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Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, delivers the Iscol Family Program for Leadership Development in Public Service Lecture.

Career Explorations puts future in 4-H’ers hands

Career Explorations puts future in 4-H’ers hands

More than 500 middle and high school students from across New York gathered at Cornell’s Ithaca campus June 26-28 to participate in life-changing workshops taught by Cornell faculty, staff and graduate students during the annual 4-H Career Explorations conference....

4-H and Girls Who Code partner in NY counties

4-H and Girls Who Code partner in NY counties

By Sheri Hall for the BCTR When Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, delivered the Iscol Lecture at Cornell in 2015, Cooperative Extension Associate Alexa Maille was inspired. Saujani – an attorney, political activist, and fundraiser – founded Girls Who...

Welcome Christopher Wildeman, incoming BCTR director!

Welcome Christopher Wildeman, incoming BCTR director!

Christopher Wildeman, professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management, will become director of the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (BCTR) on July 1. Wildeman follows gerontologist Karl Pillemer, the Hazel E. Reed Professor in the...