- May 28 ,2026
- by Lynandrea Mejia
- Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research
- Zoom
The Meaning of Extension in New York City
This is part of the Talks at Twelve series from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research.
Jenny Weil Malatras ’02 is the executive director of Cornell University Cooperative Extension – New York City. Since June 2025, she leads all of Cornell’s extension efforts around nutrition, youth development, and family engagement in all five boroughs of the city.
While a full description of the talk is coming soon, Malatras will touch on Cornell’s current and
- Mar 11, 2026
- by Laura Reiley, Cornell Chronicle
- Holistic Human Health, Student Life
Nutrition policy scholar Marion Nestle to speak March 19
Food policy expert Marion Nestle, a professor emerita at New York University, will give a talk, “Food Politics in the Trump Era: The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans,” on March 19 in Schurman Hall.
- Feb 16, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Technology + Human Thriving, Alumni
Lauren Forstenhausler ’21 designs for performance
Fashion design major Lauren Forstenhausler ‘21 uses a tactical, human-centered approach to improving performance and supporting consumer needs in her role as an associate apparel designer at Capelli Sport. The performance apparel brand designs and manufactures high-quality athletic apparel, soccer uniforms, and equipment for youth academies, professional clubs and national teams around the world.
Lauren graduated in May 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although she was unable to showcase her senior collection, “Gaslight/Singularity,” at the
- Feb 20 ,2026
- by Karen Steffy
- Human Centered Design
- Human Ecology Building T01
What Roles Will Humans Play in the Future of Data Annotation?
Talk Abstract:
Large language models (LLMs) have rapidly and impressively taken over many tasks once handled by human annotators in constructing text datasets. But does this mean we no longer need humans in the annotation loop? What roles should humans play in future data annotation pipelines? In this talk, I will present two recent studies that explore the evolving role of humans in the landscape of text data annotation. First, we ask whether a well-designed
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- Human Centered Design
- Jill Stuart Gallery, Human Ecology Building
Feel the Years: An Interactive Exhibition on Aging Simulation
The Exhibition
Feel the Years is an interactive exhibition designed to help students and community members better understand the experience of growing older. Through immersive, research-informed activities, the project invites participants to reflect on aging not as a decline, but as a natural and meaningful stage of life.
The Experience
You will have the chance to wear aging simulation suits or other simulation devices and complete everyday tasks that mimic common physical and sensory changes
- Feb 10, 2026
- Holistic Human Health
Full-fat dairy is back. But nutrition experts say it might not be so simple.
New federal dietary guidelines are reshaping the conversation around full-fat dairy, but the science, experts say, isn’t so simple.
In a recent story examining updated recommendations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Sander Kersten, the director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences, offers important perspective on the evolving evidence.
“This is such a complex subject,” Kersten said. “You can weigh the evidence very differently