- Sep 16 — Oct 16 ,2026
- by Melissa Conroy
- Human Centered Design
- Jill Stuart Gallery, Human Ecology Building
Elemental: The 2026 Barbara L. Kuhlman Scholars’ Group Exhibition
The Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit entity established by the estate of Barbara L. Kuhlman. Ms. Kuhlman, a college professor, and life-long supporter of fiber arts achieved world-renowned status as a collector, lecturer, and author in her field. The Foundation continues her dedication to fiber arts and closely related fields with philanthropic sponsorships, grants, and student scholarships.
The 2026 Barbara L. Kuhlman Scholars’ Group Exhibition showcases unique garments, wearable art, and textile
- Mar 6 ,2026
- by Karen Steffy
- Human Centered Design
- Human Ecology Building T01
Processing Biopolymer Nanofibers and Composites
In this presentation, an introduction to biopolymer electrospinning process, as well as an overview of applications of nanofibrous biopolymer mats and their composites created by both a traditional and modified electrospinning process will be discussed. Electrospinning is a fabrication technique, which can be used to create nanofibrous non-wovens from a variety of starting polymer materials. The structure, chemical and mechanical stability, functionality, and other properties of the mats can be modified to match end applications
Joy Yuri Kim
Joy Kim is a Ph.D. student in Human Nutrition working in Dr. Marla Lujan's lab. She earned a B.S. in Nutritional Sciences from Cornell University and went on to complete a dietetic internship at the NIH Clinical Center, concentrating in clinical nutrition research. After earning her registered dietitian (RD) credential, she worked as a Research Associate at Texas A&M University in the Vanden Brink Lab, where she studied the role of nutrition and metabolic health
- Oct 17 ,2025
- by Karen Steffy
- Human Centered Design
- Human Ecology Building T01
Fast Fashion Before Fast Fashion: Rethinking Histories of Mass-Produced Clothing
Fast fashion is often understood as a recent business model defined by speed, low cost, and disposability. Yet many of its challenges—labor exploitation, environmental harm, and the normalization of overconsumption—have much deeper historical roots. This talk traces the emergence of “fast fashion” through the lens of nineteenth- and twentieth-century shifts in media, merchandising, and consumer culture at large, showing how notions of “progress” and “prosperity” helped obscure the human and environmental costs of mass-produced clothing
- Oct 10 ,2025
- by Karen Steffy
- Human Centered Design
- Virtual
What do we talk about when we talk about fashion?
As a society, we talk about fashion – a lot! What we do to and put on our bodies, the social and economic value of those products and processes, and the identities into which we might step by participating in fashion/style/dress are constantly being reconstituted through the text and images published at a near constant rate into the contemporary media landscape. In this talk I will share what I have learned from more than a
- May 28 ,2026
- by Lynandrea Mejia
- Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, Cornell University Cooperative Extension - NYC, Cornell Cooperative Extension
- 570 Lexington Ave., 12th Floor, New York, NY or on Zoom
The Meaning of Extension: Cornell's Work in New York City
Part of the BCTR's Talks at Twelve series.
What does it mean to extend a university into the largest, most complex city in the country?
Cornell University Cooperative Extension—New York City (CUCE-NYC) has been answering that question for more than 60 years. Working across all five boroughs, CUCE-NYC translates Cornell’s research into practical programs that reach more than 30,000 New Yorkers each year—in nutrition and health, family and youth development, and STEM and urban agriculture
Saurabh Mehta
Dr. Mehta is a physician with training and expertise in nutrition, epidemiology, infectious disease, and diagnostics. He is currently the Janet and Gordon Lankton Professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University and serves on its executive leadership team. He is also the Founding Director of the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health and co-director of the NIH-funded Center for Point of Care Diagnostics for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer