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Spotlight" data-scroll="engaged_03_spotlight" id="engaged_03_spotlight"> <div class="container"> <div class="page-block"> <h2 class="cu-title alt" style="text-align: center;">Engaged students, scholars and communities</h2> <div class="center-block copy-block"> <p>As they lead positive change in the world, our students, faculty, staff and alumni are creating a legacy of engaged Cornellians.</p> </div> <div class="grid-boxes two-col page-block"> <div class="grid-box"> <a href="https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/01/energy-warriors-program-provides-paths-green-jobs-and-hope" data-click-action="photo + caption" data-click-label="Energy Warriors program provides paths to green jobs, and hope"> <img alt="A person cutting insulation in a basement." src="https://news.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_thumbnail_xlarge/public/2025-01/0122_energy8-a.jpg"> <div class="grid-caption"> <h3 class="grid-title h4">Energy Warriors program provides paths to green jobs, and hope</h3> <p class="grid-copy">The Tompkins County program provides trainees - many of whom have faced obstacles to employment - with a foundation in environmental literacy and hands-on experience that helps them enter the workforce.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="grid-box"> <a href="https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/02/24-year-collaboration-transforms-health-care-tanzania" data-click-action="photo + caption" data-click-label="A 24-year collaboration transforms health care in Tanzania"> <img alt="Dr. Daniel Fitzgerald chats with Dr. Grace Ruselu and Dr. Godfrey Kisigo at Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza, Tanzania." src="https://news.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/breakout/public/2025-02/2024_1485_nh_044.jpg"> <div class="grid-caption"> <h3 class="grid-title h4">A 24-year collaboration transforms health care in Tanzania</h3> <p class="grid-copy">Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Bugando School of Medicine collaborate to strengthen medical education, health care and innovative global health research at both institutions.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="grid-box"> <a href="https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/03/neuroscience-helps-teachers-empower-students-and-themselves" data-click-action="photo + caption" data-click-label="Neuroscience helps teachers empower students and themselves"> <img alt="Crystal Nuñez and Sky Domingo discuss a lesson plan with teachers at Seymour Dual Language Academy in Syracuse." src="https://news.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_thumbnail_xlarge/public/2025-03/0305_neuroscience.jpg"> <div class="grid-caption"> <h3 class="grid-title h4">Neuroscience helps teachers empower students and themselves</h3> <p class="grid-copy">The Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research helps student teachers to understand the neuroscience behind children’s learning and development and encourages them to pass that knowledge to their students.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="grid-box"> <a href="https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/03/cce-brings-healthy-foods-and-recipes-buffalo-public-schools" data-click-action="photo + caption" data-click-label="‘Birding buddies’ build social and science communication skills"> <img alt="“SNAP-Ed New York nutrition educator Grace Anstett prepares a simple dish of potatoes and green beans at West Hertel Academy's Saturday Academy." src="https://news.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_thumbnail_xlarge/public/2025-03/2025_1042_sh_398.jpg"> <div class="grid-caption"> <h3 class="grid-title h4">CCE brings healthy foods, and recipes, to Buffalo Public Schools</h3> <p class="grid-copy">A free farmers market of local foods is combined with easy, healthful cooking demos at Buffalo's community schools.</p> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="academics-classroom section imageQuote_tabs"> <div class="container"> <div role="tablist" class="cu-tabs full-width dropdown" data-target="#tab-panels" style="align-items: center;"><button class="tab-selected">Education</button> <div class="tab-indicator" style="width: 161px; left: 0px;"></div> <a aria-selected="true" class="tab current" href="#" id="page-tab-1" role="tab" title="">Education</a> <a aria-selected="false" class="tab" href="#" id="page-tab-2" role="tab" title="">Research</a> </div> <div class="tab-panels" data-click-action="fields | undergraduate majors" id="tab-panels" style="height: 500px;"> <div aria-hidden="false" aria-labelledby="page-tab-1" class="tab-panel" role="tabpanel"> <div class="bottom-block imageQuote"> <div class="imageQuote_spotlight"> <div class="media-box"> <img alt="Rebekah Jones ’19 (left) and the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement’s Amy Somchanhmavong at the 2018 Community Engagement Showcase." class="media-img" src="assets/img/2019_1187_011-600x355.jpg"> <div class="media-overlay vjack"> <div class="vbottom"> <div class="media-caption"> At the annual Community Engagement Showcase, engaged Cornellians connect on projects they’re pursuing with local partners around the globe. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="imageQuote_quote"> <blockquote> From their first day through graduation, students have opportunities to engage with communities and make a difference in the world — through classes, labs, field research, study abroad and internships. </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" aria-labelledby="page-tab-2" class="tab-panel" role="tabpanel"> <div class="bottom-block imageQuote"> <div class="imageQuote_spotlight"> <div class="media-box"> <img alt="Three life stages of the blacklegged (deer) tick suspended in a vial." class="media-img" src="assets/img/deer-tick-vial-600x355.jpg"> <div class="media-overlay vjack"> <div class="vbottom"> <div class="media-caption">Led by Cornell, the Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases pursues vital research related to tick-borne diseases and public health.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="imageQuote_quote"> <blockquote> As a world-class research institution, Cornell seeks to generate knowledge for the public good, translating ideas into solutions that benefit individuals, communities and industries. </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="section border-bottom border-top visit-ithaca"> <div class="container"> <div class="top-block"> <div class="copy-block"> <h2 class="cu-headline"> Connecting and Enriching Communities </h2> <p>Cornell relies on a robust exchange of ideas with the public to understand local needs, develop and implement solutions, and deepen community capacity. 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