- Oct 22, 2024
- Community Engagement, Holistic Human Health, Sustainability + Society
CCE appoints human nutrition, food safety & obesity prevention lead
M.S. Fiber Science
Conduct specialized research in an area of fiber science to create a novel solution to a materials challenge.
- May 16, 2025
Kim Pietro joins Human Ecology as assistant dean for Alumni Affairs and Development
This fall, Kim Pietro joined the College of Human Ecology as assistant dean for alumni affairs and development. Her role will advance the College’s mission by overseeing fundraising initiatives and alumni relations.
“Cornell Human Ecology is an environment where innovative solutions to complex human challenges can flourish,” Pietro said. “I'm excited to work under Dean Rachel Dunifon's exceptional leadership in concert with our remarkable faculty and staff who are subject experts in their respective fields
- Jan 30, 2025
- Holistic Human Health, Sustainability + Society, CHE in NYC
Grant renews funding for pain and aging center
- Aug 21, 2026
- by Juan Vazquez-Leddon
- Community Engagement
New Leadership at Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research
Laura Bellows, a professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, has been named the new faculty director of the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (BCTR). She begins her term on Sept. 1, taking over for Anthony Burrow, professor of psychology, who led the center for six years.
Bellows came to Cornell in 2021 after 20 years at Colorado State, where she earned a Ph.D. in community nutrition. Bellows’ research focuses on early childhood
- Apr 28 ,2026
- by Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao
- Human Centered Design
- Human Ecology Building, Jill Stuart Gallery
Designing Hybrid Skins: An Exhibition by the Hybrid Body Lab Opening and Live Demo
The Hybrid Body Lab is dedicated to developing Hybrid Skins—culturally inspired, flexible interfaces that enhance the human experience. This exhibition brings together selected works from the lab spanning 2019 to 2026, alongside projects created through the Hybrid Body Lab Artist Residency.
Bridging engineering, design, and community-engaged research, the lab explores how these intimate technologies can reflect—rather than constrain—the complexity, diversity, and expressiveness of human life.
The exhibit is in the Jill Stuart Gallery in the Human
