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After a national search, Alexa Maille ’04 was appointed director of the New York State 4-H Youth Development Program. Maille has held key leadership roles with NYS 4-H, serving as STEM Specialist since 2014 and interim director since January 2024. NYS 4-H is the youth development program for Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) and is in the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (BCTR).

“I’m excited for Alexa to launch this next chapter for NYS 4-H,” said

Last July, a group of Cornell students sat on mats in a wooden pavilion at the edge of a forest in southern India, passing around plants. A traditional healer from a local indigenous community explained which ones ease menstrual cramps, treat joint pain and soothe colicky infants.

The visit was part of a five-week program that brought seven Cornell students — including four from Cornell Human Ecology — to the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, a protected

The inaugural Flemmie Kittrell Visiting Scholar in the College of Human Ecology, Dr. Ruth C. Browne — president and CEO of Ronald McDonald House New York (RMH-NY) — will come to campus Oct. 4–6 for a series of events, including a public lecture. Her lecture, “Nourishing Innovation and Impact through Health Equity: Is Everyone at the Table?” will be from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4, in the Human Ecology Commons. 

During her

This article originally appeared on the Character & Context Blog from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

The ties that bind — and fray

Using data from over 6000 participants in the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study, we developed a new way of measuring social well-being across early life and later adulthood. This measure of cumulative social advantage looks at the number, quality, and supportiveness of people’s relationships — from childhood caregivers

March of Dimes, the organization working to improve the health of moms and babies, has recognized Kimberly O’Brien, professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, with the Agnes Higgins Award in Maternal Fetal Nutrition for her research on iron, vitamin D and calcium in pregnancy. The award will be presented to O’Brien at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) on April 24-28, 2025, in Honolulu. 

O'Brien’s work has revealed invaluable insights

Cornell Human Ecology’s design and environmental analysis (D+EA) major received re-accreditation from the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), an independent, nonprofit accrediting organization for interior design education programs at colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. The D+EA major is part of the College’s Department of Human Centered Design.  

CIDA certification ensures compliance with industry fundamentals and preparation for students’ future professional growth, and interior design programs must apply for recertification

Anthony Burrow, Ferris Family Associate Professor of Life Course Studies in the Department of Psychology, shared his research on the benefits of having a sense of purpose in life at the White House Youth Policy Summit on February 13.

The summit was an opportunity for nearly 90 young adults to meet with cabinet secretaries and representatives from federal agencies, experts in adolescent development and leaders of youth-serving organizations and learn from one another about