Category: Field Notes
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Posted on June 20, 2017
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Unintended Consequences
For Dominic Parker, a professor of agricultural and applied economics, a research foray into mining practices in Africa dug up some unexpected findings. Parker wanted […]
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Iceland: “Interwoven tapestry” of lakes and land
Swarms of midges rise out of a lake in northern Iceland in such enormous numbers every spring and summer that they can impair breathing and […]
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Posted on February 20, 2017
Peru: Undergrad helps teach orphans about hydroponic farming
There are capstones, and there are capstones. For his capstone—a discipline-spanning research project required of all students graduating from CALS—soil science student Jacob Kruse BS’16 […]
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Thailand: Adventures in Global Health
When it comes to study abroad experiences, an elephant ride in Thailand is pretty hard to beat. “The entire time we were around the elephants, […]
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Posted on October 24, 2016
Mali: Helping women farm
Women in many industrialized countries are all too familiar with the “second shift”—the domestic duties they still perform disproportionately (compared with their husbands) once their […]
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Posted on October 5, 2016
Uganda: Soap paves the way
Most of us take soap for granted in our daily lives. Not so in the village of Lweza, Uganda, where only a third of the […]
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Posted on July 1, 2016
Safer Nanotech
A CALS researcher is investigating the biological impacts of nanomaterials
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Posted on March 4, 2016
Ecuador: Better Health through Messaging
Some communities in Ecuador face high incidences of water-borne illness because of contaminated water or poor hygiene and sanitation. It’s a multipronged problem calling for […]
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Posted on November 3, 2015
Mexico: Mapping the roots of poverty and inequality
What makes development projects work? Jennifer Alix-Garcia, a professor of agricultural and applied economics, is diving deep into Mexico’s history to shed light on that […]
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Middle East: Improving water policy in an arid region
Political conflict in the Middle East is a constant source of media attention, but Samer Alatout, a CALS professor of community and environmental sociology, focuses […]
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Posted on June 9, 2015
Uganda: The Benefits of Biogas
Generating enthusiasm for a new kind of technology is key to its long-term success. Rebecca Larson, a CALS professor of biological systems engineering, has already […]
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Posted on March 2, 2015
Russia: Monitoring Russia’s “rewilding”
Doing fieldwork in the remote wilderness of Russia isn’t for the faint of heart. There are long distances to travel on deeply rutted roads, bleak […]