CAU Study Tour: Chile: Magical Chiloé & Patagonia

January 5 - 17, 2026
Study Tour featuring Ray Craib, The Marie Underhill Noll Professor of History
In partnership with Royal Adventures
Registration is open!

Your Dream Trip

Study Tours & Select Tours

New Mexico: Art & Culture in The Land of Enchantment

March 25 - April 1, 2025   **Full**
Study Tour featuring Nancy Green, Gale & Ira Drukier Curator, Johnson Museum of Art (retired)
In partnership with Distant Horizons
This tour is full! Please call 562-983-8828 to join the waitlist.

Cuba: Afro-Cuban Arts & Culture in Havana

March 30 - April 5, 2025   ***Limited Availability***
Study Tour featuring Dr. Ambre Dromgoole, Assistant Professor of Africana Religions & Music
In partnership with Arrangements Abroad
Registration is open!

CAU Select: Sailing the French & Italian Rivieras

April 25 - May 3, 2025   ***Limited Availability***
CAU Select Tour featuring faculty from peer institutions (not Cornell)
Aboard the Sea Cloud II
In partnership with Criterion Travel
Still a few spaces left!

Into Ireland: The History & Poetry of Revolution

June 5 - 17, 2025
Study Tour featuring Kate McCullough, Associate Professor, Department of Literatures in English
In partnership with Royal Adventures
Registration is open!

Svalbard: In Search of Iconic Arctic Wildlife

June 17 - 26, 2025
Study Tour featuring Holger Klinck, the John W. Fitzpatrick Director of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics
In partnership with Lindblad Expeditions
Registration is open!

Madagascar: Lemurs, Chameleons, & Baobabs. Oh, My!

July 31 - August 14, 2025
Study Tour featuring Cole Gilbert, Professor of Entomology and Linda Rayor, Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Associate
In partnership with Distant Horizons
This tour is full! Please call 562-983-8828 to join the waitlist.

Greenland's Arctic Grandeur

August 30 - September 9, 2025
Study Tour featuring John Tobin-de la Puente, Professor of Practice
In partnership with Arrangements Abroad
Registration is open!

CAU Select: India, Kolkata & The Ganges River

October 7 - 16, 2025
CAU Select Tour featuring faculty from peer institutions (not Cornell)
Aboard the 28-cabin Ganges Voyager
In partnership with Criterion Travel
Registration is open!

The Best of New Zealand by Sea

November 11 - 24, 2025
Study Tour featuring Amanda Rodewald, Garvin Professor of Natural Resources & Environment
In partnership with Criterion Travel
Registration is open!

Journey to Antarctica

December 7 - 18, 2025
Study Tour featuring Warren Allmon,  Director of the Paleontological Research Institution
In partnership with Lindblad Expeditions
Registration is open!

Colombia's River of Dreams

December 30, 2025 - January 7, 2026
Study Tour featuring Charlie Green, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Literatures in English
Aboard AMAMelodia
In partnership with Arrangements Abroad
Registration is open!

Chile: Magical Chiloé & Patagonia

January 5 - 17, 2026
Study Tour featuring Raymond Craib, The Marie Underhill Noll Professor of History
In partnership with Royal Adventures
Registration is open!

Dolphin jumping near zodiac

Baja California Discovery: Exploring Mexico's Gulf of California

April 7 - 17, 2026
CAU Study Tour featuring Cornell faculty
Aboard the National Geographic Venture
In partnership with Lindblad Expeditions
More info coming soon!

Map of tour itinerary

Crossroads of Cultures: Canary Islands, Morocco & Iberia

April 28 - May 10, 2026
CAU Study Tour featuring Cornell faculty
Aboard Exploris One in partnership with Arrangements Abroad
More info coming soon!

Benessee Island, Japan

CAU Select: Japan by Sea

May 12 – 23, 2026
CAU Select Tour featuring faculty from peer institutions (not Cornell)
Aboard the Heritage Adventurer
In partnership with Criterion Travel
More info coming soon!

Puffin, Orkney Islands

CAU Select: Highlands, Islands, & Fjords

May 30 – June 9, 2026
CAU Select Tour featuring faculty from peer institutions (not Cornell)
From the Scottish Highlands and Orkney Islands to Norwegian Fjords & Lofoten Islands
Aboard the 72-cabin Exploris One
In partnership with Criterion Travel
More info coming soon!

Greenland Sea

Total Solar Eclipse in Iceland & Greenland

August 5 - 15, 2026
CAU Study Tour featuring Heather Huson, Associate Professor of Animal Genetics and faculty from peer institutions
Aboard Exploris One
In partnership with Arrangements Abroad
More info coming soon!

Hvar, Croatia

Wonders of Slovenia & Croatia by Private Yacht

September 18 - 29, 2026
CAU Study Tour featuring Cornell faculty
Aboard the 18-cabin Queen Eleganza
In partnership with Criterion Travel
More info coming soon!

Porto, Portugal

Portugal's Enchanting Douro Valley

October 8 - 16, 2026
CAU Study Tour featuring Annemarie Morse, International Wine Judge
Aboard the AmaSintra
In partnership with Arrangements Abroad
More info coming soon!

Domestic Seminars

CAU NYC Spring Theater Seminar

May 16 - 18, 2025
Featuring Sara Warner, Associate Professor of Performing & Media Arts
The seminar is full! Please email cauinfo@cornell.edu to be added to the wait list.