Program in Dietetics
Develop the knowledge and skills to pursue a career as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN).
- Jun 12, 2023
- by Juan Vazquez-Leddon
- Community Engagement, Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice, Sustainability + Society, Technology + Human Thriving, Student Life
Student Contribution Projects make positive change
The Contribution Project is once again funding student ideas to make the world a better place. Of the 100 students selected for the 2023 awards, 17 are in Cornell Human Ecology. Their projects range from improving campus gathering spaces, to providing toiletries to homeless people in Ithaca, to encouraging teenagers to help make blankets for children in South Africa.
Since it started in 2019, the Contribution Project has provided an opportunity for Cornell Human Ecology
Eve De Rosa
My work can be best described as comparative cognitive neuroscience, which is characterized by two related approaches. One is a cross-species approach, comparing rat models of the neurochemistry of attention and learning to humans, focusing on the neurochemical acetylcholine. The other is an across the lifespan approach, examining the cholinergic hypothesis of age-related changes in cognition.
We use activity mapping from fMRI data to provide theoretical models that can then be more fully tested
- Feb 23, 2024
- by Juan Vazquez-Leddon
- Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice, Technology + Human Thriving
Ph.D. student Senegal Mabry named Rising Black Scientist
For Senegal Alfred Mabry, his research on Parkinson’s disease is not just science — it’s a chance to help communities that are traditionally overlooked.
Mabry is a doctoral student in neuroscience working to understand how psychosocial risk factors like anxiety and racial bias affect the pathogenesis and comorbidity of Parkinson’s disease and cardiovascular disease. He is a recipient of this year’s Rising Black Scientist Award, a program created by Cell Press in 2020 to