University of Stellenbosch in South Africa conferred an honorary Doctorate on Uma Lele on March 28, 2023.
Uma Lele, “a leader in the world of economic development,” receives Dyson’s Wharton Award
Uma Lele, MS ’63, PhD ’65, never considered herself a trailblazer—not when she became the first woman to earn a PhD in agricultural economics from Cornell and not when she became one of the first employees of the World Bank and the rare woman traveling on international missions in the 1970s. But her distinguished career […]