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Local volunteer powers rural resilience with student support

Cornell will honor longtime volunteer Beth Harrington on Feb. 5 for her work to make the Town of Caroline more resilient in the face of emergencies, with support from a team of graduate students.

  • Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment
  • Global Development Section
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US communities are getting older – and more livable

Communities tracked by AARP's Livability Index made progress becoming more age friendly, but housing affordability and health care access remain challenges.

  • Global Development
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How communities can bridge the digital divide

A new book highlights innovative state and local approaches to eliminating "digital deserts," which persist despite billions in federal subsides promoting universal access.

  • Global Development
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Polson Institute for Global Development funds 11 new projects
Supporting students and faculty to undertake research in the U.S., Africa, South Asia and Latin America, the Polson Institute of Global Development announced its spring 2025 grant winners earlier this month. “Never has support for development...
  • Polson Institute for Global Development
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Attendance improves in rural NYS schools with on-site health clinics

Students' risk of being chronically absent is lower in rural upstate New York schools that host comprehensive health clinics, Cornell research finds.

  • Global Development
  • Health + Nutrition
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NIH-funded initiative to study health disparities among rural youth in NY
The project, "School-Based Health Centers - An approach to address health disparities among rural youth” is led by Sharon Tennyson , professor of public policy and economics; Mildred Warner , professor of city and regional planning and global...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Polson Institute projects drive advancement in global development
Seven new grants funded by the Polson Institute for Global Development will advance Global Development’s signature strengths in wellbeing and inclusion; environmental sustainability; and food and nutritional security. The collaborations have a...
  • Polson Institute for Global Development
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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School-based health clinics benefit rural NYS communities

In a rural part of upstate New York, students with access to school-based health centers received more medical care and missed less school, Cornell researchers found.

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Health + Nutrition
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Polson Institute funds collaborative research in global development
The Polson Institute for Global Development announced its new Spring 2023 grants to support research at the intersection of Global Development’s signature strengths in wellbeing and inclusion; environmental sustainability; and food and...
  • Polson Institute for Global Development
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development

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To promote exercise, planners must look beyond cities

Streets and neighborhoods that are friendlier to walkers and bikers increase physical activity but have limited benefit outside urban centers, Cornell research finds.

  • Global Development Section
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  • Food
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Polson Institute grants accelerate global development initiatives
The Polson Institute for Global Development announced its fall 2022 grants to support research at the intersection of systemic inequality and social-environmental justice.
  • Polson Institute for Global Development
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Projects to support NYS economy, farms, communities

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $3.8 million in funding to the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station to support more than 50 projects across three colleges.

  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Warner wins Levy Engaged Teaching and Research Award

Mildred Warner, professor of city and regional planning in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning and global development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been honored for her work to promote age-friendly communities...

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Development

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Study of unions, local government earns prize

A study exploring how the unionization of local governments impacts contracting for services earned the top research article award from the journal Local Government Studies. Mildred Warner, professor in the Department of Global Development (...

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Polson Institute funds projects to promote equity and engaged research
The Polson Institute for Global Development announced grant awardees for a slate of collaborative projects across areas of wellbeing and inclusion, environmental sustainability, and food and nutritional security. “These projects promise to...
  • Polson Institute for Global Development
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Privatization, poverty threaten water affordability
An analysis of the 500 largest city water systems in the U.S. found private ownership contributed to significantly higher water bills and lower affordability for low-income households.
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section
  • Energy
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States That Prioritized Access to Water at Height of Pandemic Saved Lives
Water shutoffs for non-payment are a constant threat for millions of Americans in any given year. That risk was a deadly one during the pandemic, with access to clean water for handwashing and sanitation a proven way to reduce the spread of...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section
  • Environment
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New study to explore rural communities and inequality in the United States

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development

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Mildred Warner honored by planning schools association

Mildred Warner, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’97, a professor of city and regional planning in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP), has received the Margarita McCoy Faculty Award for the advancement of women in planning in higher education...

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section

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Water equity: Public ownership can safeguard communities

The paper is co-authored by George Homsy, associate professor of public administration and director of the Sustainable Communities Program at Binghamton University, and Mildred Warner, professor of city and regional planning at Cornell. Their...

  • Food
  • Behavior
  • Environment