- Dec 12, 2025
- Holistic Human Health
Hanlon advances personalized nutrition through microbiome research
Kalem Hanlon's work sits at the intersection of dietary fiber, the gut microbiome and precision nutrition: a field that explores how genetics, environment and microbiome composition shape individual responses to food.
After experiencing gut issues for much of his life, he became driven to uncover why the same food can benefit one person while offering no advantage, or even discomfort, to another. And when he's not studying how diet shapes microbial health in the Angela
- Jan 16, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Alumni
Sehar Mapara '24, luxury retail designer
Sehar Mapara is a recent graduate who majored in design and environmental analysis (DEA). She is now an architectural designer with MAOarch Architecture, a woman- and minority-owned boutique firm specializing in luxury retail, workplace and commercial projects. In addition to her day-to-day work at MAOarch, she has participated in New York and Paris design weeks.
Mapara shared insights into how her undergraduate experience informs her work:
Q. What do you do as an architectural
Andrew R. Milewski
- Mar 25, 2026
- Holistic Human Health, Technology + Human Thriving
Social media’s legal reckoning has begun: ‘We are in a new world’
Adam Hoffman, assistant professor in the Psychology Department, told The Wrap that he expected a “major overhaul” in social media design.
- Feb 10, 2026
- Holistic Human Health
Full-fat dairy is back. But nutrition experts say it might not be so simple.
New federal dietary guidelines are reshaping the conversation around full-fat dairy, but the science, experts say, isn’t so simple.
In a recent story examining updated recommendations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Sander Kersten, the director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences, offers important perspective on the evolving evidence.
“This is such a complex subject,” Kersten said. “You can weigh the evidence very differently
- Feb 16, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Technology + Human Thriving, Alumni
Lauren Forstenhausler ’21 designs for performance
Fashion design major Lauren Forstenhausler ‘21 uses a tactical, human-centered approach to improving performance and supporting consumer needs in her role as an associate apparel designer at Capelli Sport. The performance apparel brand designs and manufactures high-quality athletic apparel, soccer uniforms, and equipment for youth academies, professional clubs and national teams around the world.
Lauren graduated in May 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although she was unable to showcase her senior collection, “Gaslight/Singularity,” at the
- Sep 11, 2023
- Alumni
Julia Dunetz ’19
When people asked 14-year-old Julia Dunetz ’19 what she wanted to be when she grew up, she had an unusual answer: “commercial theater producer.” She pursued her passion with single-minded focus: interning with a theater company in high school, directing and producing plays while studying at Cornell, and producing shows on Broadway and beyond after graduation. Last June, Dunetz’s dream reached a new capstone when “Parade,” the hit musical she co-produced, won a Tony Award