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Every week, Rebecca Herzberg ’26 and Derek Liang ’27 lead a team of students providing preventative health checks at Loaves and Fishes, an Ithaca community kitchen. 

Herzberg and Liang are certified EMTs. They train and oversee the students, who check guests’ blood pressure, vision, and blood sugar. If results are concerning, they refer guests to the Ithaca Free Clinic. Many visitors to the meal center are on Medicaid or Medicare or do not have health

When people asked 14-year-old Julia Dunetz ’19 what she wanted to be when she grew up, she had an unusual answer: “commercial theater producer.” She pursued her passion with single-minded focus: interning with a theater company in high school, directing and producing plays while studying at Cornell, and producing shows on Broadway and beyond after graduation. Last June, Dunetz’s dream reached a new capstone when “Parade,” the hit musical she co-produced, won a Tony Award

Who: a nutrition researcher improving public health

Roger Figueroa, an assistant professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, investigates how food assistance programs — from traditional benefits like SNAP to innovative approaches like produce prescriptions and online grocery delivery — alleviate food insecurity in New York State and across the country.

Figueroa’s first introduction to public health began as a youth in Puerto Rico, where his physical education teachers inspired him to become the