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Seminar

Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series: Fall 2021 In this seminar, environmental and climate justice scholar Dr. Prakash Kashwan shares insights from his two-decades-long engagements in international development and academia. He will...
  • global development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Environment
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Webinar

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Have you… been working with the farm transition cow program but want to know more about the how, what and why? wanted to improve the transition cow performance of your herd but need to know where to start? wanted to increase the skills you bring...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
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Exhibit

Join us as undergraduates in the Department of Global Development present on their research focused on agriculture and rural development! The poster showcase will highlight experiences from the following students: Engaged learning: Students...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Lund Fellows
Book cover of "In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight against Industrial Agribusiness in California" by Daniel O'Connell and Scott Peters

Seminar

Polson Institute for Global Development Seminar In the Struggle, a new book co-authored by Daniel J. O’Connell PhD '11 and Professor Scott J. Peters, traces an historical arc of activist scholars in California who fought not only against...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
  • Polson Institute for Global Development
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Seminar

Fall 2021 SIPS Plant Breeding and Genetics Weekly Section Seminars Abstract This session will provide participants who have an interest in increasing STEAM (science, technology, engineering, agriculture, and math) diversity through the...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • school of integrative plant science
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Exhibit

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Through March 31, 2022 Cornell Botanic Gardens, Nevin Welcome Center 124 Comstock Knoll Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 An exhibit in the Nevin Welcome Center, “Ecological Calendars: Finding Hope in the Face of Climate Change,” brings together art...
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
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Lecture

Globally there are over 100 memorials to Captain James Cook, whose voyagers throughout the Pacific enabled empire and colonization. As one of the largest archipelagos in the Pacific, Hawaii is famous for many things, especially its hospitality...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
Fatema Sumar

Seminar

Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series: Fall 2021 From from domestic and foreign waters, "The Development Diplomat: Working Across Borders, Boardrooms, and Bureaucracies to End Poverty" is the story of an immigrant woman who blended...
  • global development
  • Department of Global Development
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Conference

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For 83 years, the Cornell Nutrition Conference has provided industry leading research and information across the spectrum of animal nutrition to feed industry professionals and nutritional consultants. The year's event will be a hybrid format...
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
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Seminar

Seminar in Critical Development Studies hosted by Cornell Global Development and the Graduate Field of Development Sociology Seminar abstract The extension of US domestic law over the economic activities of foreign governments within and beyond...
  • Department of Global Development
  • global development
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Seminar

Attendees will learn about the earth's biogeochemical cycling by world experts and will hear about some of the most pressing biogeochemical questions across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In this session, Dr. Emily Bernhardt, James B. Duke...
  • Biogeochemistry
Jan Low

Seminar

Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series: Fall 2021 There is growing agreement on the urgent need to transform global and local food systems to be healthier, more affordable, and less damaging to the environment. How to get there is the...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • school of integrative plant science
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Conference

A three-day, international conference bringing together communities, scholars and policymakers. We will present our research findings from Indigenous and rural societies in the Pamir Mountains of Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, as well as...
  • environment
  • Environment & Natural Resources
  • Diversity & Inclusion
rhonda v. magee

Webinar

As we confront the legacy of historical White Supremacy -- exploring the effects of wage and wealth inequality, witnessing political polarization, and realizing the related climate distress and public health consequences -- we are all challenged...
  • Department of Global Development
  • global development
  • CLASP
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Conference

A three-day, international conference bringing together communities, scholars and policymakers. We will present our research findings from Indigenous and rural societies in the Pamir Mountains of Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, as well as...
  • environment
  • Environment & Natural Resources
  • Diversity & Inclusion
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Lecture

The Department of Landscape Architecture is proud to welcome Walter Hood, who will deliver the 2021 Professor Marvin I. Adleman Memorial Lecture. This virtual lecture is open to the public. Speaker Bio: Walter Hood is the Founder and Creative...
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Lecture

As videogame designers respond to critiques of and demands for gendered and racial representations, more and more games have started to offer alternative embodiments and narratives to consider the gendered dynamics of who is imagined to design...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
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Workshop

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The Cornell Farmworker Program will host the Mexican Mobile Consulate in Ithaca for a three-day event: Wednesday, October 6 from 11:00 AM-3:30 PM Thursday, October 7 from 3:00 PM-7:30 PM Friday, October 8 from 9:00 AM- 1:30 PM To schedule an...
  • Cornell Farmworker Program
  • Department of Global Development
  • global development
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Seminar

Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series: Fall 2021 Dr. Sara Boettiger will discuss lessons learned about past agricultural transformations in LMICs that drove mass poverty reduction, improvements in food security, and agriculture-led...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture & Food Systems
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Webinar

Voices of National Leadership in Anti-Racism in the Outdoors Join us for a conversation with those leading the nation’s effort to address racism and the outdoors. Together, we will explore ways we can increase diversity and equity as it relates...
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • school of integrative plant science
  • Horticulture