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Supporting students and faculty to undertake research in the U.S., Africa, South Asia and Latin America, the Polson Institute of Global Development announced its spring 2025 grant winners earlier this month. “Never has support for development...
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“We don’t think about waste as a resource, but we should,” added Lori Leonard, professor and chair of global development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. “Our landfills are filling up, and nobody wants a new landfill in their...
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Classes for the 2024 fall semester might have officially started August 26th, but for me, they started on August 12th–the day that most of this year’s Humphrey Fellows arrived in Ithaca. My experience with the Fellows has changed my life; the...