- Apr 28 ,2026
- by Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao
- Human Centered Design
- Human Ecology Building, Jill Stuart Gallery
Designing Hybrid Skins: An Exhibition by the Hybrid Body Lab Opening and Live Demo
The Hybrid Body Lab is dedicated to developing Hybrid Skins—culturally inspired, flexible interfaces that enhance the human experience. This exhibition brings together selected works from the lab spanning 2019 to 2026, alongside projects created through the Hybrid Body Lab Artist Residency.
Bridging engineering, design, and community-engaged research, the lab explores how these intimate technologies can reflect—rather than constrain—the complexity, diversity, and expressiveness of human life.
The exhibit is in the Jill Stuart Gallery in the Human
- Apr 27 ,2026Apr 28 ,2026Apr 29 ,2026Apr 30 ,2026May 1 ,2026May 4 ,2026May 5 ,2026May 6 ,2026May 7 ,2026May 8 ,2026May 11 ,2026May 12 ,2026May 13 ,2026May 14 ,2026May 15 ,2026
- by So-Yeon Yoon
- Human Centered Design
- Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, 1250 Gallery
Personhood (2026)
As high-fidelity AI agents increasingly populate our digital lives through generative avatars, synthetic voices, and algorithmic personalities, we find ourselves coexisting with digital entities that mimic us, without fully being us. Personhood (2026) asks: what does it mean to be human in spaces we now share with simulations of humanity?
Personhood (2026) relies on state-based branching animation trees formed via AI animations that interpolate strategically between pivotal keyframes. At every given moment, the artwork “decides”
- Apr 23, 2026
Trump, his 'low IQ' slur, and the right's race obsession
Robert Sternberg (psychology), comments on the limited utility of IQ tests and their misuse in political and racial discourse.
Photo by Lloyd DeGrane, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Dec 8, 2025
- Community Engagement, Student Life
Hotel room redesign connects students with community partners
Welcome baskets filled with products crafted by Finger Lakes artisans. Luxurious bathrooms with vanities of natural wood and stone that reflect Ithaca’s beauty. Watercolor renderings of McGraw Tower and other campus landmarks. These are among the concepts that student teams presented to the industry panel for their “Reimagine the Statler Hotel Guest Room” project.
DEA 1110 Making a Difference by Design is a required course for Design and Environmental Analysis (DEA) majors and a popular
- Apr 29 ,2026
- Human Centered Design
- Human Ecology Building T49 and Zoom.
Hybrid Body Lab Artist Talk by Lauren Hooks
Join the Hybrid Body Lab for an artist talk with artist Lauren Hooks. Specializing in artistic braiding and editorial styling, she merges technical skill with cultural storytelling. She will share about her artwork series titled “A.I. Ancestral Intelligence” created during the Hybrid Body Lab Artist Residency.
- Apr 29, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Holistic Human Health, Donor, Student Life
Pre-health students build skills and improve community health
Every week, Rebecca Herzberg ’26 and Derek Liang ’27 lead a team of students providing preventative health checks at Loaves and Fishes, an Ithaca community kitchen.
Herzberg and Liang are certified EMTs. They train and oversee the students, who check guests’ blood pressure, vision, and blood sugar. If results are concerning, they refer guests to the Ithaca Free Clinic. Many visitors to the meal center are on Medicaid or Medicare or do not have health
- May 1, 2026
- by Kathy Hovis
- Student Life