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The LRC supports language educators through professional development opportunities, funding for effective and innovative projects that enhance language instruction at Cornell, and various teaching resources. If you are looking to sharpen your teaching skills, need help implementing new tech tools, are looking for technology for your language classes, or want PD at your fingertips, the LRC can help.
The Translator Interpreter Program connects multilingual Cornell students with local organizations, providing free interpretation and translation services and helping bridge language barriers.
Grit Matthias Phelps of Cornell's German department made headline news with her LRC grant project, using vintage typewriters for AI-proof writing assignments.
Cornell University Arts & Sciences ambassador shares advice for freshmen adjusting to college life. The College of Arts & Sciences column emphasizes campus libraries, exploring majors, professor mentorship, community and balanced self-care.
Ukrainian Easter eggs, or pysanky, are on display in Goldwin Smith Hall in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences through the end of the spring 2026 semester. The exhibit, displaying work by staff member Lori Radcliff-Woods, is one of several new initiatives Cornell’s Ukrainian Program is undertaking to bring the culture, language and history of Ukraine to the Cornell community.
Cornell University will host “Indigenous Voices in Abiayala/Latin America,” on April 9 at 4:45 p.m., exploring Indigenous media self-representation in Latin America – known as Abiayala in the Guna language. Held in the in the A.D. White House and organized by Polly Lauer, a Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in Romance studies in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences, the panel will feature scholars discussing Mapuche and Maya K’ishe’ cultural production, Indigenous languages and broadcasters’ fight to sustain native-language media such as Guatemala’s oldest Maya radio station.
Cornell University Humanities Scholars traveled to Washington, D.C. to advocate for increased National Endowment for the Humanities and National Archives funding, meeting with congressional offices to highlight the impact of humanities programs on education. Their two‑day trip underscored how federal support strengthens community partnerships, language programs, and public humanities initiatives benefiting campuses and local organizations nationwide.
Cornell University held its fifth annual World Languages Day (WLD) event on Saturday, October 25, 2025. The day-long event invites middle and high school students to experience the varied opportunities for language learning available at a higher education institution.
“The Future of Language Advocacy” on Nov. 15 will feature Cornell Translator Interpreter Program founders Fatema Sumar ‘01 and alumna Joyce Muchan ‘97.