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GROW Youth Institute at the International Symposium (free registration)

Name: GROW Youth Institute at the International Symposium (free registration)
Start: 2026-03-03T09:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-03-03T10:00:00-07:00
Location: Virtual

March 3 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

CSU’s Office of International Programs is hosting the 7th annual International Symposium March 3-4, and the first session of the Symposium will highlight the transformative impact of youth engagement through the World Food Prize Foundation youth programs and the Colorado GROW Youth Institute. Following a brief overview of these initiatives, a panel discussion will feature Colorado’s recent Youth Institute alumni alongside Global Youth Institute alumni who have advanced into higher education and professional careers addressing global food security. Together, they will reflect on how these formative experiences shaped their academic interests, leadership skills, and career trajectories. The discussion will showcase the importance of investing in youth leadership and offer insights into how young people are driving meaningful change worldwide.

All International Symposium sessions are free and open to the public and will be delivered virtually via Zoom. Learn more about the Symposium and register.

Details

Date: March 3
Time:
9:00 am - 10:00 am

Venue

Virtual
United States

Organizer

KATHLEEN GALVIN

University Distinguished Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University

Dr. Kathleen Galvin is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Geography and former Director of the Africa Center at Colorado State University. She is also an Advising Faculty member for the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, where she founded the Human-Environment Interactions specialization for graduate students interested in a robust academic background in social-ecological systems.

She has conducted interdisciplinary social-ecological systems research in the drylands of East Africa and East Asia. Galvin has worked with local communities on land-use change, biodiversity conservation, food security, and climate change impacts and adaptation. She uses social-ecological systems frameworks, simulation modeling, and geospatial tools to understand human-environment issues and interactions. Her current research examines local perceptions of climate change and environmental issues, and explores actions to achieve viable solutions in Kenya. Another project focuses on understanding the trade-offs of community-based conservation for people and the environment throughout Africa. She has just completed a NASA grant to understand household decisions, ecosystem change, and atmospheric water recycling in Kenya through modeling for water futures.

She has taken on transdisciplinary science, linking science with society to ensure that her work’s impact goes well beyond the academy. As a lead author of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES, 2019), she was instrumental in linking the science of biodiversity and ecosystem services with diverse governance and knowledge systems worldwide.

She is a Fellow in the Society of Applied Anthropology, a past Fellow in the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, and a contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. In 2012, she received the National Sustainability Science award from the Ecological Society of America for her team’s efforts to use their scholarship to collaborate with pastoral communities and policymakers in eastern Africa. In 2017, the College of Liberal Arts awarded her the John N. Stern Distinguished Professor Award, recognizing a career of outstanding research, teaching, and service achievement.

GROW Youth Institute at the International Symposium (free registration)

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CHRIS SHAFFNER

JAMES HENDERSON

EMMA TROLLER

PETER CULP

KATHLEEN GALVIN

CHRISTINA SOHN

BORIS NIKOLAEV

ELIZABETH BABCOCK

ALEX BUDAK

KAREN SCHLATTER

LINDSAY ROGERS

JARED ROMERO

JULIE DAVIES O’SHEA

GIGI KARMOUS-EDWARDS

MARA WALLER

TOM VILSACK

KATE WATKINS

TONY FRANK

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