- Apr 3, 2026
- Apr 9, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice, Student Life
Summer You ’26 takes an inclusive approach to healthy eating
Summer You entered Cornell Human Ecology (CHE) as a human biology, health and society major. She enjoyed her classes, but she knew that she wasn’t destined for a 10-year medical school journey.
Then she saw a flyer for an information session for the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD), which prepares students to become Registered Dietitians and obtain the RD/RDN credential.
“I felt like that was a much faster path to what I wanted
- Apr 10, 2026
PORTENT backs five new technologies to expand access to care
- Apr 2, 2026
- by Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle
- Technology + Human Thriving
MirrorBot: fostering human connection
Cornell researchers developed a dual mirror-equipped robot, MirrorBot, that spurred conversations, playful exchanges and other interactions between strangers sparked by initial eye contact made in the mirrors.
Julia Finkelstein
Dr. Julia Finkelstein is a Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, and Professor of Epidemiology in the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is the Director of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Program and co-Director of the Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health and Cochrane Center and WHO Collaborating Centre at Cornell University. Dr. Finkelstein is the Program Director
James Dalton Rounds
Through my life and research experiences, I've become fascinated with the question: how do we tap into our full potential? Specifically, I investigate "learning readiness", or the social, cognitive and neural features that predict academic motivation and learning success. I believe these clues will reveal the depths of an individual's potential to learn. And tracking the development of these features, as well as how they vary over time, across individuals from diverse backgrounds, and across