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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...

Tree of Life Center Partnership Awarded Robin Hood Foundation FUEL for 50 Phase Two Funding

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Tree of Life Center Partnership Awarded Robin Hood Foundation FUEL for 50 Phase Two Funding—January 13, 2023 The Tree of Life Center Partnership, which includes Cornell University Cooperative Extension-NYC (CUCE-NYC), is receiving $250,000...

CUCE-NYC presents Enduring Partnership Award to Rev. Patrick O’Connor

On Dec. 16, Cornell University Cooperative Extension – New York City held their annual holiday gathering to celebrate the organization’s 2022 accomplishments. As part of the event, CUCE-NYC’s Executive Director, Jennifer Tiffany, presented Reverend Patrick O’Connor...

BCTR and the new Cornell Center for Health Equity

The newly-formed Cornell Center for Health Equity (CCHEq) held its inaugural symposium on March 15 and 16 at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. David Satcher’s keynote address emphasized that health equity means “everyone has the opportunity to achieve their highest state of...

High schoolers spawn fish, grow lettuce on NYC school rooftop

Atop a roof overlooking Manhattan’s skyline at sundown Oct. 25, more than 300 public officials and proud parents of Food and Finance High School students toured a first-of-its-kind aquaponics greenhouse. Philson A.A. Warner, founding director of the Cornell...

Green Machines Help NYC Schools

Story by Kritika Kulshrestha Photo by Lisa Narloch Recycled computers and other office equipment from the College of Human Ecology has gained a second life at several New York City schools and churches, helping to advance Cornell’s sustainability mission. Working...

Urban 4-H: Changing Minds, Changing Lives

Story and Photography by Melissa Cheri A high-tech agricultural lab. Produce grown without soil. High school students in white lab coats running experiments—four floors above the metal detectors that greet them each morning. All in the middle of New York City’s...