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Cornell Human Ecology is proud to welcome five new faculty members whose expertise reflects the breadth of the college’s interdisciplinary mission to improve human health and well-being through science, policy and design.

Their research spans topics such as how people make judgments in legal settings, the molecular mechanisms underlying human milk production, and how design can support aging in place, advancing the college’s commitment to connecting discovery and impact across the social, biological and design

From clinical work with tuberculosis patients to interning in Nike’s footwear department to engaging with the local community at the Center for Discovery, Cornell Human Ecology students had a summer to remember. We asked five undergrads to share their summer experiences in their own words, from what surprised them most, to the biggest lessons they learned, to how they anticipate applying the newfound knowledge from their summer experience to their continued studies in CHE.

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Faculty and students from the Department of Human Centered Design presented research, posters and prototypes at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) CHI conference, April 23-28, in Hamburg, Germany. It is the oldest and largest conference in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI), bringing together researchers and practitioners from around the globe who have an overarching goal to make the world a better place with interactive digital technologies.

“This conference is enormous,” said Armin