IMPAC

The Department of Asian Studies' IMPAC (Intensive Mandarin Program At Cornell) enables beginning and

IMPAC (Intensive Mandarin Program At Cornell), formerly a part of the FALCON Program, is run by Cornell’s Department of Asian Studies. IMPAC provides beginning and intermediate Mandarin students with the equivalent of one full year of college Chinese instruction in nine weeks of intensive study. Our program’s participants have included undergraduate and graduate students, qualified high school stu

07/18/2021

We have some sad news for FALCON and IMPAC alumni. Jim Hardesty, artist and teacher, passed away recently. From 1999 to 2014, Jim inspired Chinese FALCON and IMPAC students with his instruction and performance of Chinese art and calligraphy. His talent, dedication, and spirit will be greatly missed. There will be a memorial service for him this coming Saturday, July 24, at 7 p.m. at the Ithaca Farmer’s Market, where he sold his artwork for many years.

01/12/2016

We regret to announce that IMPAC will not be running in 2016.
If you are a Cornell student, please see the following web page for information on Cornell’s regular Chinese courses: http://www.lrc.cornell.edu/asian/courses/chinese.
Many thanks to all who participated in the program these past few years!

Chinese - Mandarin and Cantonese Language at Cornell - Department of Asian Studies Asian Studies at Cornell University

12/11/2014

IMPAC is now accepting applications for Summer, 2015! Please visit our web page at http://lrc.cornell.edu/impac/About for details.