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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

From clinical work with tuberculosis patients to interning in Nike’s footwear department to engaging with the local community at the Center for Discovery, Cornell Human Ecology students had a summer to remember. We asked five undergrads to share their summer experiences in their own words, from what surprised them most, to the biggest lessons they learned, to how they anticipate applying the newfound knowledge from their summer experience to their continued studies in CHE.

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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