On Wednesdays during the Fall and Spring semesters, from 12:20pm to 1:10pm in 135 Emerson Hall (unless otherwise noted), visitors and speakers from the Cornell community present international development-related seminars for the IP-CALS Perspectives in International Development Series. The seminars are free and open to the public. Students can also receive one credit for attending the seminar series, which is cross-listed as IARD 6960, NTRES 6960, CSS 6960, and AEM 6960.
| September 6 | What Happened When the Bus Turned Over: An IARD 602 Retrospective Ronnie Coffman • Donald Kass • Chris Wien • Bill Fry • Janet Splitter |
| September 13 | The Internet of Tractors Jehiel Oliver, CEO, Hello Tractor |
| September 20 | Agricultural Innovation, Biotechnology, and the Role of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Sam Crowell, Agricultural Advisor, U.S. Department of State |
| September 27 | Changing Organizational and Social Norms in Favor of Gender Equality (Cosponsored by AWARE) Rieky Stuart, Senior Associate, Gender at Work |
| October 4 | On Mother Earth and Mothers: Why Environmentalism has a Gender Problem (Cosponsored by AWARE) Jennifer Bernstein, Lecturer of Spatial Science, USC Spatial Sciences Institute |
| October 11 | Transforming Rice Breeding: Influencing International Development Through Scientific Innovation Josh Cobb, Breeder, International Rice Research Institute |
| October 18 | Alliance for Science Fellows Panel Discussion 2017 Alliance for Science Leadership Training Fellows |
| October 25 | Big Data in Agricultural Research for Development: A CGIAR Perspective Medha Devare, Senior Research Fellow and Module Lead, CGIAR Big Data Platform |
| November 1 | Researching Women's Empowerment and Nutrition: Experiences from Bangladesh and Tanzania (Cosponsored by AWARE) Hale Tufan, AWARE Project Director • Gargi Wable • Marianne Santosos |
| November 15 | Underground Knowledge: Estimating the Impact of Soil Information Transfers through Experimental Auctions David Murphy, PhD Candidate in Applied Economics and Management |