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September 8, 2020

Twenty new Engaged Faculty Fellows named

A total of 20 faculty members from eight colleges have been named Engaged Faculty Fellows, committed to advancing community-engaged learning and scholarship at Cornell and within their academic disciplines. The program is offered through the...

Community and Regional Development Institute
Lab of Ornithology
Global Development Section

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August 25, 2020

Cornell's BGRI launches virtual global wheat conference

Global Development Section
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

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August 21, 2020

Researchers help inform cassava breeding worldwide

Boyce Thompson Institute
Global Development Section
School of Integrative Plant Science

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August 13, 2020

Faculty inform WHO’s COVID-19 and breastfeeding guidelines

Findings will inform the World Health Organization’s (WHO) international guidelines on breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Saurabh Mehta and Julia Finkelstein, both associate professors in Cornell’s Division of Nutritional Sciences...