About

WELCOME TO THE CORRIDOR, a dynamic research consortium linking 11 universities and colleges across the region, supported by an award from the Mellon Foundation. Our network cultivates innovative collaborative research, teaching, and programming.

CORRIDOR INSTITUTIONS are Syracuse University (our administrative home), Cornell University, the University of Rochester, Colgate University, Hamilton College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Skidmore College, St. Lawrence University, Union College, Le Moyne College, and the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Boundary-Crossing, Forging Connections, and Building Scholarly Community

The Corridor is driven by Working Groups formed by individuals from two or more Corridor-affiliated institutions in different locales who collaborate to organize activities centered on a theme, concern, or issue in the humanities. Groups apply for funding to support their academic year collaborations.

Working Group Activities take many forms... from deep dives into a discipline to broad interdisciplinary queries; from writing group meetings, manuscript development, or humanities methods exploration to larger-scale public symposia; from community engagement to key social issues dialogues.

Annual Fall Writing Retreat awards send a cohort of faculty to Minnowbrook Conference Center in Blue Mountain Lake, NY for an immersive weekend of writing every October. The proposal period is typically open late November to mid-January.

Faculty Development Workshops help us cultivate and advance collaborative research and build intellectual community throughout the region.