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A thank you letter to the Humphrey Fellows
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...
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Global Development Impact Brief #5 The Global Development Impact Brief series is designed to highlight Global Development’s work across disciplines, issues, and geographies in order to give readers insights into how we are advancing development...
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As a kid, Ben Quint loved maps. It’s almost literary, atlases in a Pittsburgh living room evolving into first-hand explorations. But it’s true—Ben has both the baby pictures and the curriculum vitae to prove it. Now a sophomore in Global...
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Ijeoma Seraphie Obiedelu, a peacebuilder whose work seeks to innovatively confront gender-based inequalities and violence in Nigeria, earned the 2025 Ronny Adhikarya Niche Award (RANA), the Department of Global Development announced today. The...
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A landmark new report, launched today by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ( IPBES), offers decision-makers around the world the most ambitious scientific assessment ever undertaken of these complex...
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