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- Human Centered Design
- Human Ecology Building
Weaving Threads of Belonging: Cloth, Identity and Political Change in Africa and its Diasporas
This exhibit is created by students who were enrolled in HIST 2452/6452 – Dress, Cloth and Identity in Africa and the Diaspora with Professor Judith Byfield and in collaboration with the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection. It builds on the insightful scholarship produced by Joanne B. Eicher and Sandra Lee Evenson who argue that dress is more expansive than clothing. Dress they argue is anything we do to the body and the things we put
- Oct 30, 2023
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Sustainability + Society, Student Life
Martin ’25 explores religion and hate in new exhibit
Nikolas Martin ’25, a junior majoring in fashion design and management, explores the weaponization of Christianity against Black and LGBTQ+ people in America in his new exhibit, “Our Rapture.” A mixed media art exhibit, it uses fashion, sculpture, photography and film to explore the subject and coincides with the Cornell University Freedom of Expression theme year.
The six pieces in the exhibit draw from Martin’s research into Black and LGBT history and biblical scholarship
- Apr 17 ,2026
- by Karen Steffy
- Human Centered Design
- Zoom.
Social and environmental responsibility in fashion education, research and practice
My work in ethical fashion is predominately at the intersection of writing, education and advisement, and most of the time what I talk about with students, brands and other academic institutions, are the various impacts of fashions value chain on people and planet. My work extends beyond environmental impacts, to prioritise ethics, reflecting on the cultural and social Zeitgeist and the responses from an industry struggling in the midst of rapidly shifting global values and
- Apr 24, 2024
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Social Impact + Justice, Sustainability + Society
Fashion students earn scholarships and build connections
Gabrielle Moore '25 and Leah Rosenkranz '24 were both named Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) Class of 2024 Scholars. As scholars, they receive education awards, mentoring opportunities and attended a two-day event in New York that included networking, Q+As with industry leaders and a formal gala.
Moore, a junior majoring in fashion design, was named a Virgil Abloh Scholar. The Abloh Post-Modern Fund was established by the late Virgil Abloh to foster equity and inclusion within
Kathleen Gibson
- Apr 17, 2023
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Holistic Human Health, Sustainability + Society
Fashion design management students named FSF scholars
Maisie McDonald ’23 and Leah Rosenkranz ’24, both fashion design management majors, were named 2023 Fashion Scholarship Foundation (FSF) scholars. Each earned $10,000 scholarships, attended career workshops and a gala in New York City, and will receive mentoring opportunities.
FSF is a fashion-oriented education and workforce nonprofit that provides scholarship and career opportunities to students. The FSF case study scholarship, their signature program, is open to high-achieving students who submit a winning case study on
- Mar 6, 2023
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Holistic Human Health, Technology + Human Thriving
Park integrates technology and design to create on-body interfaces
Heat stress from exposure to extreme temperatures is an occupational hazard for firefighters and may put them at risk for cardiovascular disease. In response to this health concern, Heeju Park, associate professor in the Department of Human Centered Design is designing smart fire-gear that monitors heat stroke risk and cardiovascular malfunction through textile-friendly sensors and on-skin cooling technology.
Park shared his research and teaching at the intersection of design, technology, safety, and well-being at the