- Mar 21, 2024
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Holistic Human Health, Technology + Human Thriving
Sensory-friendly fashion exhibit brings awareness and empathy
Most exhibits feature signs warning visitors not to touch the displays. But in the Sensory Friendly and Adaptive Fashion exhibit, visitors are encouraged to touch, fidget and experience both positive and negative stimuli.
The new exhibit is part of Cornell’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week, March 18-22, campus-wide events designed to increase awareness, understanding and acceptance of neurodiversity, challenge stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences and ultimately help create a more inclusive and equitable Cornell community
Melissa Conroy
Melissa Conroy is a Sr. Lecturer in the Department of Human Centered Design at Cornell University. Her interests are surface design, drawing, and textile design with a specialty in knit structure and design.
- Feb 10 ,2026Feb 11 ,2026Feb 12 ,2026Feb 13 ,2026Feb 16 ,2026Feb 17 ,2026Feb 18 ,2026Feb 19 ,2026Feb 20 ,2026
- by Sang Leigh
- Human Centered Design
- Jill Stuart Gallery, Human Ecology Building
(some) shapes of intelligence in the physical world
We welcome you to the showcase of student works from DEA 6400: AI, Embodiment, and Design! These works result from a design exploration of what AI may look like when it leaves the screen—by translating LLMs into tangible objects. You will have a chance to interact with this collection of imaginative, useful, or explorative artifacts. Schedule of these demos are as follows:
Open between Feb 10 - 20 at the Jill Stuart Gallery, Human
- Oct 22, 2024
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Community Engagement, Student Life
Collaboration blends fashion, film studies and spark of fun
On a recent afternoon, four women gathered in the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection (CF+TC) in Cornell Human Ecology (CHE) to “mine” the collection. The collaborators were preparing an exhibit for the upcoming film screening of “Sunset Boulevard,” and selecting garments that embody main character Norma Desmond, an aging relic from the silent film industry who aspires to recapture her faded glory.
Molly Ryan, director of Cornell Cinema, approached Catherine Kueffer Blumenkamp, associate director of
- Feb 22, 2024
- Holistic Human Health, Technology + Human Thriving
VR can help older adults feel less lonely and improve cognition
An elderly person visits a Tokyo temple, remarking on the scenery to a companion. The next day, they plant a tree and show a guest around their garden. On other days, they craft a ceramic bowl, build a dresser or stroll down a city street. They do this all without leaving home.
Experiences like these will take place in virtual reality (VR) as part of a five-year project led by Saleh Kalantari, the Lois
- Nov 14 ,2025
- by Karen Steffy
- Human Centered Design
- Human Ecology Building T01
Humanist and Integrated Learning and Being: Reflections on Being an Anthropologist among Engineers
Drawing from research and teaching collaborations with colleagues in engineering, robotics, computer science, materials science, as well as community and industry partners, Caitrin Lynch reflects on how and why to question disciplinary silos, reach across to people from vastly different perspectives inside and outside academia, and authentically foreground questions of the impact of work in engineering and design. Caitrin will bring in examples from her projects in design and disability (such as the Engineering at
- Sep 26 ,2025
- Human Centered Design
- T01 Human Ecology Building
Engineering Hybrid Nanostructures: Novel Aqueous Routes to Integrate Electrochemically Active Metal Clusters into Carbon Nanomaterial or Polymeric Matrices for Functional Energy Storage and Conversion Materials
Electronic conductivity of porous electrodes by Faradaic and non-Faradaic charge transfer processes impacts the energy and power densities and overall performance of electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices. Carbon nanomaterials constitute an ideal material composite platform for integration with other solid-state electrode materials in power devices. Self-assembly has been recognized as an effective strategy for the bottom–up synthesis of 3D macrostructures using graphene and carbon nanotube as building blocks. The need for chemical precursor vaporization
