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New global development minor launches
A new undergraduate minor in global development at Cornell will enhance students’ global perspective and ability to contribute to equitable solutions for the most urgent challenges facing people and the planet. Starting in fall 2024, the minor...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
  • Applied Economics
Cowpea growing in a research field at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) in Malawi in September.

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$25M grant fuels Cornell’s efforts to boost global crop resilience

This renewed funding will enable the Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement to strengthen its interdisciplinary efforts to support demand-driven, socially responsive crop improvement programs in key regions around the world.

  • Nutritional Sciences
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
With the community, the 2024 Engineers in Action project team built a bridge over the Black Mbuluzi River in Eswatini - connecting 5,400 people to schools, health care and markets.

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Student team expands impact with water and bridge projects in Eswatini

The Engineers in Action project team has built footbridges connecting thousands in Eswatini to schools, health care and markets - now the group is expanding their impact with two new projects.

  • Agriculture Sciences Major
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Environment
Bejamin Houlton.

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Benjamin Houlton reappointed CALS dean

The Cornell Board of Trustees’ Executive Committee voted Oct. 14 to approve a new five-year term, effective July 1, 2025.

  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Global Development
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Centers & Institutes

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2024 CALS Engaged & Experiential Learning Symposium
You're invited to join us of the 2024 CALS Engaged & Experiential Learning Symposium, happening on October 10 from 4-5:30pm in the Daniel G. Sisler Global Development Student Hub (B75 Mann Library)! Join us at this special poster session to...
  • Global Development
  • GDEV undergrad
  • alumni
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Seminar

The Migration-Development Regime: How Class Shapes Indian Emigration
Perspectives in Global Development: Spring 2024 Seminar Series Abstract How can we explain the causes and effects of global migration from the perspective of sending states and migrants themselves? Rina Agarwala will present on her book The...
  • global development
  • Global Development
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Seminar

Ph.D. Exit Seminar with Sidney Madsen and Ewan Robinson
Changing What It Means to Work on the Land: Agroecology and Agrarian Change in Malawi Ph.D. Candidate: Sidney Madsen Student Bio: Sidney received her B.S. in 2013 from Cornell University in Biology and Society and International Agriculture and...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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Seminar

Insects as Animal Feed: Black Soldier Fly and Circular Food Systems
Perspectives in Global Development: Spring 2024 Seminar Series Abstract Developing novel protein sources for poultry and fish feed is a top priority for ensuring food security and economic opportunities in the Global South. Globally, poultry and...
  • global development
  • Global Development
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