Treats and poems featured at LRC’s “Sweet Poetry” event
“Any poem, any language” is the theme of the Language Resource Center’s second annual celebration of National Poetry Month, April 17
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Our mission is to connect, support, and empower language learners and teachers. The LRC provides flexible physical and virtual spaces, facilitates access to resources, and advocates best practices.
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Support Arts & Sciences on Giving Day March 14
Your gift allows the College to fulfill our mission — to prepare our students to do the greatest good in the world.
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Book shines light on teaching ‘Less Commonly Taught Languages’
How can institutions, programs, and LCTL instructors collaborate and think across institutional boundaries to strengthen language offerings?
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Speaker series to examine antisemitism, Islamophobia 
Leading academics from around the country will join Cornell experts in a semester-long series, “Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined."
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LRC welcomes new team member Ahmed Shamim
The Language Resource Center (LRC) welcomes a new team member, Dr. Ahmed Shamim. As the LRC Academic Programs Coordinator, Shamim will work closely with faculty, staff, and students across the university to develop and institutionalize new models of language learning.
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Cornell’s ’24-25 Schwarzman Scholars named
A&S young alumni are among this year’s group of 150 scholars, who are from 43 countries and 114 universities. Schwarzman Scholars, an international program, nurtures a network of future global leaders.
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Classes, events show 'Ukraine is not only a country at war'
Cornell's Ukrainian program is bringing the country’s culture to campus through language learning, folk tradition and history.
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World Languages Day 2023
Cornell University held the annual World Languages Day (WLD) on Saturday, October 21, 2023, celebrating language learning, cultural understanding, and global engagement with middle and high school students.
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Inaugural Lisa Sansoucy Language Scholar Award
The inaugural Lisa Sansoucy Language Scholar Award was awarded to Aliou Gambrel, a graduating senior who studied Wolof as part of the Shared Course Initiative.
Speaking of Language: The LRC Podcast
The LRC Podcast features weekly discussions about language learning and pedagogy, highlighting the work we and our partners do on campus and in the community. A typical episode is hosted by a member of the LRC and introduces new initiatives, teaching ideas, or general trends in second language learning and teaching. Look for new episodes with every semester at Cornell University. Listen to the most recent episode here, and binge on our archived episodes.