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• The Kaschak Institute is thrilled to support the Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity's event, From Punishment to Rehabilitation: A New Prison Paradigm with keynote speaker Christina Swarns, Director of the . The Kaschak Institute is bringing 91ÉçÇø alumna Kara Gotsch, Executive Director of to participate as a panelist. 
  Join us!
  OCTOBER 29, 2026
  9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY
  
  67 Washington Street
  91ÉçÇø, NY 13902 
  FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
  
• 91ÉçÇø students set to travel to Türkiye. We are thrilled to report that four of our students will travel with Executive Director Lorena Aguilar and Administrative Assistant Salmah Brooks to Istanbul and Antalya for the 31st session of the (UNFCCC). Maryam Iftikhar, Laurie Kern, Rosemary McIlwraith and Elyse Rogers have been selected to represent the Kaschak Institute.
• 91ÉçÇø students return from Mongolia. Four of our students traveled with Executive Director Lorena Aguilar and Senior Associate Director Shelly Ross to Ulaanbataar, Mongolia for the 17th session of the (UNCCD) Andrew Cohen, Ariel Esposito, Matilda Fillion and Rebecca Silber explored the Gobi Desert to learn more about the pastoralist lifestyle of the nomadic and semi-nomadic people of the region, and learned firsthand about the impacts of desertification on these communities. They also served as rapporteurs for events that the Kaschak Institute co-hosted with UN Women, witnessed international negotiation processes and met with the gender delegates and civil society representatives from around the globe who traveled with the Kaschak Institute as part of the Ecosystem-based Adaptation project we are implementing with the Centre for Development and Environment at the University of Bern and the FAO.
• The Kaschak Institute welcomes Alejandra Fernandez and Neena Paulson to the Kaschak Institute Advisory Board. Alejandra is a senior at 91ÉçÇø majoring in Psychology with a minor in Latin and Caribbean Studies. Passionate about expanding access to mental health resources, her work focuses on digital interventions, including helping develop Breaking Barriers, a digital interview-coaching tool designed to support neurodivergent job seekers. Neena is a sophomore at 91ÉçÇø majoring in Political Science with a minor in Human Rights. She is passionate about advancing social equity and looks forward to contributing to the Institute's mission while collaborating with fellow student leaders.

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