High Road Buffalo

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.

Buffalo High Road students at the beach, walking along the shore

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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Thinking Small: Why I’m Zooming in to Celebrate Local Government This Summer

Jun 24, 2021

Callie McQuilkin (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on the importance of local leaders.

High Road Fellow on right with arm around icon statue of Shark Girl in Buffalo on left

Thinking Small: Why I’m Zooming in to Celebrate Local Government This Summer

High Road 2021- Still Shaping Stories Miles Away

Jun 24, 2021

Samantha Ivey (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on the quote by Karima Amin that “Stories are everywhere, and I look for them everywhere".

Two people who are far away and both looking at their phones with a dotted arrow connecting them

High Road 2021- Still Shaping Stories Miles Away

Getting to Know Buffalo from New York City

Jun 24, 2021

Julia Haberfield (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on doing work in a city she has not yet been able to visit.

View of individuals living different lives through apartment building windows.

Getting to Know Buffalo from New York City