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Workshop

Cornell Farmworker Program hosts the Mexican Mobile Consulate
The Cornell Farmworker Program will host the Mexican Mobile Consulate in several cities in the summer and fall of 2023: Watertown, NY | June 14-16 All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 1330 Gotham Street, Watertown, NY 13601 Wednesday...
  • Cornell Farmworker Program
  • Department of Global Development
  • global development
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Seminar

One Health and Circular Economies of Agriculture-Lake Systems
The "One Health and Circular Economies of Agriculture-Lake Systems" symposium honors Chris Dennis '13, an International Agriculture & Rural Development (IARD) Cornell alumnus who passed away during his graduation week 10 years ago. The panel...
  • Department of Global Development
  • global development
  • Environment & Natural Resources
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Seminar

Corruption Plots: Stories, Ethics, and Publics of the Late Capitalist City
Seminar in Critical Development Studies hosted by Cornell Global Development, the Polson Institute for Global Development, the Department of City and Regional Planning, and the Graduate Field of Development Studies Abstract: The millennial city...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
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News

Cornell, Feed the Future collaboration expands options for farmers in Costa Rica
Research by Ph.D. student Sergio Puerto involved recruiting farmers as citizen-scientists to grow and assess seeds under a far greater diversity of conditions than would be possible for plant breeders to do alone.
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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News

NY high schoolers take the lead in fighting food insecurity at Cornell event
Each year, a group of innovative young researchers convene to discuss challenges and propose solutions to issues of food security and climate change. This group, however, is not made up of visiting professors or postdocs but rather the future...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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News

Cornellians named Schwarzman, Goldwater and Udall scholars

Three students and a recent graduate have won national scholarships that will prepare them for future global leadership and careers in STEM and public service. A fifth student received an honorable mention.

  • Department of Global Development
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Environment
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News

Love for Dead & Co. transcends generations

Current students share their love for the Grateful Dead and their excitement for Dead & Company's return to Barton Hall on May 8.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Department of Global Development

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Field Note

Kate McHale ‘24: Advocating for youth empowerment and nutrition policy
Meet Kate McHale’24, an undergraduate in Global Development who is on a mission to increase youth engagement specifically as it relates to nutrition. As an eight-year alumna and current student leader of 4-H, Kate advocates for youth’s voices in...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Field Note

Internship connects Puerto Rican agricultural students with Cornell
In 2022, five students from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez spent their summer at Cornell for an intensive internship with faculty from across the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Agriculture
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Field Note

Home gardening for life
Chindavone (Chin) Sanlath is an environmental and social consultant at Earth Systems and a certified lead auditor in integrated management systems. She is currently a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow in the Department of Global Development at Cornell...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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Field Note

Improving public sector plant breeding for the future of food security
Public plant breeding programs play a central role in tackling local food security challenges around the world, but how can we be sure that they are operating effectively and optimally at the institutional level? In this blog series, the Feed...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development

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