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Oreos and Lays and Fanta, oh my: the necessary surprises of field research

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By John Lowry John Lowry is a TCi intern and undergraduate senior studying biology and government. Alongside the other interns at ICRISAT, he studies individual and household dietary diversity with a special focus on the consumption of packaged foods and foods prepa… Read more

Reflections from ICRISAT: Science with a human face

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TCi Intern Dora Heng recently graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in Economics and minors in International Relations and Information Science. This summer, her internship is based at ICRISAT where she has been conducting household surveys on dietary diver… Read more

Cow culture: tackling taboos in field-based research

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Maureen Valentine is a TCi Scholar and a second year Ph.D student in the department of Animal Science. For her research, she plans to focus on the widespread deficit of biomass for animal consumption in India. Comments in this blog are Maureen’s perspective as an… Read more

America the– raw meat eating?—beautiful: the value of living alongside villagers

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John Lowry is a TCi intern and undergraduate senior studying biology and government. As part of a team of students and translators, he collected data on the dietary habits of villagers. Below he reflects on the cultural experiences natural to spending two weeks in Indi… Read more

Telugu Essentials: Kodi Kura Cala Manci

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Michaela Brown is majoring in Food Science and minoring in International Development Studies at Cornell University. As a TCi Intern, she is conducting household surveys on dietary diversity and eating out behavior for the Minimum Nutrition Dataset for Agriculture… Read more

Heartbeat of the Household: My first selfie with the women of Jharkhand

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Uttara “Tara” Gadde recently graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Human Biology, Health & Society and a minor in Policy Analysis & Management.  As a TCi Intern, she will be evaluating the health and socioeconomic impacts of a clean water project i… Read more

Welcome to ICRISAT: Science with a Human Face

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John Lowry is a TCi intern and undergraduate senior studying biology and government. Alongside the other interns at ICRISAT, he studies individual and household dietary diversity. Below, John recounts the intern team’s introduction to ICRISAT and the spirit behin… Read more