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Jensen Njagi ’25: Inspired by a cause to turn waste into value
As a Laidlaw scholar , Jensen Njagi ’25 spent the summer doing community-based translational research in his home country of Kenya. As a Global Development major, Jensen is driven by a purpose to improve community health while considering the...
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Environment
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Eli Newell ‘24: Recycling human waste for a more prosperous planet
Meet Eli Newell ‘24, an undergraduate in global development who seeks to boost environmental health by using a key ingredient that is readily available – urine. Under the mentorship of Rebecca Nelson , professor in the Department of Global...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Internship connects Puerto Rican agricultural students with Cornell
In 2022, five students from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez spent their summer at Cornell for an intensive internship with faculty from across the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Agriculture