Laidlaw Research Symposium

Laidlaw Scholars at Cornell will share their summer research and leadership-in-action experiences through posters, oral presentations, and photo essays.

First-year scholars conducted research with faculty mentors on topics ranging from xenophobia to menstrual health to colonialism and the East India Company. Second-year scholars engaged with communities around the world, including Vietnam, Zambia, Fiji, Mexico, the UK, and more, working on community health, resiliency, human rights, and representation in the media.

The Laidlaw Undergraduate Leadership and Research Scholarship Program provides generous funding to first- and second-year undergraduates over two years as they pursue internationally focused research, engage in leadership training and a leadership-in-action experience, and join a global network of like-minded peers.

Learn more about the program, which is administered by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies with leadership training support from the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement.