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Arjun Khakhar

Seminar

Applying synthetic biology to study and engineer plants
Seminar from the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems ( CROPPS ) Featuring Arjun Khakhar , assistant professor of biology at Colorado State University Tuesday, October 10 from 2-3 p.m. eastern time Hybrid event in Emerson 135 at...
  • school of integrative plant science
  • Biology
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Seminar

Understanding the Evolutionary Significance of Deleterious Genetic Variation
A Department of Computational Biology Seminar Featuring Dr. Kirk Lohmueller, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Many...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement Global Poster Showcase

Exhibit

Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement's Global Poster Showcase
Location: Mann Library 102 Date and Time: Thursday, October 12 from 3-5 p.m. You are invited to a poster session featuring researchers from across the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement's network of Centers of Innovation. Hear...
  • school of integrative plant science
  • Plants
  • Department of Global Development
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Seminar

The State Orchestrated Regional Cooperation and Regional Inequalities in China
Perspectives in Global Development: Fall 2023 Seminar Series Abstract Local governments in China are increasingly seeking regional cooperation amidst competition. This shift in local development is spurred by state rescaling efforts to reduce...
  • Department of Global Development
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Webinar

Jumping worms—What's bugging you?
Each month at our "What's Bugging You? First Friday" events, experts will share practical information and answer questions on using integrated pest management (IPM) to avoid pest problems and promote a healthy environment where you live, work...
  • Integrated Pest Management
  • What's Bugging You?
  • Gardening
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Seminar

Re-Earthing Sapelo: Abolition Ecology and the Struggle to Save the Land
Seminar in Critical Development Studies co-hosted by the Polson Institute for Global Development, Cornell Global Development and the Graduate Field of Development Studies Abstract: This talk will explore ongoing abolitionist struggles against...
  • Department of Global Development
  • global development
  • Polson Institute
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Seminar

Microbiology Department Seminar: Dr. Ligia Coelho
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Seminar

CoE Coffee, Coaching & Connections: Find the right co-packer for your food + beverage business
CoE Coffee, Coaching & Connections, presented by the New York State Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech, is a monthly series highlighting industry and academic leaders addressing essential topics for food, beverage...
  • Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell Food Venture Center
  • Cornell AgriTech
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Seminar

Innovation for People and Planet: Reimagining Capitalism
Perspectives in Global Development: Fall 2023 Seminar Series Abstract Around the globe, 800m people spend more than 10% of their household budget on health care, and nearly 100m of these are pushed into extreme poverty every year by out-of...
  • global development
  • agriculture
  • Climate Change
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Workshop

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Polson Institute Distinguished Speaker: Nik Heynen
The Polson Institute for Global Development is thrilled to welcome Nik Heynen as its inaugural Distinguished Speaker from October 2-6, 2023. Nik Heynen is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of...
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Lecture

Doug George-Kanentiio - Residential Schools: The Enduring Shame of North America: A Personal Narrative from a Survivor
Doug George -Kanentiio (Akwesasne Mohawk) is the chairperson of the Akwesasronon Shonataten:ron, the Residential School Survivors of Akwesasne. He was taken from his home and assigned to the Mohawk Institute, one of Canada's most notorious...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program

Seminar

Department of Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Kumaran Ramamurthi
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Seminar

Food Security in India: Issues and Concerns
Perspectives in Global Development: Fall 2023 Seminar Series Abstract The paradox of food security in the Indian subcontinent is of massive expansion in the production of food grain resulting in large food stocks of almost 60 million tonnes, on...
  • Global Development
  • Agriculture & Food Systems
  • Agriculture
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Seminar

Parallel Algorithms for De Novo Long Read Genome Assembly via Sparse Linear Algebra
A Department of Computational Biology Field Membership Seminar Featuring Dr. Giulia Guidi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Cornell University Significant advances in genome sequencing over the past decade have resulted in a...
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Seminar

Our Changing Menu: Using the Power of Food to Confront Climate Change
Perspectives in Global Development: Fall 2023 Seminar Series Abstract Food is loved and needed, it is emotive, and it is deeply imbedded in cultures and family histories. However, not enough people know that climate change is changing everything...
  • global development
  • Climate Change

Class

Greenhouse Scout School Certificate Program Registration Deadline
Friday, September 15 Cornell University is partnering with the University of Vermont and the University of Maine to offer a 6-week webinar series in scouting for disease, insect and weed pests of greenhouse ornamentals, although the principles...
  • IPM
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Seminar

The African Futures Project & Resource Inequality and the Quest for Socioeconomic Mobility: The Ghanaian Case
Seminar in Critical Development Studies co-hosted by Cornell Global Development and the Graduate Field of Development Studies Abstract: Every Ghanaian government administration over the past four decades has made substantial investments with the...
  • Global Development
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Webinar

Food Industry Virtual Office Hours
Join us for the next session of Food Industry Virtual Office Hours scheduled Thursday, September 14 from 12 to 1 pm Eastern Time (US & Canada).
  • Institute for Food Safety
  • New York Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence

Seminar

Microbiology Department Seminar: Dr. Sarah Eddy
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Seminar

From Climate Coloniality to Climate Revolutions
Perspectives in Global Development: Fall 2023 Seminar Series Abstract The extremely uneven and inequitable impacts of climate change creates differential vulnerabilities, experiences, responses, and coping mechanisms across the world. Climate...
  • global development
  • agriculture
  • Climate Change