News and Profiles
- Jun 11, 2025
- by Kathy Hovis
- Holistic Human Health, Alumni
Kimberle Lau wants to treat your sweet tooth, but in a healthy way
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Holistic Human Health, Alumni
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Kimberle Lau '01 is the founder of Bake Me Healthy, a company that offers plant-based, allergen-free and upcycled baking mixes and cookies.
News and Profiles
- Oct 20, 2025
- by Susan Kelley, Cornell Chronicle
- Student Life
New leadership institute anchors nation’s first Black fraternity
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Student Life
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Alumni brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha’s Alpha chapter, founded at Cornell in 1906, unveiled a new leadership institute and student residence, inspired by the fraternity’s founding principles.
News and Profiles
- Aug 20, 2025
Grant will fund first-of-its-kind National Youth Purpose Survey
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The Purpose Science and Innovation Exchange, an initiative in the College of Human Ecology that launched in April to study the burgeoning field of purpose, has received a $3 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
News and Profiles
- Jan 20, 2026
- by Laura Reiley, Cornell Chronicle
- Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice
Vitamin B12 clues offer hope for new therapies
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Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice
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New data about the ill effects of low B12 levels underscores the urgency of screening and intervention.
News and Profiles
- Jan 5, 2026
- by James Dean, Cornell Chronicle
- Holistic Human Health
As flu cases surge, why don’t more people vaccinate?
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Holistic Human Health
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People base vaccination decisions less on raw facts than on intuition about them, and how that “gist” aligns with their core values, new psychology research finds.
News and Profiles
- Dec 22, 2025
Book examines life purpose, from ancient wisdom to emerging science
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In a new book, “Purpose in Life as Ancient but Nascent,” psychology professor Anthony Burrow and colleagues explore purpose through the lens of psychology, philosophy and human development to help readers cultivate a sense of purpose.
People
Jennifer Thompson
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Nutritional Sciences