{"product_id":"beyond-borders-exploring-the-history-of-cornells-global-dimensions-paperback-softback-9781501777004","title":"Beyond Borders; Exploring the History of Cornell's Global Dimensions (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501777004","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBeyond Borders\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eExploring the History of Cornell's Global Dimensions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoyal D. Colle (Edited by), Heike Michelsen (Edited by), Elaine D. Engst (Edited by), Corey Ryan Earle (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501777004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e450 pages, 106 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 106 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 3 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond Borders \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehighlights and celebrates Cornell University's many historical achievements in international activities going back to its founding.\u003c\/b\u003e This collection of fifty-eight short chapters reflects the diversity, accomplishments, and impact of remarkable engagements on campus and abroad. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese 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. \u003ci\u003eBeyond Borders \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond Borders\u003c\/i\u003e was supported by CAPE (Cornell Academics and Professors Emeriti).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. A Pioneering International Program: The Cornell-NankingStory\u003cbr\u003e 2. A World of Knowledge for a World of Good\u003cbr\u003e 3. uilding the Foundations of a Campus-Wide InterdisciplinaryEast Asia Program\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Southeast Asia Program: Global Cornell from theBeginning\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Center of the Periphery: The South Asia Program\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Benefits of Interdisciplinary Understanding: Cornell'sLatin American and Caribbean Studies Program\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Institute of European Studie: A History of Stability andChange\u003cbr\u003e 8. Creating Connections with Africa: Cornell's Institute forAfrican Development\u003cbr\u003e 9. Title VI Grants to Cornell: A Demonstration of Strength inInternational Studies\u003cbr\u003e 10. Launching Peace Studies at Cornell: The Air War in Indochina\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Study of Muslim Culture, Society, and History around theWorld: The Comparative Muslim Societies Program\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Bartels World Affairs Fellows: Bringing theInternationally Distinguished to Cornel\u003cbr\u003e 13. Institutionalized Internationalizatio: International Programsin CALS\u003cbr\u003e 14. Over Fifty Years of Teaching \"Agriculture in the DevelopingNations\"\u003cbr\u003e 15. CIIFAD: Unique Funding for Collaborative Approaches toInternational Development\u003cbr\u003e 16. Transforming Global Rice Production: The System of RiceIntensification (SRI)\u003cbr\u003e 17. Institution Building Abroad: Cornell in the Philippines\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Last Shangri La\u003cbr\u003e 19. Bt Eggplant: Improving Lives with Biotechnology\u003cbr\u003e 20. Cornell Expands the Digital World: CommunicationTechnology Abroad\u003cbr\u003e 21. After the Berlin Wall: Cornell in Post-Socialist Europe\u003cbr\u003e 22. A Cornell-Japan Partnership:: The Food Industry Connection\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Cornell Humphrey Program: A Catalyst for Cooperationand Understanding\u003cbr\u003e 24. The Tang Cornell-China Scholars Program: Connecting withCALS\u003cbr\u003e 25. Applied Anthropology in the Andes: The Cornell-Peru Project\u003cbr\u003e 26. Southeast Asian Languages and the Birth of Modern LanguageStudies at Cornell\u003cbr\u003e 27. African Studies at Cornell: An Insurgent Discipline\u003cbr\u003e 28. Engineering Solutions to Worldwide Water ManagementIssues\u003cbr\u003e 29. Global Hospitality: The Hotel School's International Legacy\u003cbr\u003e 30. Flora Rose and Martha Van Rensselaer: Relief Efforts inBelgium\u003cbr\u003e 31. Feeding the World: International Nutrition at Cornell\u003cbr\u003e 32. John P. Windmuller and ILR's Global Experience\u003cbr\u003e 33. Cornell Engages Emerging Markets Around the World\u003cbr\u003e 34. Global Awareness and Commitments of Cornell's LawSchool\u003cbr\u003e 35. \"Don't Forget the Horse Doctor\": Veterinary medicine'sInternational Legacy\u003cbr\u003e 36. Weill Cornell Medicine: A Medical Campus Reaching Acrossthe World\u003cbr\u003e 37. Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar: Excellence Grown from Sand \u003cbr\u003e 38. Cornell International Education Network: A Home forInternational Educators\u003cbr\u003e 39. Exploring Our World: Cornell Expeditions\u003cbr\u003e 40. Global Connections Bring Asian Art to the Herbert F. JohnsonMuseum of Art\u003cbr\u003e 41. Asia Collections in the Cornell University Library\u003cbr\u003e 42. The Fiske Icelandic Collection: Facets of an Enduring LiteraryGem\u003cbr\u003e 43. Mann Library Providing Global Access to ScholarlyInformation\u003cbr\u003e 44. Returning Mushrooms to China: Seventy Years ofSafekeeping\u003cbr\u003e 45. The Strong Foundations of Cornell-China Relationships\u003cbr\u003e 46. A Great School Faces the Great War\u003cbr\u003e 47. Hu Shih: Forging a US-China Alliance\u003cbr\u003e 48. Building Medical Capacity in India: The Legacy of IdaScudder\u003cbr\u003e 49. Sending Students Overseas: The History of Cornell Abroad\u003cbr\u003e 50. Supporting the Global Community: International Student andScholar Services\u003cbr\u003e 51. Cornell at the Palazzo: The Cornell in Rome Program\u003cbr\u003e 52. The Cornell Nepal Study Program\u003cbr\u003e 53. Expanding Horizons: Veterinary Students Explore TheirProfession and the World\u003cbr\u003e 54. Cornell and the Peace Corps: A Valuable Partnership\u003cbr\u003e 55. Above All Nations is Humanity: The Cornell Cosmopolitan Club\u003cbr\u003e 56. Providing a Home for a Global Community: The HollandInternational Living Center\u003cbr\u003e 57. Performing Around the World: Cornell's MusicalAmbassadors\u003cbr\u003e 58. Track and Field and The Transatlantic Series\u003cbr\u003e 59. 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