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Headshot of Andrew Turner.

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Turner named director of Cornell Cooperative Extension

Andrew Turner ’88, M.P.S. ’93, has been appointed director of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) and associate dean for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and the College of Human Ecology (CHE).

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Energy
  • Food
Headshot of Robert Stavins in a suit and a yellow tie.

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A quantum physicist and an environmental economist have been appointed the newest A.D. White Professors-at-Large, and five returning professors will visit campus this fall.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Applied Economics
  • Environment
A crow eating a piece of pizza

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City life favors species that display characteristics know as “urban trait syndrome,” including being adaptable and not too fussy about what they eat.

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Behavior
Researchers place solar panels on the Cornell Experimental ponds

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Steve Grodsky, assistant professor of natural resources, and a multidisciplinary team of researchers, soon will learn how solar panels placed on top of water bodies can affect the biology of aquatic systems.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow Nodira Kurbanbaeva (left) of Uzbekistan shakes hands with Ed Mabaya in a classroom.

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The Humphrey PACT Program promotes research collaboration between undergraduates and Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows, midcareer professionals specialized in agriculture, rural development and natural resource management, who spend one year at Cornell...

  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
  • Energy
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Events

Speaker, Jovan Lewis

Seminar

Seminar in Critical Development Studies hosted by Cornell Global Development and the Graduate Field of Development Studies Abstract: In this talk, I think through the history of Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma, more famously known as Black Wall...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Applied Economics
Speaker, Kyle Davis

Seminar

Perspectives in Global Development: Fall 2022 Seminar Series Sustainable food systems aim to provide sufficient and nutritious food, while maximizing climate resilience and minimizing environmental impacts. Yet historical practices, notably the...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Development