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October 3, 2022

Meet our faculty: Chuan Liao

Meet Chuan Liao, assistant professor, Department of Global Development.

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October 3, 2022

Meet our new faculty - fall 2022

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences welcomed nine new faculty members this fall, advancing the college’s commitment to pursuing purpose-driven science and improving the lives of people across New York state and around the world.

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Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Department of Communication

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September 28, 2022

Herrero to bolster global dietary report with food system modeling

Mario Herrero, a professor in the Department of Global Development and a Cornell Atkinson Scholar, has been appointed to the EAT-Lancet 2.0 leadership team to spearhead the modeling workstream.

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September 22, 2022

Is affordable food worth the cost on environment, nutrition and equity?

The past half-century has seen dramatic changes in the ways food is produced, making diets more affordable for billions of people across the globe. But those gains have come with inequitable costs to human and environmental health, according to new research that points the way towards more sustainable ways to structure food systems.