Building a better world through innovation, collaboration and research.
- Commitment to a transdisciplinary approach. Complex problems require complex solutions. Our 60+ researchers fuse expertise in agriculture, economics, gender, environment, plants and more to open new pathways for innovation across disciplines.
- Cultivating global research partnerships. From rural villages to mega cities, we work in communities across six continents in partnership with local people and groups, national institutions, NGOs and global organizations. We believe that collaboration is key to creating long-term, localized solutions.
- Direct social impact. Our multidisciplinary teams explore the root cause of today's greatest challenges and develop creative solutions to improve lives everywhere. We provide knowledge for the greater good with leading-edge thinking for direct social impact.
Transforming ideas into action
Our projects, programs and institutes take a transdisciplinary approach to global development in New York state and across the globe, leaving a lasting social impact on communities, economies, food systems and the environment.
Two institutes forge collaboration in Global Development: The Polson Institute for Global Development and the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition
Programs such as the Cornell Farmworker Program engage directly with communities to promote healthy livelihoods and sustainable change.
Program highlights
Cornell Farmworker Program
Supporting farmworkers through immigration and legal services, positive workplace advocacy, English as a second language, and more in New York and beyond
Lead New York
Inspiring and developing leaders for the food, agriculture and natural resource industries of New York and the Northeast
Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP)
Provides high quality higher education in New York State prisons; helping CPEP students build meaningful lives inside prison as well as prepare for successful re-entry into civic life; and informing thought and action on social justice issues among past and present CPEP students, volunteers, and the wider public.
Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP)
Bringing Cornell students and employees together for mutual growth, CLASP is a participatory adult learning program designed to create and support one-on-one mutual learning partnerships of Cornell employees and Cornell students.
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
Cultivating global leaders in in agriculture, food systems, climate change and environment and sustainability for 40 years
Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Institute for Global Development
Cultivating a space for applied social science research, academic collaboration and educational opportunities for students outside of the classroom
