridge the gaps in intercultural understanding between Cornell’s international and domestic populations.

Global Cornell

Bartels lecturer speaks out on rising threats to democracy

Cornell Chronicle

"Home may have become a dangerous place for democracy to flourish now," said Nobel prize–winning economist Amartya Sen, this year’s Bartels World Affairs Fellow. His May 5 lecture was hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.

International Studies

Nobel laureate Sen to lecture on protecting democracy

Cornell Chronicle

Amartya Sen, professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, will give the annual Bartels World Affairs Lecture on May 5. His talk, “Attacks on Democracy,” is Hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies; this year’s virtual lecture is part of the center’s democratic resilience global research priority.

Government, Science and Technology Studies

Lund Critical Debate to examine global policing, social justice

Cornell Chronicle

In the wake of last summer’s protests against racism and police violence, this year’s Lund Critical Debate, “The Police and the Public: Global Perspectives,” will explore the contested ground between social justice and security, and weigh strategies for conflict resolution – both inside and outside the policing framework.

Fulbright Scholars

Fulbright winners hope for global research, teaching in 2021

Cornell Chronicle

When Lisa Malloy ’17 visited China for the first time in 2018, she was amazed by the pervasiveness of artificial intelligence in everyday life.

Asian Studies, Linguistics

Einaudi student workers jump into global careers

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Last year, Jenna Robinson ’19 was a communications major and student technical assistant at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. Now she’s an associate product marketing manager at YouTube in San Francisco.

Research abroad

Two doctoral students win Fulbright-Hays fellowships

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell doctoral students Mary-Kate Long and Jiwon Baik have received Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education.The prestigious fellowships, managed at Cornell by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, will take Long to Myanmar and Baik to China.

International graduates

International graduates honored at Global Learning reception

Cornell Chronicle

With more than 5,000 international students, Cornell is a vibrant global community. The Office of Global Learning honored international students’ achievements May 2, sending the Class of 2019 off in style.Wendy Wolford, center, vice provost for international affairs, congratulates international graduates.

Graduate student research

Einaudi Center funds Cornell dissertations with global impact

Einaudi Center

Twelve graduate students will spend this year refining their dissertation plans and testing the waters of global research, with help from faculty mentors and intensive workshops, in the Einaudi-SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Program.

History of Art & Performing & Media Arts

Bollywood biopic debuts at Cornell

Cornell Chronicle

Bollywood director Nandita Das brings her breakout 2018 film “Manto,” the story of maverick writer Saadat Hasan Manto during the Partition of India, to Cornell on Thursday, March 14.