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The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) will collaborate on four Innovation for Impact Fund (IIF) awards to foster creative collisions that provoke large-scale, long-term impact.
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The national Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes students who address issues of inequality through collaborative action to create long-term social change. Ochoa advocates for incarcerated people serving life sentences in New York state through...

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Ukraine flag flying in the air

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Faculty experts and Ukrainian students will speak about how the Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens lives, the post–Cold War international order and the stability of the global economy at an event March 17 at 4:30 p.m.
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Cattle in a field

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Globally, by the end of this century low-income cattle farmers in poor countries may face financial loss between $15 to $40 billion annually, due to looming climate change.
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