Beyond Borders: Exploring the History of Cornell's Global Dimensions

Synopsis

Beyond Borders highlights and celebrates Cornell University's many historical achievements in international activities going back to its founding. This collection of fifty-eight short chapters reflects the diversity, accomplishments, and impact of remarkable engagements on campus and abroad. These vignettes, many written by authors who played pivotal roles in Cornell's international history, take readers around the world to China and the Philippines with agricultural researchers, to Peru with anthropologists, to Qatar and India with medical practitioners, to Eastern Europe with economists and civil engineers, to Zambia and Sierra Leone with students and Peace Corps volunteers, and to many more places. Readers also will learn about Cornell's many international dimensions on campus, including the international studies and language programs and the library and museum collections. Beyond Borders captures how—by educating generations of global citizens, producing innovative research and knowledge, building institutional capacities, and forging mutually beneficial relationships—Cornell University has influenced positive change in the world.Beyond Borders was supported by CAPE (Cornell Academics and Professors Emeriti).

Copyright:

2024

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781501777011

Related ISBNs:

9781501777004, 9781501777028, 9781501776991

Publisher:

Cornell University Press

Date of Addition:

05/14/24

Copyrighted By:

Cornell University

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Education

Grade Levels:

Graduate Student

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Royal D. Colle

Edited by:

Heike Michelsen

Edited by:

Elaine D. Engst

Edited by:

Corey Ryan Earle