- Dec 2, 2025
- by Megan Pillar
Cornell Center for Social Sciences awards fall grants targeting $50M in external research support
- Dec 8, 2025
- Community Engagement, Student Life
Hotel room redesign connects students with community partners
Welcome baskets filled with products crafted by Finger Lakes artisans. Luxurious bathrooms with vanities of natural wood and stone that reflect Ithaca’s beauty. Watercolor renderings of McGraw Tower and other campus landmarks. These are among the concepts that student teams presented to the industry panel for their “Reimagine the Statler Hotel Guest Room” project.
DEA 1110 Making a Difference by Design is a required course for Design and Environmental Analysis (DEA) majors and a popular
- Nov 13, 2025
- Holistic Human Health, Technology + Human Thriving
Kaiser Permanente executive emphasizes patient-centered care benefits both health and business
Last week Yazdi Bagli, executive vice president of IT and business enterprise services at Kaiser Permanente, spoke to students in DEA 4500 Policy Meets Design: High-impact Facilities of the 21st century and met with students from the Health Design Innovation Lab, directed by Rana Zadeh. This marks Bagli’s third year returning to campus to speak with and mentor our students.
Bagli discussed the differences between systems thinking and design thinking, and the importance
- Aug 4, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Alumni
Curiosity drives research analyst Jhovanna Perez, M.S. ’23
Jhovanna Perez is a research analyst at FutureBrand, part of McCann Worldgroup. She explores how changing consumer behaviors shape the future of experience design. She helps organizations uncover opportunities for design innovation by exploring questions such as how younger generations shop for beauty care products, what they expect from next-generation retail environments, how the candy shopping experience can be reimagined, and how the home buying journey can feel more human. Her research informs experience strategies