Cornell University Cooperative Extension New York City

06/02/2026

05/22/2026

Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research's Talks at Twelve series presents "The Meaning of Extension: Cornell’s Work in New York City"

For more than 60 years, Cornell University Cooperative Extension–NYC has brought Cornell’s research into communities across all five boroughs—serving 30,000+ New Yorkers annually through programs in nutrition, youth development, STEM, and urban agriculture.

Join Jenny Weil Malatras ’02, executive director of CUCE-NYC, for a conversation on what the land-grant mission looks like in New York City today, the challenges and opportunities ahead, and how Cornell can deepen its impact across the city.

🗓️ May 28, 2026
🕛 12:00–1:00 PM
📍 570 Lexington Ave., 12th Floor, New York, NY + Zoom

🏢 In-person registration: https://lnkd.in/gjqrxAFy
🖥️ Zoom registration: https://lnkd.in/gj_mcVcZ

05/22/2026

Now Hiring: Director of Family & Youth Development
📍New York City | Cornell University Cooperative Extension – NYC

Cornell University Cooperative Extension–NYC (CUCE‑NYC) seeks a dynamic, equity‑centered leader to serve as Director of Family and Youth Development.

This senior role offers a rare opportunity to reimagine and lead youth and family programming—including 4‑H/Youth Development and Parenting Education—across New York City’s five boroughs.

As a member of the CUCE‑NYC Program Leadership Team, the Director will provide strategic vision, lead grant‑funded initiatives as Principal Investigator, supervise and mentor staff, and build strong partnerships with community organizations, government agencies, and Cornell faculty.

The role sits at the intersection of research, community impact, and public service—advancing Cornell’s land‑grant mission in one of the most complex urban environments in the world.

Required: Master’s degree in a related field and 5–7 years of experience in non‑formal education, program leadership, and grant development.

Preferred: Doctorate, Extension or NYC experience, multilingual skills, and a strong commitment to belonging, equity, and inclusion.

✅ Full‑time, NYC‑based
✅ Academic rank: Extension Associate or Senior Extension Associate
✅ Competitive salary + Cornell benefits

🔗 Apply: https://lnkd.in/gzRtTKnc
📅 Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

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05/15/2026

The Hub in the South Bronx, minutes away from our Cooperative Extension office.
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Community challenges and assets are not mutually exclusive. Yes, the Hub faces ongoing quality-of-life challenges, AND it continues to serve as a vital center for businesses, food, health and human services, and everyday connection for Bronx residents.

PC: Danielle Parks, Program Liaison

05/14/2026

CUCE-NYC programming—where STEM meets creativity. 🎨🌱

Our hydroponics STEM education students took their learning beyond the classroom and into the in Harlem bringing science to life through art, exploration, and hands-on experience.

For students in communities where green space can be limited, experiences like this matter. They make space for connection to nature, spark creativity, support social and emotional health, and show that growing food and possibility is within reach anywhere.

📸: Maya Kutz, Hydroponics STEM Education Program

05/06/2026

Presentamos un nuevo segmento con nuestros miembros del equipo de CUCE-NYC para contestar la pregunta: ¿Qué significa la extensión cooperativa para mí?

Conozcamos a Maireny Guzman, una Educadora de Nutrición Comunitaria, en Brooklyn y en Queens.

Maireny, como algunos de sus compañeros, también estuvo en otro programa de CUCE-NYC antes de convertirse en educadora. Aunque ella comenzó su viaje con CUCE-NYC como Asistente del Programa en nuestro Programa de Nutrición del Mercado de Agricultores en el 2022, otros compañeros empezaron como participantes o voluntarios en los talleres de nutrición.

El participar en nuestros programas – como voluntario, interno, o participante – puede llevar a tener un empleo en CUCE-NYC, donde buscamos involucrar y fomentar relaciones con campeones de la comunidad.

CUCE-NYC implementa un modelo de educadores de primera línea de paraprofesionales basados en la comunidad. Los educadores de nutrición comunitaria, como Maireny, residen en las comunidades donde enseñan, sirviendo como líderes entre sus compañeros y conectando experiencia vivída, un idioma en común, experiencia cultural e investigación.

¿Qué significa la extensión cooperativa para usted? Por favor comente abajo.

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We’re introducing a new segment with our CUCE-NYC team members answering the question: What does extension mean to me?

Meet Maireny Guzman, a Community Nutrition Educator, in Brooklyn and Queens.

Maireny, like some of her colleagues, also served in another CUCE-NYC program area before becoming an educator. While she started her journey with CUCE-NYC as a Program Assistant in our Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program in 2022, other staff began as nutrition and health workshop participants or interns.

Participation in our programs—as a volunteer, intern, participant, or part-time staff member—can provide pathways to employment at CUCE-NYC, where we seek to meaningfully engage and foster relationships with community members.

CUCE-NYC implements a community-based para-professional frontline educator model. Community nutrition educators, like Maireny, live in the communities they teach, serving as leaders among their peers and bridging lived experience, shared language, cultural context, and research.

What does extension mean to you? Comment below.

📹: Danielle Parks, CUCE-NYC Program Liaison

📹 editing and English/Spanish captions: Juan Vazquez-Leddon, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research

💬 Spanish translation: Yvonne Bravo, CUCE-NYC Nutrition and Health & Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program

05/01/2026

From the College of Human Ecology at Cornell or the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University to programs such as 4-H, nutrition and health, parenting education, or horticulture, there are varied ways we talk about the Cornell Cooperative Extension system.

But what does Cornell University Cooperative Extension mean—particularly in New York City?

CUCE - NYC will be introducing a new social media segment where team members answer this question—in their own words, pictures, and videos.

Why is this important? Accessible education for real world impact. Take a look at our community-based para-professional frontline educator model.

Community nutrition educators, for example, are residents of the communities they teach, serving as leaders among their peers and bridging lived experience, shared language, cultural context, and university research.

This approach establishes trust and builds genuine connections, which enrich lives and support thriving communities.

Stay tuned and join the conversation.

04/23/2026

April is National Minority Health Month—a time to recognize health disparities impacting racial and ethnic communities. These disparities are shaped not only by access to care, but also by who is represented in the systems, research, and innovations that influence health outcomes.

CUCE-NYC participates in immersive events like Division of Government & Community Affairs’ Big Red STEM Day that bring together middle and high school students to connect with mentors, explore experiential STEM, and see themselves reflected in fields that shape our health and communities.

When young people see people who look like them shaping science, technology, and public health, it reinforces that they belong in these spaces and that their voices matter.

CUCE-NYC offered workshops, including:

🛠️ If You Build It, They Will Come 🟥🟨🟦🟩
�In this hands-on STEM challenge, students competed in teams to build the largest structure with limited materials and unique constraints. Students thought like engineers and architects and reflected on the role of diverse perspectives, including women in STEM, in driving innovation.

A sixth grader from Queens wrote, “We learned a lot about building things, and some programs and trailblazers that might help.” Another student shared about her ‘success’ saying, “The thing that went well was with the building blocks when me and my team was doing it. The thing that could’ve gone better is my teams like communication.”

PC: Studio Brooke

05/17/2016

This week's Tuesday highlight is 4-H alumnus Son of a Southern Chef - Lazarus Lynch from NYC. Lazarus was a member of the Food & Finance High School 4-H Club in Manhattan and worked with the CCE-NYC's Hydroponics, Aquaculture, Aquaponics Learning Labs. He is now the owner of Son of a Southern chef, where he is a cookbook contributor, commercial featured chef and talented young passionate foodie! Lazarus also serves as a Youth Trustee at the National 4-H Council.

Thanks for all you've done and your representation of New York State 4-H at the National level.

04/19/2016