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High Road Buffalo Fellowships

Applications will be open: November 22, 2025-February 10, 2026

Engaged learning and applied research fellowships for Cornell students in Buffalo, NY.

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Since 2009, the High Road Fellowship Program has placed 235 Cornell students in the co-laboratory of Buffalo, N.Y. to learn, explore, examine and revitalize the historic Rust Belt city.

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High Road Buffalo Stories

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Being Tied to Buffalo’s Single Garment of Destiny

Jonathan Zheng (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on MLK's concept of an "inescapable network of mutuality."
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Being Tied to Buffalo’s Single Garment of Destiny

Improve the Character of Our Society

Paul Joseph Havern (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on the movement to reform the US incarceration system.
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Improve the Character of Our Society

Underground Politics

Uwaila Odiase (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on why politics matter through the lens of the NYC subway.
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Underground Politics