Kathleen Rasmussen
Dr. Kathleen M. Rasmussen is the Nancy Schlegel Meinig Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and International Professor of Nutritional Science at Cornell University. She received her AB degree from Brown University in molecular biology and both her ScM and ScD degrees from Harvard University in nutrition. Professor Rasmussen is internationally known for her research on maternal and child nutrition. Her research has included studies in experimental species, observational
Tom Brenna
Tom Brenna is Professor Emeritus since 2017. His research couples Nutrition and Chemistry in a broadly interdisciplinary program. He is a member of graduate fields in Cornell's four large colleges: Nutrition (CHE and CALS), Food Science and Technology (CALS), Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Arts), and Geological Sciences (Engineering and CALS), among other collaborations. His research group has been funded by institutes/centers at the NIH (NIGMS, NEI, NICHD, NCCIH) and private industry. These grants have supported fundamental work
Caitlin Romagnola
Lydia Afman
Daniel Berry
Daniel Berry, Ph.D. is the Andre Bensadoun Associate Professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University. He graduated from State University of New York at Cortland with a BS degree in Biology with a concentration in Environmental Science. He received a PhD degree in Molecular Nutrition from Case Western Reserve University and performed his postdoctoral studies in the Department of Developmental Biology and the Division of Endocrinology at the University of Texas Southwestern
- Nov 7, 2025
- by Juan Vazquez-Leddon
- Community Engagement, Social Impact + Justice, CHE in NYC
Gallery exhibit explores LGBTQ+ support networks
Exhibit features art from two organizations supporting LGBTQ+ youth
MVR 1250 Gallery will host an art exhibit honoring the “found” family of LGBTQ+ youth from across New York State. The exhibit, titled “Our People, Our Stories: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Chosen Family”, runs through Dec. 1 and is part of a larger community-based participatory research project led by Adam Hoffman, assistant professor of psychology.
The art, created by youth from The Ali Forney Center in New York
- Nov 14 ,2025
- by Karen Steffy
- Human Centered Design
- Human Ecology Building T01
Humanist and Integrated Learning and Being: Reflections on Being an Anthropologist among Engineers
Drawing from research and teaching collaborations with colleagues in engineering, robotics, computer science, materials science, as well as community and industry partners, Caitrin Lynch reflects on how and why to question disciplinary silos, reach across to people from vastly different perspectives inside and outside academia, and authentically foreground questions of the impact of work in engineering and design. Caitrin will bring in examples from her projects in design and disability (such as the Engineering at
