Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development is dedicated to providing research-based information that helps create regional prosperity through entrepreneurial and cluster-based innovation, while assuring balanced uses of natural resources in livable communities in the northeastern United States.
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November 27, 2023
NERCRD researchers honored with two awards for research on nutrition and food security
Zheng Tian, Claudia Schmidt, and Stephan Goetz were honored with two distinct awards for their paper titled “The Role of Community Food Services in Reducing U.S. Food Insufficiency in the COVID-19 Pandemic,” which was published in the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (JARE) in 2022.
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November 13, 2023
NERCRD honored with National Extension Tourism Partner Award
The award, given by the National Extension Tourism (NET) Design Team at its biennial conference in September, recognized the NERCRD for its contributions that have made a significant positive impact on the NET organization, including support of a strategic planning process and partnership on a project-accelerator grant.
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November 13, 2023
Schmidt recognized with Emerging Leader Award from National Extension Tourism Network
Congratulations to NERCRD Faculty Affiliate Claudia Schmidt, who was recognized with the 2023 National Extension Tourism (NET) Emerging Leader Award for her impressive body of agritourism research and outreach programming!
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August 29, 2023
NERCRD is hiring for Associate Director position!
The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development seeks applications for an Associate Director position, which is renewable annually conditional on funding. The individual will lead the Center’s outreach-oriented activities in consultation with the Director. Learn more and apply online!
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