Speciosa Wandira, vice president of Uganda from 1994 to 2003, gave an unusually blunt appraisal about the state of her country and her region while speaking on campus Nov. 14. (Nov. 16, 2007)
A newly launched insurance program designed by Cornell postdoctoral researcher Sommarat Chantarat and colleagues could help herders in northern Kenya climb out of poverty. (March 2, 2010)
Events this week include: Temple Grandin; Johnson Museum events; lectures on digital privacy and foreign policy; a poetry reading; a Gallic band performance; and a Schumann recital. (Feb. 18, 2010)
A conference, "Achieving Sustainable Communities in a Global Economy," will be held Friday, Nov. 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in 401 Warren Hall, Cornell University.
NEW YORK -- At an unusual international labor conference in New York City, Feb. 9-11, trade unionists and scholars will strategize about the role of the labor movement in a globalized world.
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Experts with a wide variety of perspectives at an April 1-2 conference at Cornell will attempt to answer the question: Who should rightfully profit from biotechnology's exploitation of the "intellectual property" of nature?
The impact of new wine shipment legislation, the 2007 Farm Bill and trends in specialty crops are a few of the highlighted topics that will be explored at the annual Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference Dec. 6 at Cornell University. (November 23, 2005)
More than 2 billion people -- one-third of the planet's population -- suffer from "hidden hunger," debilitating mineral and vitamin deficiencies that impair growth, physical and intellectual development, activity and survival, especially among women, infants and children in developing nations.
An international group of agricultural scientists is studying how to feed the world while conserving natural ecosystems. In a first step, the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has chosen Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to study how to unite agricultural and environmental land management worldwide. Louise Buck, Cornell senior extension associate in natural resources, will lead the "ecoagriculture" assessment team. "Around the world there has been too much competition between agriculture and natural resources," says Buck. "This is bringing together the state of the art in natural science and social science research, all for managing agricultural land systems and conserving biodiversity. We are looking for synergies." (December 8, 2003)
'Local foods, first' is more than a new food fad. It is a high priority for Albany policymakers, said New York agriculture commissioner Patrick Hooker at a March 10 conference on campus. (March 16, 2009)