After George Floyd was killed by police in 2020, in the midst of a pandemic disproportionately impacting people of color, Pertula George-Redd realized, “I want to channel my sadness and anger to do something for my community.” That year, George-Redd founded Acres4Change to “create a path to land ownership” for…
Dr. Amie Patchen has been teaching for over 16 years. After receiving her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Boston College, she joined the Cornell MPH Program as a postdoctoral associate, where she currently teaches One Health and Public Health Foundations I for our first-year students, and the Integrated Learning…
“Feed the world” might be an over-simplified pop-song lyric, but Dr. Elizabeth Fox, Cornell ’09, ’16, is working hard to explore the complexities of the concept. Dr. Fox joined the MPH Program in 2019, with a focus in food systems and health. More specifically, Fox’s research tackles the real-world issues…