Last fall, the Cornell Board of
Trustees approved a new Department of Global Development,
housed in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, focused on solving the
world’s grand challenges. This department creates enhanced opportunities for
Cornell to have an immediate and positive impact on the world, from improving
food security for millions of people to assuring sustainable use of the world’s
resources and beyond.
During this webinar, as a panel of Cornell faculty
explored the ways in which the Department of Global Development will connect
with the international agricultural research community, the food industry,
consumers and the broader university.
Faculty Panel Andrew McDonald, associate professor, School of Integrative Plant Science and the
Department of Global Development Prabhu Pingali, professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and
Management and the Department of Global Development Hale Tufan, senior research associate, Department of Global Development Wendy Wolford, vice provost for International Affairs and the Polson Professor
of Global Development
Moderated by Max Pfeffer, CALS
executive dean and international professor of development sociology.
Introduction by Kathryn
J. Boor, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences.