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July 21, 2021

Lead New York announces 19th class

Lead New York, a leadership development program for adult professionals in the food, agriculture and natural resource sectors, has announced the members of its 19th class.

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July 20, 2021

Five alumni headed to Tokyo for Olympic Games

The long wait for the delayed 2020 Olympics will finally end this week, and when it does Cornell will be represented by five alumni competing in five sports.

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Statistics and Data Science

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July 15, 2021

Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement boosts climate resilience, nutrition in West Africa

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement works with smallholder farmers and rural populations in West Africa to develop sustainable crop innovations that address climate change and other social challenges.

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School of Integrative Plant Science
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Phil McMichael speaks at Committee on World Food Security

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June 30, 2021

International development scholar Phil McMichael retires

Phil McMichael, whose decades of research in global food justice has reshaped thinking around rural and international development, will become emeritus professor of global development on July 1.