Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Impact Areas

Community Economic Development can encompass many interrelated programs and areas of research. Here are the areas we have ...
ShelterforceOpinion

What Would It Take to Make Community Ownership the Rule, Not the Exception?

Community ownership isn’t just about affordability. It’s about dignity, belonging, and control. It’s about breaking cycles of ...
RiverBender.com

SIUE Professors to Lead $2M NSF Project for Flipped Teaching

EDWARDSVILLE - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Chaya Gopalan, PhD, a professor in both SIUE’s School of Education ...
WWLP

Elms College hosts community talk on human dignity

Elms College hosted the annual Mary Dooley Lecture Series in Chicopee, where community members gathered to explore themes of ...
Extension at the University of Minnesota

Better together: shared interdependence connects rural and urban communities

Ellen Wolter doesn’t see rural and urban communities as worlds apart. Learn about conversations that are bridging the two ...
University News & Events

Fall 2025 Emeriti Lecture: “Kicking the Prow: Reflections on a Life in Conversation with Past and Present People and Other Creatures”

The UC Santa Cruz Emeriti Association proudly presents its Fall Emeriti Lecture on October 28, 2025, featuring UCSC Professor Emerita Diane Gifford-Gonzalez. An internationally recognized authority in ...