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Feelings, although central to human existence, are our most mysterious and subjective sense. Feelings, we are told, are personal and internal, while reality is physical and external. New research published in Nature Communications combines machine learning, perception, neuroscience, and generative AI to reveal that the brain may treat feelings as real as any aspect of the physical facts of the external world. 

It has been long understood that feelings and emotions emerge from a complex

Adam Hoffman, assistant professor of psychology, is exploring how LGBTQ+ youth develop social identity and how that process affects their mental health, self-esteem and other outcomes.

He is conducting a three-year study, surveying 200 LGBTQ+ adolescents and young adults in partnership with two community organizations in New York state – the Ali Forney Center in New York City and The Q Center in Syracuse. The surveys will measure identity, community connectedness, feelings of loneliness

Thirty students and faculty from the Department of Human Centered Design (HCD) gathered on the first Saturday in November for a day-long design charette. The intensive workshop challenged students to combine their skills and perspectives and use AI-powered tools and brand strategy to develop a creative fashion retail experience and vie for a cash prize.

It was sponsored by Tanni Wu ’06, founder of tanni, a fast-growing lifestyle brand, with 10 stores in China and

Kerri Lee Alexander has joined Cornell Human Ecology as its inaugural director of social impact and justice. In this role, Alexander will develop and lead a college-wide strategy aimed at creating, advocating for, and sustaining a diverse community of faculty, staff and students with a climate of belonging and inclusion. This new position supports the college’s priority, laid out in the strategic Vision 2030, of building a flourishing Human Ecology community. 

Alexander comes to

Most exhibits feature signs warning visitors not to touch the displays. But in the Sensory Friendly and Adaptive Fashion exhibit, visitors are encouraged to touch, fidget and experience both positive and negative stimuli.

The new exhibit is part of Cornell’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week, March 18-22, campus-wide events designed to increase awareness, understanding and acceptance of neurodiversity, challenge stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences and ultimately help create a more inclusive and equitable Cornell community

In March, the Department of Human Centered Design (HCD) welcomed internationally acclaimed designer Galina Mihaleva as the 2023-2024 designer in residence. Mihaleva, an artist, fashion and wearable technology designer and educator, is an associate professor at ASU FIDM, part of Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Her artistic practice and research highlight the dialogue between body and dress, driven by the idea of having both a physical and a psychological

Alex Ophir, a behavioral neuroscientist and professor in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), has been named chair of the Department of Psychology. 

Psychology is a cross-college department, formed in 2021 when the university brought together faculty from the existing A&S department and human development faculty from the College of Human Ecology. 

Ophir joined Cornell in 2013. He studies behavioral neuroendocrinology — the relationships among hormones, the nervous system and behavior —