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Researchers in Cornell Human Ecology (CHE) have designed a robot that can help traumatized children living in residential treatment facilities communicate with their caregivers. 

e-MoBo, a plastic sphere that sits on three legs, has gentle flashing lights, tactile spots and a fiber optic spray that wags like a dog’s tail. The robot comes with soft cubes inscribed with emotions and plastic figures to support storytelling.

The multidisciplinary team brings together expertise in robotics, developmental psychology

Welcome baskets filled with products crafted by Finger Lakes artisans. Luxurious bathrooms with vanities of natural wood and stone that reflect Ithaca’s beauty. Watercolor renderings of McGraw Tower and other campus landmarks. These are among the concepts that student teams presented to the industry panel for their “Reimagine the Statler Hotel Guest Room” project. 

DEA 1110 Making a Difference by Design is a required course for Design and Environmental Analysis (DEA) majors and a popular

What is your purpose? It’s a question that you may have asked yourself before, perhaps using it as a compass for your life’s direction. Anthony Burrow, professor of psychology and director of the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (BCTR), studies purpose, a central, self-organizing life aim which influences one’s goals, behaviors, and sense of meaning. Studies show that purpose can positively impact one’s health, wellbeing and personal development. 

People have theorized about purpose since

During her undergraduate career, Jordan Tralins majored in Human Biology, Health, and Society with minors in Human Development and Health Equity. As a pre-medical student, Jordan honed her interests in well-being, neurodevelopment, and public health. Approaching human health from an interdisciplinary perspective has been a landmark of her Human Ecology education.

Over her college career, Jordan was an avid leader on campus. Most notably, she was the Vice President and Secretary of Best Buddies -

Over nearly two decades as a practicing surgeon and scientist, Dr. Justin Sacks ’93 has advised his fair share of interns. In some cases, they received stipends through grant funding, but Sacks noticed that many struggled to pay for housing and other expenses. Currently chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Washington University (WashU) School of Medicine in St. Louis and professor of surgery/Sidney M. Jr. and Robert H. Shoenberg Chair, Sacks wondered why many

The American Society for Nutrition Foundation (ASNF) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) has awarded Julia Finkelstein, associate professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, director of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Program, and co-director of the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, with the inaugural ASN-NNF Henrik Dam Award for Scientific Discovery in Nutrition. 

The award, named in honor of Henrik Dam, a Nobel Prize winner and trailblazing Danish