- Sep 11, 2025
- by Kaitlyn Serrao, Media Relations
- Community Engagement, Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice
Net gain: Teens revitalize basketball court as gathering place
Upstate youth are learning advocacy and leadership skills with help from faculty and Cornell Cooperative Extension in Jefferson County.
- Nov 5, 2025
- by James Dean, Cornell Chronicle
- Community Engagement, Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice, Student Life
Certification promotes being ‘age friendly’ as good business
Assisted by Cornell faculty and students, Tompkins County has launched a program to recognize businesses for efforts to welcome patrons across the age spectrum.
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- by So-Yeon Yoon
- Human Centered Design
- Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, 1250 Gallery
Personhood (2026)
As high-fidelity AI agents increasingly populate our digital lives through generative avatars, synthetic voices, and algorithmic personalities, we find ourselves coexisting with digital entities that mimic us, without fully being us. Personhood (2026) asks: what does it mean to be human in spaces we now share with simulations of humanity?
Personhood (2026) relies on state-based branching animation trees formed via AI animations that interpolate strategically between pivotal keyframes. At every given moment, the artwork “decides”
- Dec 1, 2025
- by Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle
- Sustainability + Society, Technology + Human Thriving, Student Life
Bird-of-paradise inspires darkest fabric ever made
The color “ultrablack” has a variety of uses, including in cameras, solar panels and telescopes, but it’s difficult to produce and can appear less black when viewed at an angle. A Cornell lab has devised a simple method for making the elusive color.
Joseph Laquatra
Joseph Laquatra, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, focused his teaching and research efforts on sustainable aspects of housing with emphases on residential energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and construction site waste management. As an Extension Housing Specialist, Joe developed and implemented educational programs on these and other topics through the statewide network of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE). One of these, the Consumer Education Program for Residential Energy Efficiency, engaged 60 Local Associations of CCE in the 13 years of its
- Jun 16, 2023
- by Emily Groff
- Student Life
Thais Salas ’23
Thais Salas ’23, a human development major, shares her thoughts on her time in Cornell Human Ecology and her advice for new students.
What’s your favorite memory from your time in Cornell Human Ecology?
My favorite memory from my time in Cornell Human Ecology was working with Tashara Leak and all the amazing research assistants in the lab. They were all an integral part of my journey here at Cornell and have all been
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- by Denise N. Green
- Human Centered Design, Cornell Human Ecology
- Rachel Hope Doran ‘19 and Terrace Level Display Cases, Human Ecology Building
Fashioning Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54 and the Power of Presence
Fashioning Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54 and the Power of Presence explores how dress functions as civic infrastructure that shapes belonging, authority, and public life. Grounded in the clothing and accessories of Justice Ginsburg and the worlds she moved through, the exhibition considers dress as signal, shield, and statement. What we wear, carry, and keep can help us navigate public expectations and change them. Moving between intimate personal items and the visual codes of professional
