Summer 2021 | Human Ecology Magazine | Cornell College of Human Ecology

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Human Ecology Magazine Summer 2021

Human Ecology magazine is one way to stay connected to the College!

Join us here to catch up on some of the great work of our alumni, students and faculty.

PolyForm celebrates mission, spirit of Human Ecology

Classroom + co-curricular learning + community engagement

Engaged College Initiative

Classroom + co-curricular learning + community engagement

Engaged College Initiative

We stayed strong, Human Ecology

Message from the Dean

We stayed strong, Human Ecology

Message from the Dean

New faculty cohort brings critical scholarship and engagement

Pathways to Social Justice

New faculty cohort brings critical scholarship and engagement

Pathways to Social Justice

Community Neuroscience Initiative

Building connections between neuroscience, the social sciences and communities

Engaged learning spotlight:

Positive psychology and post-incarceration transitions

Research partnership supports NYS families fighting opioids

Leak awarded Schwartz Research Fund

Telehealth intervention to reduce type 2 diabetes among adolescent girls from low-income, urban households

Engaged learning spotlight:

Infancy and childhood, connecting students to communities

Research-backed, community education

Helping families navigate a historic crisis

Cornell Fashion Collective 2021 fashion show

Creativity during a time of change

Eve De Rosa elected dean of faculty

Bridging distinct spaces, making history

Expanding the psychological sciences at Cornell

Human development joins super-department

Pathways to Social Justice

New faculty cohort brings critical scholarship and engagement

NSF Early Career Awards

Baytar and Kao, role models in research and education

SUNY Chancellor’s Awards

Students receive distinction for excellence

Behind our Resilience

2020+ Human Ecology Field Notes project, an opportunity to reflect

MVR Hall renovations completed

Upgrades considered a commitment to the philosophy originally set for the college by Martha Van Rensselaer

Data science and programming

Course curriculum initiative develops skills within Human Ecology

Fiber Science & Apparel Design Futures class

Entrepreneurship at the intersection of technology and design

Division of Nutritional Sciences and Cornell Dining innovate

North campus teaching kitchen to cultivate culinary, dietetic discovery

HumEcathon takes on diversity, equity and inclusion

College holds fourth annual hackathon design challenge

Exhibition Spotlight

Fiber Science & Apparel Design

Leighton Beaman joins D+EA

Examining sustainable, inclusive modes of creative production

Outstanding seniors

Graduates represent innovation, multi-disciplinary collaboration and academic excellence that define a Human Ecology education

SUNY Chancellor’s Awards

Five Human Ecology faculty and staff recognized for excellence

Exhibition Spotlight

Design + Environmental Analysis

Commencement of the 153rd Graduating Class

On-campus ceremonies bring pride and celebration

Pilot program helps older adults with dementia manage meds

Rana Zadeh, associate professor, design + environmental analysis

Adolescents exposed to gun violence face ethnoracial and income disparities

Sarah James, the Frank H. T. Rhodes postdoctoral fellow in the Cornell Population Center

Fit, function, fashion, and sustainability

Fiber science and apparel design researchers address face mask improvement

Charters segregate schools but diversify neighborhoods

Peter Rich, assistant professor, policy analysis and management

Vitamin D won’t limit risk, severity of COVID-19

Bonnie Patchen, doctoral student, division of nutritional sciences

Modernization makes older adults feel rushed, too

Corinna Loeckenhoff, professor, human development; associate professor of gerontology in medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

HEAA President's Corner

2021 HEAA Outstanding Senior Awardee

Judy Liu ’21

In Memoriam

Pandemic HEROES Award

Acknowledgement celebrates alumni living the mission of Human Ecology

Dave and Peggy Dunlop

Matching investments with values

Jared Genser ’95

Leading in solidarity

Graduate fellows

Creating and maintaining Human Ecology's innovative environment

Dr. Mandy Cohen ’00

Re-thinking health and healthcare post-COVID-19

Erin Leitman Scott ’93

An advocate for change

Human Ecology magazine is a free publication of the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. The summer 2021 issue is exclusively online. Past issues of Human Ecology magazine can be found on our website.

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