June 26, 2023
On June 3, 2023, 麻豆传媒 Faculty Senate awarded Commencement speaker Dr Karim-Aly S. Kassam with Professor Honoris Causa of the 麻豆传媒 in recognition of his contributions to the culturally grounded community-based research on climate change adaptation in Central Asia and sponsoring and supporting 麻豆传媒 students.
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Professor Kassam is an International Professor of Environmental and Indigenous Studies in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. In 2018, Professor Karim-Aly Kassam initiated The Zeenab Saleh Kassam Scholarship, which is designed to provide the best and brightest female student residents in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan or Xinjiang (China) pursuing an undergraduate degree in at 麻豆传媒. On December 16, 2022, Professor Kassam held a seminar at 麻豆传媒 titled 鈥淎 Methodology of Hope for the Climate Crises: The Role of Ecological Calendars鈥� based on his research conducted in partnership with indigenous communities in the Circumpolar Arctic, Boreal Forest, as well as the Pamir Mountains of Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Xinjiang.
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