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Workshop

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Advanced Soil Health Course: From a Global Perspective
The Cornell University Soil Health program will offer a virtual advanced soil health course for practitioners, educators, and students worldwide December 5-14, 2021. This advanced soil health course offering is comprehensively designed as an...
  • Soil
  • Agriculture
  • Natural Resources
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Seminar

Threatening Dystopias: Development, Scientific Knowledge, and Adaptation to Climate Change
Seminar in Critical Development Studies hosted by Cornell Global Development and the Graduate Field of Development Sociology Seminar abstract In the global imaginary of climate change, Bangladesh holds a prominent position. Frequently described...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
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Seminar

Cornell Biogeochemistry Seminar Series Presents: Dr. Greg Asner
Attendees will learn about the earth's biogeochemical cycling by world experts and will hear about some of the most pressing biogeochemical questions across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In this session, Dr. Greg Asner, professor at the...
  • Biogeochemistry
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Webinar

Exploring Co-Digestion on Dairy Farms
Possibilities for Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure and Food Waste Hosted by Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY, Cornell Cooperative Extension, NYS DEC, NYS Pollution Prevention Institute (P2I), and Ag-Grid Energy, LLC, this virtual seminar will focus on...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
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Meeting

Cornell Field Crop Dealer Meeting
The annual Field Crop Dealer Meeting will again be held virtually this year providing the opportunity for more people to attend. It is again being held in conjunction with the annual CCA Conference. The program will consist of a cross-section of...
  • Field Crops
  • Research
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Seminar

Can we have it all? Considering the trade-offs in achieving both human & planetary health
Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series: Fall 2021 In the context of the broad global trends of population growth, the climate crisis, and inequitable diets, food systems need to be re-oriented to ensure they can produce enough food...
  • global development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture & Food Systems
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Lecture

She goes by Moons: The poetic and political legacy of Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask
Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua is a Kanaka Maoli, born and raised in Hawaiʻi. She is an award-winning university teacher and her commitment to Indigenous education spans more than two decades. For the past 15 years, Noelani has worked as a Professor...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
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Seminar

Revolution in development: Mexico and the governance of the global economy
Seminar in Critical Development Studies hosted by Cornell Global Development and the Graduate Field of Development Sociology Seminar abstract: In this seminar, Christy Thornton will discuss her new book Revolution in Development: Mexico and the...
  • global development
  • Department of Global Development
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Seminar

Cornell Biogeochemistry Seminar Series Presents: Dr. Peter Vitousek
Attendees will learn about the earth's biogeochemical cycling by world experts and will hear about some of the most pressing biogeochemical questions across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In this session, Dr. Peter Vitousek, Clifford G...
  • Biogeochemistry
The Work of Economics How a Discipline Makes its World A Conversation With Timothy Mitchell KAUSHIK BASU

Webinar

The Work of Economics: How a Discipline Makes its World
A Conversation with Timothy Mitchell and Kaushik Basu. KAUSHIK BASU is Professor of Economics and Carl Marks Professor of International Studies at Cornell University. He was Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank from 2012...
  • Polson Institute for Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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Seminar

Successes and challenges in sustainable coastal fisheries management in the Philippines
Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series: Fall 2021 About the presenter In July 2018, Mr. John Edgar started his current assignment as the USAID/Philippines Environment Office Chief where he oversees biodiversity, climate resilience...
  • global development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Fish
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Lecture

Jingle dress dancers in the modern world: Ojibwe people and pandemics
Professor Child will reference this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F-1S71fHKs "Women dance in patterns, not in a straight line, to confuse the disease. Healers in the early 20th century, who could be men or women, were valued for their...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program

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Consider Cornell Communication: A Virtual Preview Event for Prospective PhD Applicants
Presented by the Cornell Department of Communication Those who attend will receive an application fee waiver! 1:00 - 1:30 PM Introduction to Cornell Communication Communication Director of Graduate Studies 1:30 - 2:15 PM Student & Faculty...
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Lecture

Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective
How has development thinking and practice shaped our world? The answer lies in four interconnected phenomena—colonialism, the development era, the neoliberal globalization project, and sustainable development—according to Development and Social...
  • global development
  • Department of Global Development
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Seminar

Pathways to an anti-racist and regenerative environmentalism in an age of intersecting crises
Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series: Fall 2021 In this seminar, environmental and climate justice scholar Dr. Prakash Kashwan shares insights from his two-decades-long engagements in international development and academia. He will...
  • global development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Environment
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Webinar

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Transition Cow Tuesdays Webinar Series
Have you… been working with the farm transition cow program but want to know more about the how, what and why? wanted to improve the transition cow performance of your herd but need to know where to start? wanted to increase the skills you bring...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
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Exhibit

Undergraduate student showcase in Global Development
Join us as undergraduates in the Department of Global Development present on their research focused on agriculture and rural development! The poster showcase will highlight experiences from the following students: Engaged learning: Students...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Lund Fellows
Book cover of "In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight against Industrial Agribusiness in California" by Daniel O'Connell and Scott Peters

Seminar

A Conversation about Activist Scholarship and the Politics of Research and Engagement
Polson Institute for Global Development Seminar In the Struggle, a new book co-authored by Daniel J. O’Connell PhD '11 and Professor Scott J. Peters, traces an historical arc of activist scholars in California who fought not only against...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
  • Polson Institute for Global Development
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Seminar

Moving the Needle on STEAM Diversity through Collaborative Partnerships with Minority Serving Institutions
Fall 2021 SIPS Plant Breeding and Genetics Weekly Section Seminars Abstract This session will provide participants who have an interest in increasing STEAM (science, technology, engineering, agriculture, and math) diversity through the...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • school of integrative plant science
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Exhibit

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Ecological Calendars: Finding Hope in the Face of Climate Change
Through March 31, 2022 Cornell Botanic Gardens, Nevin Welcome Center 124 Comstock Knoll Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 An exhibit in the Nevin Welcome Center, “Ecological Calendars: Finding Hope in the Face of Climate Change,” brings together art...
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
  • Climate