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The Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS) is seeking an Extension Associate/Senior Extension Associate and Associate Director of the Food and Nutrition Security in Communities (FNEC) program. The successful candidate will coordinate the New York State Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and other programs targeted to limited resource audiences and will collaborate with the FNEC team of extension and research associates, support specialists, DNS faculty, and other state and county extension staff to assure quality programming.
The Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS) at Cornell University is among the largest academic units in the United States devoted to human nutrition and is distinguished by its multi‐disciplinary faculty. The scholarly activities of the Division, including research, education, and extension/outreach, integrate knowledge across the physical, biological and social sciences to address important questions related to nutrition and health, food systems and behavior patterns, and social and institutional environments and governmental policies in relation to nutrition and human health. FNEC is an outreach and dissemination arm of DNS that is strongly positioned to leverage the research faculty in providing the latest evidence-informed programming in nutrition.
Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) at Cornell University, partners with the College of Human Ecology and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to share research-based information and knowledge with the citizens of New York State. It is within this structure that EFNEP is delivered.
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