Are you interested in a possible career in public service, and maybe specifically with the U.S. Department of State? Ever wondered what it's like to work in various capacities at State -- ranging from a Foreign Service Officer to policy analyst and intelligence officer -- or how to go about preparing yourself to be a successful applicant for jobs at State?

Please join the Einaudi Center for a virtual discussion about career paths and opportunities at the State Department and in public service, featuring three Cornell alumni who will share their insights:

Benjamin Brake, Director, Office of Cyber Affairs and Emerging Technology, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of StateJason Oaks, Deputy National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, U.S. Department of StateEric Anderson, Foreign Service Office, Political Counselor in Islamabad, Pakistan, U.S. Department of StateThis career info session is presented by the Einaudi Center's International Studies Minor, and its outgoing director (Christopher Way) and incoming director (Oumar Ba). The International Relations Minor is open to all Cornell undergraduate students interested in learning about the politics, economics, history, languages, and cultures of the world.

Contact: irm@einaudi.cornell.edu

Please join us for this online panel & discussion that centers queer & feminist methods for approaching Philippine martial law history: the wayward informality and queer urbanism of Manila during a time of martial law (Lopez), the revolutionary intimacies of the anti-Marcos movement in the U.S (Hanna), and other invitations to think through and beyond the fiction-making and un-making of dictatorships (Burns). This event takes place in conjunction with Prof. Christine Bacareza Balance’s “Fictions of Dictatorship” seminar this semester.

Lmsp Burns is Associate Professor in the Asian American Studies Department at UCLA. Burns is the author of PURO ARTE: FILIPINOS ON THE STAGES OF EMPIRE and co-editor, with Christine Bacareza Balance, of CALIFORNIA DREAMING: MOVEMENT & PLACE IN THE ASIAN AMERICAN IMAGINARY.

Karen Buenavista Hanna is an Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality Studies at Connecticut College. She has published over a dozen academic and popular essays including in Amerasia, Hypatia, and Hyphen Magazine. Her experiences as a NYC public school teacher and community organizer prior to her doctoral studies inspire and shape her pedagogy and research. She is currently writing her first book manuscript, REVOLUTIONARY INTIMACIES: THE MAKINGS OF A NEW FILIPINO AMERICAN LEFT.

Ferdinand Lopez (she, her) is a PhD student in the Women and Gender Studies of the University of Toronto. Ferdie was a tenured Associate Professor in Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Santo Tomas. In 2015, she was listed by 8List Philippines as one of the 10 Iconic Teachers Students Loved in College. Her dissertation project focuses on “Seismic Flirtations: The Bakla and the Mapping of Queer Archipelagic Desires in the Pacific Ring of Fire.”

Contributing authors of Children and Youths’ Migration in a Global Landscape (Emerald, 2022) are joining the Migrations initiative to speak about their work and writing.

The edited volume asks how transnational mobility shapes the lives of young people and in each chapter, scholars present the stories of children from areas such as Myanmar, India, Hungary, the U.S., and Central America. Individually, these case studies address issues related to educational attainment, family reunification, social mobility, and identity. Collectively, these studies push us to question our assumptions about what it means to be a transnationally mobile child or youth.

The discussion will be moderated by Migrations postdoc Angel Escamilla García and one of the book’s editors, Adrienne Lee Atterberry.

Volunteer with the Foreign Language Introduction Program! FLIP has introduced thousands of children in Upstate New York to world languages and cultures. Volunteers from Cornell and surrounding communities who speak foreign languages provide fun ways for K–12 students to learn about and engage with our increasingly interconnected world.

FLIP's first organizational meeting and volunteer orientation of the semester will take place on September 23rd, 11:30am to 1:00pm, at Uris Hall G08. Lunch and beverages will be served! We welcome everyone who considers joining FLIP or has any questions about FLIP to attend this organizational event – a great opportunity to meet with our team members, previous volunteers, and get to know more about our program.

Please let us know about if you would like to attend, and any dietary restrictions! If you have friends who are interested in FLIP, please feel free to forward this email to them as well. We are looking forward to seeing you all next Friday!

Global Cornell is offering competitive faculty grants in collaboration with Global Hubs partners.

Apply for funding to explore potential research collaborations with colleagues at Hubs universities.

These Joint Research and Seed Grants have been established to bring faculty from partner institutions together to develop joint projects that will strengthen Cornell and Global Hubs partner universities' strategic priorities and develop multidisciplinary cutting-edge research and curriculum to create academic and societal impact.

Please join us on September 20 (Ithaca) at 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET / September 21 (Singapore) at 8:00-9:00 a.m. SGT for a joint info session to learn more about the NUS–Cornell grant opportunity. Q&A and collaboration matchmaking will follow a short presentation.

NUS-Cornell Seed Funds:

Up to five (5) proposals will be fundedEach successful proposal may receive up to the equivalent of USD $5,000 from each university for a total of USD $10,000Project duration: January 1–December 31, 2023Submission deadline: 26 October by 11:59 p.m. ET/27 October 2022 by 11:59 a.m. SGTRegister today for the NUS-Cornell Joint Info Session on Zoom

Learn about additional seed grants available with other Global Hubs partners.

Come to the LRC to practice your language skills and meet new people. Conversation Hours provide an opportunity to use the target language in an informal, low-pressure atmosphere. Have fun practicing a language you are learning! Gain confidence through experience! Just using your new language skills helps you learn more than you might think. Conversation Hours are are open to any learner, including the public. Campus visitors and members of the public must adhere to Cornell's public health requirements for events.

Come to the LRC to practice your language skills and meet new people. Conversation Hours provide an opportunity to use the target language in an informal, low-pressure atmosphere. Have fun practicing a language you are learning! Gain confidence through experience! Just using your new language skills helps you learn more than you might think. Conversation Hours are are open to any learner, including the public. Campus visitors and members of the public must adhere to Cornell's public health requirements for events.