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Students donate handmade canoe to Haudenosaunee youth

On May 7, Cornell students presented a handmade canoe to Hickory Edwards, Onondaga Nation Turtle Clan member and founder of the Haudenosaunee Canoe Journey, a program that guides Indigenous youth through ancestral waterways in upstate New York.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Environment
  • Development
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NY high schoolers take the lead in fighting food insecurity at Cornell event
Each year, a group of innovative young researchers convene to discuss challenges and propose solutions to issues of food security and climate change. This group, however, is not made up of visiting professors or postdocs but rather the future...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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Lead New York Class 18/19 Completes Year 2
Participants Complete “Lead Fellows” Portion of Program LeadNY is pleased to announce that 35 members of its 18th and 19th classes have successfully completed the “Lead Fellows” portion of the training program. Class members were recognized at a...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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Todd Lighthall receives Lead New York’s Ninth Outstanding Alumni Award
Todd Lighthall, LeadNY Class 12, is the ninth recipient of the program’s Outstanding Alumni Award (OAA). This award was established to recognize the outstanding leadership our graduates provide to the Lead New York Program, their local...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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What’s Public About Public Services?
Perspectives in Global Development: Spring 2023 Seminar Series Abstract What is the meaning of ‘public’ and how does it shape our understanding of public services? This talk examines the history of this question, highlighting the limits of...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
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Improving US Farm Viability by Tackling the Organic Waste Problem
Perspectives in Global Development: Spring 2023 Seminar Series US farmers have all the tools to take advantage of food waste diversion from landfills. They have the physical tools on the farm and the knowledge necessary to turn “waste” into a...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture & Food Systems
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Plantation Liberalism: Personhood and Property between Philippine Mindanao and the Black Atlantic
Seminar in Critical Development Studies and Gatty Lecture co-organized by Cornell Global Development, the Cornell Southeast Asia Program, Department of Anthropology and the Graduate Field of Development Studies Abstract: On the banana...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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Balancing Conservation and Development in Rural New York – the Role of the Finger Lakes Land Trust
Perspectives in Global Development: Spring 2023 Seminar Series Abstract Since it was established in 1989, the Finger Lakes Land Trust has worked cooperatively with landowners and local communities to conserve more than 29,000 acres of the region...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
  • Environment & Natural Resources
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