Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement

The Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement (OISE) is committed to excellence within graduate education and fostering environments where all scholars can find community, experience meaningful mentoring, and develop a sense of belonging. Our collaborative programming provides graduate students and future faculty with academic, professional, and community development opportunities that support their success at Cornell and beyond. Foundational to our work is facilitating mission-driven and research-informed systemic change within graduate education.

Mission: Advance. Engage. Develop.

Advance

To advance scholar-focused initiatives and systemic change that expand access, opportunity, and equity in graduate education for the benefit of all students.

Engage

To engage graduate students and future faculty in opportunities that foster their academic and social sense of belonging and to engage faculty and other partners in activities that deepen their understanding and application of mission-driven, evidence-based recruitment, selection, and mentoring practices.

Develop

To collaboratively develop and model research-informed and scholar-centered initiatives that can be adapted by others to meet their needs within and beyond graduate education at Cornell.