Via the Cornell Chronicle [2015-03-26]
A new course, Identifying Healing Plants Used in Maya Culture in Southern Belize, is one of 25 faculty projects awarded grants designed to internationalize undergraduate teaching, learning and research at Cornell. Internationalizing the Cornell Curriculum (ICC) awards are administered by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and by Cornell Abroad. They are intended to expose undergraduate students to different cultures, languages and meaningful international experiences.
The healing plants course will take groups of students and faculty to the Toledo District of Belize to study medicinal plants and preserve this centuries-old knowledge for future generations. The course was proposed jointly by faculty members from the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences and of Arts and Sciences, Marcia Eames-Sheavly, Stacey Langwick and Kevin Nixon.