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,...
4-H youth glimpse campus life, possible career paths
The annual 4-H Career Explorations Conference – where 4-H members attend courses designed by various Cornell units and experience living on a college campus – welcomed nearly 250 young people from across New York state to Cornell June 27-29. “It means so much that so...
NYC faculty discuss equity, community ownership
Faculty in Cornell’s Action Research Collaborative (ARC) joined New York City and State policymakers and community members for ARC’s second symposium on June 22. The annual symposium is an opportunity for researchers, policymakers and community stakeholders to share...
CUCE-NYC Program Leader and class of ’72 Alumna, Jackie Davis-Manigaulte, PhD, receives Helen Bull Vandervort Alumni Achievement Award
Jackie Davis-Manigaulte ’72 serves as the Family and Youth Development Program Leader and Director of Community Relations for Cornell University Cooperative Extension’s NYC Programs (CUCE-NYC). She earned her B.S. in Human Development and Family Studies (CHE ’72), her...
Day of Gardening Kicks off Nutrition and Gardening Workshops at a Transitional Housing Facility in Queens, NY
On April 22nd, families living in a transitional housing facility in Queens, NY celebrated Earth Day and the launch of a new collaborative project between the Cornell Action Research Collaborative (ARC), Cornell University Cooperative Extension-New York City...
This Day of Giving, support CCE internships that connect Cornell students with hands-on learning opportunities.
Undergraduate students gain hands-on experience in community engagement and research-related opportunities through Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) internships. Summer interns based in New York City support projects like the Choose Health Action Teens (CHAT)...
Cornell expert leading effort to establish nutrition guidelines
Cornell nutrition expert Angela Odoms-Young will serve as the vice chair of the national 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC), which will review scientific evidence regarding federal nutrition programs and policies and provide nutritional guidelines for...
COVID Town Hall in the Bronx: “What We Have Seen, and What Does it Mean?”
CUCE-NYC is a partner on a nationwide Program to Alleviate National Disparities in Ethnic and Minority Immunizations in the Community (PANDEMIC) supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that connects cooperative extension educators with...