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Attendance improves in rural NYS schools with on-site health clinics
Enhancing access to health care and improving student outcomes are longstanding challenges in rural communities. Identifying solutions has been elusive, but school-based health centers (SBHCs) have shown promise.
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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.

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New global development minor launches
A new undergraduate minor in global development at Cornell will enhance students’ global perspective and ability to contribute to equitable solutions for the most urgent challenges facing people and the planet. Starting in fall 2024, the minor...
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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...
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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.

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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.
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  • Global Development
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Cornell CALS co-hosts event to foster rural workforce development
To better understand and address these complex issues, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Agency is conducting listening sessions across the country to brainstorm more effective ways to keep rural areas vibrant...
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Cornell partners in center to tackle rural schools’ challenges

Scholars from Cornell, Harvard and Dartmouth, along with state officials in New York and Ohio, have established the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks to address challenges facing rural schools.

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‘Building Sustainable Communities’ Forum Is Sept. 28-29

Community and Regional Development Institute (CaRDI) hosts “Building Sustainable Communities: Global Forces, Local Focus,” Sept. 28-29 on campus to help communities become more sustainable.

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Dean Boor Recognizes Exemplary CALS Students, Faculty, Staff
A select group of CALS students, faculty, and staff were recognized during this year’s Dean’s Awards Dinner.

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Faculty Projects Get Global-at-Home Curriculum Grants

Ten faculty-led projects are receiving approximately $170,000 in Internationalizing the Cornell Curriculum grants this year, the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs has announced.

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CaRDI aims to stem the outflow of upstate New York’s young adults
Young people regularly leave upstate New York, and they are not being replaced by incoming young professionals. The exodus of young people and strategies to reverse this trend were discussed Dec. 2 on campus at “Youth Retention and Attraction in...