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News

Tashara M. Leak, assistant professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and co-director of the Action Research Collaborative (ARC), left, and Neil Lewis Jr., ARC co-director and assistant professor of communication and social behavior, speak at a symposium

News

NYC symposium addresses solutions for inequities

Members of Cornell’s Action Research Collaborative joined representatives from New York City agencies at a symposium Aug. 11 to discuss innovative new solutions aimed at dismantling the systemic racism that has led to inequities around food...

  • Department of Communication
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Communication

Field Note

Chobani scholars pursue dreams in animal science, agriculture

For the past four years, the Chobani Scholars Program has supported students from dairy farming backgrounds who are pursuing careers in dairy. This year, with its new focus on supporting historically underserved students who have a broad set of...

  • Animal Science
  • Food Science
  • Dairy
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News

Two doctoral students receive Africa Fund Fellowships
Doctoral students Rafid Bendimerad and Angela Nankabirwa have been selected to receive 2022 Africa Fund Fellowships.
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Biology
  • Water

News

CALS junior earns national award for addressing social change

The national Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes students who address issues of inequality through collaborative action to create long-term social change. Ochoa advocates for incarcerated people serving life sentences in New York state through...

  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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Spotlight

CALS enhances strategies to recruit, retain diverse faculty, students
CALS highlights some of the strategies the college and its community members are adopting to improve diversity in faculty, staff and student recruitment and retention.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Microbiology

Events

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Seminar

Prioritizing Gender Equality from Afterthought to Guiding Goal of Agricultural Innovation
This event is supported by the CALS Office for Diversity and Inclusion and is part of the CALS Dean’s Inclusive Excellence Seminar Series, which highlights academic excellence through inclusive science and creates a platform for extended...
  • Diversity & Inclusion
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Seminar

Evolutionary Justice through Queer Biology & Empowering Community-based Conservation in Latin America
This event is supported by the CALS Office for Diversity and Inclusion and is part of the CALS Dean’s Inclusive Excellence Seminar Series, which highlights academic excellence through inclusive science and creates a platform for extended...
  • Diversity & Inclusion
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Seminar

Building agricultural landscapes that work for the environment and people
This event is supported by the CALS Office for Diversity and Inclusion and is part of the CALS Dean’s Inclusive Excellence Seminar Series, which highlights academic excellence through inclusive science and creates a platform for extended...
  • Diversity & Inclusion
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Seminar

Sea Change: A Voyage from Climate Catastrophe to Climate Cooperation
This event is supported by the CALS Office for Diversity and Inclusion and is part of the CALS Dean’s Inclusive Excellence Seminar Series, which highlights academic excellence through inclusive science and creates a platform for extended...
  • Diversity & Inclusion
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Seminar

A food systems approach to improving sustainable diets globally
This event is supported by the CALS Office for Diversity and Inclusion and is part of the CALS Dean’s Inclusive Excellence Seminar Series, which highlights academic excellence through inclusive science and creates a platform for extended...
  • Diversity & Inclusion