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LeadNY opens applications for leaders in food, agricultural sectors
New York’s premier leadership development program is now accepting applications for its next class of leaders in the food, agriculture and natural resources sectors of the Northeast. This year’s cohort will be the 20th class in the program...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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RANA Prize winner tackles blue carbon issues in Indonesia
Tamar Law, a Ph.D. student in development studies whose research examines the climate justice dimensions of climate mitigation, earned the 2022 Ronny Adhikarya Niche Award (RANA) Prize, the Department of Global Development announced today. The...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Energy
  • Climate Change
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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
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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CALS hires faculty cohort to address grand DEI challenges
This is the fifth in a series of stories detailing actions CALS students, faculty and staff have taken over the past several years to make our community a more diverse, equitable and inclusive place for everyone. In fall 2021, CALS announced its first-ever faculty cohort initiative focused on hiring a group of scientists whose work explicitly addresses systemic challenges facing marginalized communities through transdisciplinary collaboration. The first search was received with great enthusiasm and 381 people applied for the six positions.
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Computational Biology
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Borlaug Global Rust Initiative opens wheat award nominations
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2023 Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) awards honoring exceptional early-career women scientists and mentors working in wheat.
  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Field Note

Kate McHale ‘24: Advocating for youth empowerment and nutrition policy
Meet Kate McHale’24, an undergraduate in Global Development who is on a mission to increase youth engagement specifically as it relates to nutrition. As an eight-year alumna and current student leader of 4-H, Kate advocates for youth’s voices in...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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David Ngam, MPS ‘22: Youth empowerment and agricultural development
The future of agricultural development is in the hands of youth who want to make a difference, according to David, a current Master of Professional Studies (MPS) student in Global Development and recipient of the Bouriez Family Fellowship...
  • Polson Institute for Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • 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.
  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Agriculture
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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
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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Environmental and Health Effects Add Billions in Hidden Costs to India’s Public Distribution System
Through the Public Distribution System (PDS), the Indian government ensures the food security of its most impoverished citizens. However, new research from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) reveals that the...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Department of Global Development
  • Nutritional Sciences
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United Nations FAO competition gains from global development perspective
When the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations challenged young researchers to think of ways to end hunger  and  transform agrifood systems, it hoped to inspire innovative thinking in sustainable development. More than 160...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Climate Change
  • Food
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Community Food Systems research focuses on Indigenous agriculture system
Vella, a CALS Community Food Systems Minor and Robert S. Harrison College Scholar in the College of Arts & Sciences, spent his summer gardening for the Big Pine Paiute Tribal Environmental Department and the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Muhogo Bora project validates a modified socially inclusive model
The Muhogo Bora is a three-year project executed by Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences , and implemented by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI)...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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Cornell students to work at UN’s COP27 conference in Egypt

At the upcoming Conference of the Parties – best known as COP27 – 11 Cornell students will help delegations from small countries gain a stronger environmental voice.

  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Department of Global Development
  • Climate Change
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Cornell to co-lead UN agency’s new agrifood initiative

Ideas that sprang from a pre-pandemic panel discussion at Cornell now inform a United Nations initiative aimed to meet looming global food needs in a healthy, equitable and sustainable way.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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Cornell, DEC team up for green Hudson Valley land planning

Through a long partnership between Cornell and the DEC, communities in the Hudson watershed have received training, tools and assistance to advance conservation land-use planning and policy.

  • Department of Global Development
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Land
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From fabric arts to human waste: Student Biennial projects transcend

More than a dozen students are taking part in the 2022 Cornell Biennial, which aims to serve as an anchor for the arts at Cornell and bring artists from around the world to campus.

  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Global Development
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Global Cornell awards support new international courses
Global Cornell has awarded five International Cornell Curriculum (ICC) grants totaling $114,000 to support faculty developing courses that feature international experiences for students. The resulting courses will be offered in 2023.
  • Department of Communication
  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science

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Weiss teaching award honors eight exceptional faculty

President Martha E. Pollack announced the faculty members honored with the Stephen H. Weiss Awards, which recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.

  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Global Development
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Muhogo Bora celebrates the 2022 International Day of Rural Women
The United Nations General Assembly declared every October 15, as the International Day of Rural Women. This day is dedicated to celebrating the achievements and contributions of millions of women living in remote, rural places towards rural...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development