Events
Join Global Development at an upcoming webinar, seminar or educational event.
News
Classes for the 2024 fall semester might have officially started August 26th, but for me, they started on August 12th–the day that most of this year’s Humphrey Fellows arrived in Ithaca. My experience with the Fellows has changed my life; the...
Seminar
Fall 2024 Harry ’51 and Joshua ’49 Tsujimoto Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series with support from the Meera Shekar Family Fund About the speakers Mario Herrero Mario Herrero is a professor in the Cornell CALS Department of Global...
Seminar
Distinguished Speaker in Global Development: Juan Lucas Restrepo About the speaker Juan Lucas Restrepo is the Director General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). A Colombian...
News
Get the latest information about our life-changing work.
News
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...
Multimedia
News
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...
News
The Polson Institute for Global Development announced its fall 2024 grants to support research at the intersection of systemic inequality and social-environmental justice. The collaborative grants, small grants, and working groups aim to enhance...
News
How would bushwhacking the Rockies, wandering across Gambia, and working a Tesla assembly line shift your perception of global development? Meet Erik Endacott, this year’s Peace Corps Coverdell Fellow in the Global Development Master of...
Stories from the field
Our students and experts reflect on their personal experiences in engaged learning, research and outreach.
Field Note
Meet Sadie Groberg ’24, an undergraduate in Global Development who seeks to make the world a better place through criminal justice reform. During her time at Cornell, Sadie gained unique insights into the carceral system through her research on...
Field Note
In the face of entrenched conflict, climate change, and poverty in rural Uganda, Ojok Okello embarked on a bold mission to create the first sustainable rural city in the country. As the founder and CEO of Okere City , Ojok engages with residents...
Field Note
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...
Field Note
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...
Get project updates directly to your inbox.
Sign up for our newsletters
Get the latest information from our initiatives in New York and 30+ countries around the world.