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December 17, 2024

New IPBES report offers policy insights on interconnected global crises

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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Climate Change
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December 13, 2024

Distinguished New York high school students tackle global food security

Eight student delegates from the New York Youth Institute joined 162 other delegates at the 2024 Global Youth Institute, an educational conference for high school students hosted annually by the World Food Prize Foundation in Des Moines, Iowa...

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Global Development

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December 10, 2024

“Gender, Power and Politics in Ag” book pushes for progress, not buzzwords

A new book co-edited by a Cornell faculty and student highlights the distortion of gender research in agricultural development and calls for transformative changes to the power dynamics and political systems that harm women and worsen hunger in...

School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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December 9, 2024

A conversation with David Kay

In a rapidly evolving world, strengthening connections between the work done in Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) program areas across the state and the related research conducted at Cornell University has never been more crucial. This episode...

Cornell Cooperative Extension
Global Development Section

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April 13, 2023

Eli Newell ‘24: Recycling human waste for a more prosperous planet

Meet Eli Newell ‘24, an undergraduate in global development who seeks to boost environmental health by using a key ingredient that is readily available – urine. Under the mentorship of Rebecca Nelson , professor in the Department of Global...

Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
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Global Development

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April 11, 2023

The role of the maritime industry in sustainable energy solutions

The Humphrey PACT (Practitioner - Assistant - Collaborative - Training) Program pairs undergraduate students in Global Development with Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows to work on a research endeavor in the fields of agriculture, rural development...

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Global Development

Field Note

March 6, 2023

Five lessons in ethical engagement I learned abroad

One of Global Development’s fundamental principles is helping students gain an in-the-field experience through an engaged learning practicum. Engaged learning is experiential, community-centered and anchored in reflection. Undergraduates are...

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Global Development

Field Note

January 19, 2023

What could go right?

For the Any Person, Any Story concept, students developed digital media projects to expose how learning partnerships with CLASP have fostered an inclusive learning culture for students and employees alike.