Elaine Wethington
Elaine Wethington is Professor Emeritus of Human Development and of Sociology. She is also adjunct Research Professor at the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan.Since 2003 she has been Co-Director and Director of the Pilot Study Core (now Behavioral Intervention Development Core) for the Cornell Edward R. Roybal Center for Translation of the Behavioral and Social Sciences of Aging, the Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life. Her current research focuses on developing measures
- May 9, 2023
- by Sheri Hall
- Holistic Human Health
Psychology Ph.D. grad receives national dissertation award
Mary Kate Koch Ph.D. ’22 won the 2023 Hershel D. Thornburg Dissertation Award, which recognizes outstanding scholastic promise in research on adolescence, from the Society for Research in Adolescence. She received it at the SRA’s annual meeting, April 13 to 15, in San Diego.
The award recognized Koch’s work studying individual, social and cultural aspects of the psychology of puberty and adolescence in American youth. Her dissertation, “In Whose Words? Experiences at Puberty
Sander Kersten
Sander Kersten, Ph.D. is the director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences and the Schleifer Family Professor at Cornell University. Dr. Kersten received his MSc degree in Human Nutrition from Wageningen University in 1993, and his Ph.D. degree in Nutritional Biochemistry from Cornell University in 1997. After a postdoctoral stay in the laboratory of Dr. Walter Wahli at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, he moved back to Wageningen University in 2000 with a career development
- Sep 25, 2024
- by Courtney Livecchi
- Community Engagement, Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice, Student Life
New York State 4-H members give back with the Youth Contribution Project
The Contribution Project, an initiative that helps college students make a difference in ways they find meaningful, is expanding to teenagers throughout New York state through a new partnership with 4-H.
Anthony Burrow, director of the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (BCTR) and the Ferris Family Associate Professor of Life Course Studies in the College of Human Ecology (CHE), started the Contribution Project on the belief that youth have ideas about how they can meaningfully
- May 12, 2023
- Community Engagement, Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice, Alumni
Dr. Jacqueline Ann Davis-Manigaulte '72, Helen Bull Vandervort Alumni Achievement Award 2023
Jackie Davis-Manigaulte ’72 serves as the Family and Youth Development Program Leader and Director of Community Relations for Cornell University Cooperative Extension’s NYC Programs (CUCE-NYC). She earned her B.S. in Human Development and Family Studies (CHE ’72), her M.S. in Home Economics with a Nutrition Education focus (NYU, ’83), and her Ed.D. in Adult Education (Columbia University Teacher’s College ’08). Jackie’s aim in coming to Cornell in 1968 was to become “the best teacher in
- Oct 10, 2025
- Holistic Human Health, Technology + Human Thriving
Kimberly Kopko on NY bell-to-bell school phone ban
In this video, Kimberly Kopko, senior extension associate and director of The Parenting Project, explains why limiting cell phone use in classrooms reduces distractions and supports learning, encourages face-to-face interactions, and allows schools to create plans that support their communities.
Visit The Parenting Project website to find more research-based resources for parents.
- Jan 12, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Holistic Human Health, Technology + Human Thriving
Who, what, why: Marla Lujan investigates physiology to improve reproductive health
Who
Marla Lujan, associate professor of nutritional sciences, has been collecting data on ovarian morphology for 15 years. She stumbled into this research area by accident. She was investigating primate reproduction when she was asked to change her focus to another understudied population — women.
Lujan completed her postdoctoral studies in obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of Saskatchewan, where she spent three years working in an infertility clinic. During her clinical experience