GEN MEREDITH “Real potential and benefit will come from us remembering to focus on systems change—changing policies and practices and investing in community capacity—instead of only focusing on short term fixes.” Gen Meredith emphasizes the critical role food plays in long term health outcomes and the value that community engagement…
Category: The Big Picture Feeding Tompkins Part 3: “Fragile” emergency food system relies on countless volunteer hours Written by Alison Fromme on March 23rd, 2018March 23rd, 2018. Leave a comment This is Part 3 of Feeding Tompkins, an in-depth look at food insecurity in Tompkins County and a collaborative project…
Category: The Big Picture This is Part 2 of Feeding Tompkins, an in-depth look at food insecurity in Tompkins County and a collaborative project between WRFI News, the Ithaca College Park Scholar Program, The Ithaca Voice, and Hot Potato Press. This article was written by Jolene Almendarez. ITHACA, N.Y. —…
‘Intervene’ video and workshop receive best practices award By Nancy Doolittle | May 1, 2018 A video and workshop developed at Cornell that helps bystanders address problematic situations such as sexual assault has won another in a series of national awards. “Intervene,” a 20-minute video, often paired with a 60-minute…
From https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/vector-borne/index.html Illnesses on the rise From mosquito, tick, and flea bites 3x. Disease cases from mosquito, tick, and flea bites tripled in the US from 2004 to 2016. 9. Nine new germs spread by mosquitoes and ticks have been discovered or introduced since 2004. 8 in 10. About 80%…
Child safety seat checks April 28 Is your car seat really protecting your child? Find out at the child safety seat check offered by the Cornell University Police, April 28, 9 a.m.-noon, at the Cornell Grounds Shop, 307 Palm Road. Trained child passenger safety technicians will provide instruction in proper…
Michener Approximately 74 million people in the United States use Medicaid. But as assistant professor of government Jamila Michener recounts in her new book, “Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism and Unequal Politics,” there is no one Medicaid, but rather a patchwork of policies across states with differences even at the neighborhood…
Dr. Luvelle Brown is an educational leader with a strong commitment to social justice. As the superintendent of the Ithaca City School District, he has made substantial improvements in the graduation rates, attendance, and academic performance of students through his mission to “Engage, Educate, and Empower.” Dr. Brown presented his leadership strategies and…
ProvidedBelfer Research Building, Weill Cornell Medicine. Responses by workers and their advocates to challenges in the gig economy will be explored in an April 27-28 conference organized by The Worker Institute at Cornell ILR. Bringing together U.S. and European academics, union representatives, worker organizations and legal advocates, Workers’ Rights in…
