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Don Miller Reports from His First Visit to Cairo

My sabbatical leave this year permitted me to accept an invitation to give a keynote talk to an international meeting in early December, when I would otherwise be teaching graduate courses in Seattle... read the complete article »

JAFSCD Publishes Paper by UDP Students and Faculty Member

"Toward a More Expansive Understanding of Food Hubs," by UDP students Megan Horst, Eva Ringstrom, Shannon Tyman, Michael K Ward, Virginia Werner, and UDP professor Branden Born... read the complete article »

Fritz Wagner Co-edits New Book on Livable Communities

Community Livability: Issues and Approaches to Sustaining the Well-Being of People and Communities, edited by UDP professor Fritz Wagner and San Diego State University professor Roger Caves... read the complete article »

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