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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

CCE interns recall summer experiences and community connections

Some students spend summer vacation relaxing. Nika Colley ’23, used the time creating a new urban garden and leading workforce transition project for young adults in Rochester as part of the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Summer Internship Program. “At Cornell, I...

How a partnership served a community by listening

The Tree of Life Center on 164th Street in Jamaica, Queens, New York, is nearing completion. To an outsider, it may look like any other building going up in Jamaica Center. But the partnership that has made it a reality sees it as a key community-building resource for...