- Mar 19 ,2026
- by Lynandrea Mejia
- Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research
- MVR 1102 and Zoom
Decision-Making Across the Life Span
This is part of the Talks at Twelve series from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research.
Decisions – small and large – are an inherent part of life and can shape people’s well-being for better or worse. As we move through the life span, there are changes in the types of decisions we are facing, the strategies we draw on to make good decisions, and the resources available to recover from poor decisions. Corinna Loeckenhoff
- 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
- Jul 20, 2026
- Holistic Human Health
After banning cellphones from NYS classrooms, Hochul looks at further limiting students' screen time
Kimberly Kopko, senior extension associate and the director of the Parenting Project: Healthy Children, Families and Communities, commented on screen use in classrooms. She advocates eliminating screen use for younger children, who learn through play and social interaction.
Tashara M. Leak
I design culturally relevant interventions, in partnership with community stakeholders, that aim to improve diet, health, and overall wellbeing of adolescents that reside in urban communities. I am deeply committed to conducting research that informs public health programming and policy. As such, the majority of my research studies have a clearly identified plan for translation from the very beginning.
Yuhan Wang
Yuhan is the Lois and Mel Tukman Assistant Professor of Molecular Nutrition at Cornell University in the Division of Nutritional Sciences. Her research group aims at studying the brain-body interactions that govern metabolic regulation and their implications in the context of obesity and diabetes. To achieve this goal, her research utilizes a combination of molecular and functional approaches in animal models to elucidate the neural circuits involved in metabolic regulation and to understand how they become
Roger Figueroa
Roger Figueroa, is the Director and Founder of the Figueroa Interdisciplinary Group (FIG) Lab, and Assistant Professor in Social and Behavioral Science in Nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS), College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. In the FIG Lab, the research team designs testable conceptual frameworks, measures, and multi-faceted research studies to understand how policy, systems, and environmental factors influence diet- and health-related outcomes. Dr. Figueroa is a transdisciplinary scientist with expertise in
