4-H CYFAR LEGACY team at the New York Youth Ag Leadership Conference
4-H Children, Youth, and Families At-Risk (CYFAR) LEt’s Grow Urban Agriculture through Community and Youth (LEGACY) teen leaders were featured at New York State Governor Kathy Hochul’s convening of the New York Youth Agriculture Leadership Conference in Albany, NY,...
NYC HEALTH: Get Your Updated Flu and COVID-19 Vaccines Here!
NYC Health Vaccine Kickoff 2024! Thursday, October 17, 2024, through Wednesday, October 30, 2024 The flu and COVID-19 vaccines have been updated for 2024-2025. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is providing the vaccines...
Teens explore potential career options at annual 4-H event
Through conversations and hands-on learning opportunities, nearly 250 youth from across New York state learned about different career paths at the annual 4-H Career Explorations Conference, hosted by Cornell and New York State 4-H on campus June 26-28. Students stayed...
Cornell University Cooperative Extension-NYC celebrates 55 years of encouraging families to make healthier food choices
This June, Cornell University Cooperative Extension-NYC (CUCE-NYC) celebrated the 55th anniversary of the Expanded Food and Nutrition and Education Program (EFNEP) in New York City. Through a series of events in Brooklyn, Harlem, Queens and the Bronx, CUCE-NYC EFNEP...
Teens discuss climate change, develop action plans at youth summit
New York City 4-H students gathered to learn about climate change and advocacy at Columbia University’s Youth Climate Summit on March 22. Hosted by Columbia University’s Center for Sustainable Futures, the Youth Climate Summit brings high school students from across...
Honoring Philson Warner—a pioneer in sustainable food systems
Extension associate and founder of the Cornell Learning Labs, Philson Warner, passed away on February 24, 2024. On Wednesday, February 28, Cornell University Cooperative Extension-New York City (CUCE-NYC) staff members gathered virtually to honor Warner’s legacy....
Cornell Cooperative Extension partners with innovative national award-winning youth preparedness initiative, MyPI National
This week in Binghamton, New York, the initial delegation of instructors within the New York Youth Preparedness Initiative, MyPI New York, completed a comprehensive certification and training workshop led by the MyPI National Coordination Team, and became the 29th...
Turner named director of Cornell Cooperative Extension
Andrew Turner ’88, M.P.S. ’93, has been appointed director of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) and associate dean for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and the College of Human Ecology (CHE). Currently director of CCE’s New York State 4-H program,...
Clearinghouse highlights aging, climate as interlinked risks
Record-breaking summer heat focused attention on climate change, but Cornell experts say too little has been paid to its intersection with another critical trend: the world’s rapidly aging population. Older adults are known to be among the most at risk to extreme...
Teen leaders inspire healthy choices among NYC youth
This summer, more than 100 NYC 3rd to 7th grade students learned about nutrition and healthy living as part of Cornell University Cooperative Extensions’ Choose Health Action Teens (CHAT) program. Working in four Police Athletic League (PAL) youth development centers,...
