Members of two Cornell groups, Big Red Relief and Cover Africa, visited various sites in southern Ghana to speak with local residents, assess their needs and come up with sustainable projects.
No stranger to music or the far reaches of the world, Alice Wang '15 reflects on the moments that have stuck with her, whether she was on a safari in Kenya or toiling on college applications at home. The element linking them all together? Music.
When Matilda Ceesay ’13 received the opportunity to work for her long-time hero –– Belgian-American designer Diane von Fürstenberg –– at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City, the fiber science and apparel design major said it was a dream come true.
Recalling her experiences working in Tanzania, Prof. Stacey Langwick, anthropology, called for greater communication between proponents of modern and traditional forms of medicine in Africa at a book reading at Buffalo Street Books on Feb. 18.
The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library, a Cornell-run program that has helped researchers all over the world gain access to agricultural journals, will expand to 50 more countries this year.
Human-animal conflict is a serious problem around the world, but especially in Africa, where big cats, crocodilesand hippopotamuses pose a major threat to human life. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations published a report in 2009 enumerating all the causes and consequences of human-wildlife conflict in Africa. Christina Garza ’12, animal science and biological sciences, recently explored this issue while researching the Amboseli ecosystem of southern Kenya.
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