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Fostering Engaged Learning, Research and Experience in Rural Ecuador

A proposed open-pit copper mine has threatened biodiversity and rural lifestyle in the Intag region of Ecuador since the 1990s — leading to conflicts, environmental advocacy and community organizing to design sustainable economic alternatives to mining. Through research projects and internships with new and existing community partners in the region — as well as engagement projects not requiring travel to Ecuador — students learn to apply academic knowledge to complex place-based problems, better preparing them for careers in agriculture, conservation and rural development. At the same time, community partners benefit from iterative multi-year projects that further their capacity for sustainable development and self-determination.

The Team

The Team

Jim Lassoie, Department of Natural Resources
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Angela Fuller, Department of Natural Resources
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Carla Gomes, Department of Computer Science; Department of Information Science; Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; SC Johnson College of Business
Stephen Morreale, Department of Natural Resources
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Amanda Rodewald, Department of Natural Resources; Lab of Ornithology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Terry Tucker, Department of Global Developmental
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Community partner: Asociación Agroartesanal de Caficultores Río
Community partner: Defensa y Conservacion Ecologica de Intag
Community partner: Mujer y Medio Ambiente
Community partner: Red Ecoturistica de Intag

Jim Lassoie, Department of Natural Resources
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Angela Fuller, Department of Natural Resources
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Carla Gomes, Department of Computer Science; Department of Information Science; Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; SC Johnson College of Business
Stephen Morreale, Department of Natural Resources
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Amanda Rodewald, Department of Natural Resources; Lab of Ornithology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Terry Tucker, Department of Global Developmental
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Community partner: Asociación Agroartesanal de Caficultores Río
Community partner: Defensa y Conservacion Ecologica de Intag
Community partner: Mujer y Medio Ambiente
Community partner: Red Ecoturistica de Intag

Engaged Curriculum Grants

Engaged Curriculum Grants

Funding teams that are integrating community-engaged learning into new and existing curricula

Other Recipients

Biomedical Engineering for Rural Healthcare

2021-22

Learning Through Advocacy

Moral Psychology Minor

Biomedical Engineering for Rural Healthcare

Bootleg Balloons

2020-21

An Endangered and Indigenous Language Curriculum

Engaged Learning Curriculum in Global Development

Equitable eEngagement

Expanding PRYDE Scholars Program Research

Exploring Science Aboard the Physics Bus

Grand Challenge @ Dyson

International Human Rights and the Death Penalty

An Introduction to the Internet of Things

Learning Through Advocacy

Moral Psychology Minor

Peace Building in Conflict Regions

Public History Minor

Remaking the City

Restoring Joint Function

Sustainable Development and Community Participation in Ecuador

Taking America’s Pulse

Writing and Community-Engaged Learning

Applied Mathematics in Action

2019-20

Biomedical Engineering for Rural Healthcare

Bringing Specimens to Life

Climate-Adaptive Design in the Community

Collective Leadership Course

Community-Engaged Learning in Emerging Economies

Crime, Prisons, Education and Justice Minor

An Endangered and Indigenous Language Curriculum

Engaged Learning Curriculum in Global Development

Engaged Research and Learning at the Nilgiris Field Learning Center

Engineering Puerto Rico’s Infrastructure

Expanding PRYDE Scholars Program Research

Exploring Science Aboard the Physics Bus

Feminism and Social Justice

An Introduction to the Internet of Things

Learning Through Advocacy

Minor in Applied Science Communication and Public Engagement

A Model for Sustainable Resource Use

Peace Building in Conflict Regions

Policy and the Science of Climate Change

The Professional Practice of Entrepreneurship

Restoring Joint Function

School Gardens in Chile’s Copiapo Valley

Sustainable Engineering in Context

Taking America’s Pulse

Applied Mathematics in Action

2018-19

Biomedical Engineering for Rural Healthcare

Community-Engaged Learning in Emerging Economies

Engaged Learning for International Migration

Engaged Performance

Engineering Puerto Rico’s Infrastructure

Equitable eEngagement

Food Systems for Global Health

Global and Public Health Sciences Major

Grand Challenge @ Dyson

Interdisciplinary Tax Services for Low-Income Immigrants

Learning Through Advocacy

Minor in Applied Science Communication and Public Engagement

Minor and Internship Program in Healthy Futures

Peace Building in Conflict Regions

Policy and the Science of Climate Change

Promoting Engineering Communication and Materials Science and Engineering

Remaking the City

Taking America’s Pulse

Theatre and Climate Change

Bringing Specimens to Life

2017-18

Climate-Adaptive Design in the Community

Communicating Psychological and Brain Science to the Public

Cornell Legal Research Clinic

Crime, Prisons, Education and Justice Minor

Engaged Learning for International Migration

Engaged Performance

Enhancing Community Media

Environmental and Experiential Learning in Washington, D.C.

Environmental and Sustainability Communication

Field Geophysics

Food Systems Approaches to Food Safety

Food Systems for Global Health

Gateways to International Learning

Interdisciplinary Tax Services for Low-Income Immigrants

Law and Policy of Food Systems

Minor and Internship Program in Healthy Futures

The Professional Practice of Entrepreneurship

Promoting Engineering Communication and Materials Science and Engineering

Shared Vision Planning for Lake Ontario

Sustainable Engineering in Context

Theatre and Climate Change

Using the Tools of Finance to Meet Social Needs

Black Oak Wind Farm Community Research Program

2016-17

Building the Foundations for a New Undergraduate Concentration in the Social Sector

Capstone Course in Food Science

Communicating Psychological and Brain Science to the Public

Communicating Science Clearly

Community Engagement by Cancer Scientists

Community Food Systems Minor

Community-Engaged History

Conservation Medicine

Cornell Legal Research Clinic

Engaged Learning for International Migration

Environmental and Sustainability Communication

Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic

Food Systems Approaches to Food Safety

Food Systems for Global Health

Gateways to International Learning

Human-Environment Relations: DEA Engaged Learning from Local to Global

Interdisciplinary Tax Services for Low-Income Immigrants

The Professional Practice of Entrepreneurship

Using the Tools of Finance to Meet Social Needs

Advancing Planning Workshops

2015-16

Biomedical Engineering Engaged Learning Experience

Black Oak Wind Farm Community Research Program

Building the Foundations for a New Undergraduate Concentration in the Social Sector

Capstone Course in Food Science

Communicating Science Clearly

Community Engagement by Cancer Scientists

Community Food Systems Minor

Conservation Medicine

Crime, Prisons, Education and Justice Minor

Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic

Fostering Engaged Learning, Research and Experience in Rural Ecuador

Global and Public Health Sciences Major

Latina/o Studies Program

Leadership Development Curriculum

Supporting the Resurgence of Haudenosaunee Languages

Teaching Global Engagement

Other Recipients

2021-22

Biomedical Engineering for Rural Healthcare

Learning Through Advocacy

Moral Psychology Minor

Biomedical Engineering for Rural Healthcare

2020-21

Bootleg Balloons

An Endangered and Indigenous Language Curriculum

Engaged Learning Curriculum in Global Development

Equitable eEngagement

Expanding PRYDE Scholars Program Research

Exploring Science Aboard the Physics Bus

Grand Challenge @ Dyson

International Human Rights and the Death Penalty

An Introduction to the Internet of Things

Learning Through Advocacy

Moral Psychology Minor

Peace Building in Conflict Regions

Public History Minor

Remaking the City

Restoring Joint Function

Sustainable Development and Community Participation in Ecuador

Taking America’s Pulse

Writing and Community-Engaged Learning

2019-20

Applied Mathematics in Action

Biomedical Engineering for Rural Healthcare

Bringing Specimens to Life

Climate-Adaptive Design in the Community

Collective Leadership Course

Community-Engaged Learning in Emerging Economies

Crime, Prisons, Education and Justice Minor

An Endangered and Indigenous Language Curriculum

Engaged Learning Curriculum in Global Development

Engaged Research and Learning at the Nilgiris Field Learning Center

Engineering Puerto Rico’s Infrastructure

Expanding PRYDE Scholars Program Research

Exploring Science Aboard the Physics Bus

Feminism and Social Justice

An Introduction to the Internet of Things

Learning Through Advocacy

Minor in Applied Science Communication and Public Engagement

A Model for Sustainable Resource Use

Peace Building in Conflict Regions

Policy and the Science of Climate Change

The Professional Practice of Entrepreneurship

Restoring Joint Function

School Gardens in Chile’s Copiapo Valley

Sustainable Engineering in Context

Taking America’s Pulse

2018-19

Applied Mathematics in Action

Biomedical Engineering for Rural Healthcare

Community-Engaged Learning in Emerging Economies

Engaged Learning for International Migration

Engaged Performance

Engineering Puerto Rico’s Infrastructure

Equitable eEngagement

Food Systems for Global Health

Global and Public Health Sciences Major

Grand Challenge @ Dyson

Interdisciplinary Tax Services for Low-Income Immigrants

Learning Through Advocacy

Minor in Applied Science Communication and Public Engagement

Minor and Internship Program in Healthy Futures

Peace Building in Conflict Regions

Policy and the Science of Climate Change

Promoting Engineering Communication and Materials Science and Engineering

Remaking the City

Taking America’s Pulse

Theatre and Climate Change

2017-18

Bringing Specimens to Life

Climate-Adaptive Design in the Community

Communicating Psychological and Brain Science to the Public

Cornell Legal Research Clinic

Crime, Prisons, Education and Justice Minor

Engaged Learning for International Migration

Engaged Performance

Enhancing Community Media

Environmental and Experiential Learning in Washington, D.C.

Environmental and Sustainability Communication

Field Geophysics

Food Systems Approaches to Food Safety

Food Systems for Global Health

Gateways to International Learning

Interdisciplinary Tax Services for Low-Income Immigrants

Law and Policy of Food Systems

Minor and Internship Program in Healthy Futures

The Professional Practice of Entrepreneurship

Promoting Engineering Communication and Materials Science and Engineering

Shared Vision Planning for Lake Ontario

Sustainable Engineering in Context

Theatre and Climate Change

Using the Tools of Finance to Meet Social Needs

2016-17

Black Oak Wind Farm Community Research Program

Building the Foundations for a New Undergraduate Concentration in the Social Sector

Capstone Course in Food Science

Communicating Psychological and Brain Science to the Public

Communicating Science Clearly

Community Engagement by Cancer Scientists

Community Food Systems Minor

Community-Engaged History

Conservation Medicine

Cornell Legal Research Clinic

Engaged Learning for International Migration

Environmental and Sustainability Communication

Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic

Food Systems Approaches to Food Safety

Food Systems for Global Health

Gateways to International Learning

Human-Environment Relations: DEA Engaged Learning from Local to Global

Interdisciplinary Tax Services for Low-Income Immigrants

The Professional Practice of Entrepreneurship

Using the Tools of Finance to Meet Social Needs

2015-16

Advancing Planning Workshops

Biomedical Engineering Engaged Learning Experience

Black Oak Wind Farm Community Research Program

Building the Foundations for a New Undergraduate Concentration in the Social Sector

Capstone Course in Food Science

Communicating Science Clearly

Community Engagement by Cancer Scientists

Community Food Systems Minor

Conservation Medicine

Crime, Prisons, Education and Justice Minor

Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic

Fostering Engaged Learning, Research and Experience in Rural Ecuador

Global and Public Health Sciences Major

Latina/o Studies Program

Leadership Development Curriculum

Supporting the Resurgence of Haudenosaunee Languages

Teaching Global Engagement