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RANA Prize winner to support women’s mobility, empowerment in Nigeria
Ijeoma Seraphie Obiedelu, a peacebuilder whose work seeks to innovatively confront gender-based inequalities and violence in Nigeria, earned the 2025 Ronny Adhikarya Niche Award (RANA), the Department of Global Development announced today. The...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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Cornell’s ‘big cheese’ of cheese retires

Rob Ralyea, manager of the Cornell Food Processing and Development Laboratory, has been the genius behind many of New York’s award-winning cheeses.

  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Dairy
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Co-Creating Connections: Homelands Visits with Lenape Tribal Nations
Written by Chris Bowser (NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and NYS Water Resources Institute) and Ben Maracle (NYS Water Resources Institute) Originally published in New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson...
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New IPBES report offers policy insights on interconnected global crises
A landmark new report, launched today by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ( IPBES), offers decision-makers around the world the most ambitious scientific assessment ever undertaken of these complex...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Climate Change
  • Food