- Dec 3, 2025
- by Caitlin Hayes, Cornell Chronicle
- Community Engagement, Holistic Human Health
CCE helps upstate county create a village to support teens
An enrichment program strengthens teenagers’ communication skills, goal-setting and connection to community, with components for both youth and their caregivers.
- Dec 1, 2025
- Alumni, Student Life
Gala inspires students to find their fit in fashion industry
A festive black-tie gala brought together fashion industry star power, networking opportunities and Cornell fashion students wearing shimmering gowns and fashion-forward tuxedos.
- Nov 20, 2025
- Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice
Life lessons from 100-year-olds you didn’t know you needed
Navika Gangrade
Navika Gangrade, Ph.D., RDN, is a lecturer at the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research. In addition to teaching various classes, she is responsible for overseeing the Cornell Human Ecology in New York City summer internship program.
Prior to joining Cornell, Dr. Gangrade was a visiting assistant professor in the Nutrition Program at New York University, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies. She earned her Ph.D. in nutrition and registered dietitian credentials (RDN) from Cornell University
- Dec 3, 2025
Jeanne Mueller, creator of social work program, dies at 100
Jeanne Mueller, a professor emerita in the College of Human Ecology (CHE) who advised the U.S. and foreign governments on social services, died Nov. 2 in Rochester, New York. She was 100.
Angela Odoms-Young
Angela Odoms-Young, PhD (she/her/hers)
- The Nancy Schlegel Meinig Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition
- Director of the Food and Nutrition Education in Communities Program (FNEC) and New York State Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Critical Issue Lead for Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Security, and Obesity Prevention
Dr. Odoms-Young's research explores how social and structural factors shape dietary behaviors and contribute to disparities in diet-related chronic diseases. Using
Minor in Epidemiology
Use data and collaborative research to quantify the relation between risk factors and disease to prevent illness.
