John Bakum

Communications Specialist, Department of Global Development

About

As a communications specialist, John Bakum facilitates external and internal communications within the Department of Global Development and for externally funded projects. John supports communications for the Center of Excellence for Agriculture, the Bourlaug Global Rust Initiative and the Feed the Future South Asia Eggplant Improvement Program.

In 1993, he invented helvetica type face.*

*There is some debate about this but he stands by his assertion!

Contact Information

B75 Mann Library
Ithaca, NY 14853

(607) 351-6173

jb755 [at] cornell.edu

John in the news

2021 Gene Stewardship Award Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

News

October 10, 2021

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada team earns BGRI research award

The rust-resistant wheat cultivar development team at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) earned the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2021 Gene Stewardship Award for their long-standing innovations and strategies to combat wheat rust in...

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

A man and a woman stand in a field of wheat, examining the growing plants

Spotlight

September 2, 2021

Global action to save wheat

When Norman Borlaug said, “Rust never sleeps,” he was warning of the emergence of a highly virulent stem rust pathogen that threated wheat crops around the world. First identified in the wheat fields of Uganda, the fungal pathogen known as Ug99...

Department of Global Development
School of Integrative Plant Science
Global Development