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The Cornell community gathers to listen to Robin Wall Kimmerer as the 2023 Distinguished Speaker in Global Development. Photo by Alayna Thomas.
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MEXUS Unwalled: The UCSD Community Stations
Fall 2024 Harry ’51 and Joshua ’49 Tsujimoto Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series About the speaker Fonna Forman is Professor of Political Theory at UC San Diego and Founding Director of the Center on Global Justice at the...
  • Department of Global Development
  • global development
  • Environment
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Challenges to Achieving Sustainable and Just Food Systems: Lessons Learned from the Second EAT-Lancet Report
Fall 2024 Harry ’51 and Joshua ’49 Tsujimoto Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series with support from the Meera Shekar Family Fund About the speakers Mario Herrero Mario Herrero is a professor in the Cornell CALS Department of Global...
  • Department of Global Development
  • global development
  • Environment
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Food Systems and Landscapes that Sustain the Planet, Drive Prosperity, and Nourish People
Distinguished Speaker in Global Development: Juan Lucas Restrepo About the speaker Juan Lucas Restrepo is the Director General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). A Colombian...
  • Department of Global Development
  • global development
  • Environment
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Feeding Today, Nurturing for Tomorrow: Good Nutrition as Best-buy Development Investment for Human Capital and Sustainable Development
Fall 2024 Harry ’51 and Joshua ’49 Tsujimoto Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series with support from the Meera Shekar Family Fund About the speaker Kyoko Shibata Okamura has over 20 years of experience in advancing the global...
  • Department of Global Development
  • global development
  • Environment
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From Episodic Moments to the Global Movement: 21st Century Reparatory Justice
Fall 2024 Harry ’51 and Joshua ’49 Tsujimoto Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series Abstract The 21st century will witness Reparatory Justice for the crimes against humanity committed during modern colonialism. Everywhere in post...
  • Department of Global Development
  • global development
  • Environment