Public Engagement
![Cornell Cooperative Extension is helping New York state farmers learn how to grow rice.](assets/img/panos/2023_1280_NH_238.jpg)
Engaged Cornellians
Leading positive change locally and globally
Public engagement is foundational to everything we do as an institution. By contributing to this deep-rooted university commitment, our students, faculty, staff and alumni — Engaged Cornell — are forging community partnerships, solving local and global challenges and creating knowledge to benefit humanity.
Engaged students, scholars and communities
As they lead positive change in the world, our students, faculty, staff and alumni are creating a legacy of engaged Cornellians.
Connecting and Enriching Communities
Cornell relies on a robust exchange of ideas with the public to understand local needs, develop and implement solutions, and deepen community capacity. Building upon the unique strengths of our partners, our public engagement includes extension, outreach, policy briefings, solutions-oriented institutes and much more.
![Cornell researchers use robots on the ground and drones in the air to monitor the quality and growth of crops at the Musgrave Research Farm in Aurora, New York.](assets/img/UP_2017_1379_008_select-640x360.jpg)
Serving New York State
As New York’s land-grant institution, with our Ithaca campus within the ancestral homelands of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ Nation, Cornell creates and disseminates knowledge that improves the quality of life for all people in our state. More about Cornell's New York State Impact.
![Michelle Cronin and Tyler Hill stand beside a stream.](https://news.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_thumbnail_xlarge/public/1006_indiginous_0.jpg?itok=aJCUNiOy)
Get Involved
Public Engagement Links
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