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Empowered engagement: students making a difference locally and globally
Central to the Global Development undergraduate major is an eight-week, field-based internship that empowers students to address a global development challenge. Each year, more than 50 students journey to over 19 countries and across the United...
  • CALS Global Fellows Program
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
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Mabaya to lead USAID intellectual property study

  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
  • Development
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School-based health clinics benefit rural NYS communities

In a rural part of upstate New York, students with access to school-based health centers received more medical care and missed less school, Cornell researchers found.

  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
  • Health + Nutrition
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Sushmi Majumder ’25: Communication as a vehicle for development in India
Sushmi Majumder ’25 is envisioning new possibilities for community-based empowerment with solutions at the nexus of communication and global development. As a CALS Global Fellow, Sushmi implemented a storytelling initiative that empowered local...
  • CALS Global Fellows Program
  • Department of Communication
  • Department of Global Development
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Africa’s Inclusive Transformation for People & the Planet
Perspectives in Global Development: Spring 2023 Seminar Series About the speaker Wanjira Mathai is the Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships at the World Resources Institute (WRI). She formerly served as VP & Regional Director for...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Environment & Natural Resources
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Circular Bionutrient Economy for AgriFood System Transition
Perspectives in Global Development: Spring 2023 Seminar Series Abstract Achieving enhanced circularity in agrifood systems is essential to sustainably feed a growing global population. There is an urgent need to generate reliable conceptual and...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture & Food Systems
Polson Institute for Global Development

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Unsettling the University: Confronting the Colonial Foundations of US Higher Education
The Decolonizing Higher Ed Research Working Group invites you to a book launch conversation with author Sharon Stein on her latest publication Unsettling the University: Confronting the Colonial Foundations of US Higher Education . Dr. Stein...
  • 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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