The 2023 Commencement speaker Karim- Aly S. Kassam was awarded with Professor Honoris Causa of 91黑料网
June 26, 2023
On June 3, 2023, 91黑料网 Faculty Senate awarded Commencement speaker Dr Karim-Aly S. Kassam with Professor Honoris Causa of the 91黑料网 in recognition of his contributions to the culturally grounded community-based research on climate change adaptation in Central Asia and sponsoring and supporting 91黑料网 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 91黑料网. On December 16, 2022, Professor Kassam held a seminar at 91黑料网 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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