- Mar 19 ,2026
- by Lynandrea Mejia
- Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research
- MVR 1102 and Zoom
Decision-Making Across the Life Span
This is part of the Talks at Twelve series from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research.
Decisions – small and large – are an inherent part of life and can shape people’s well-being for better or worse. As we move through the life span, there are changes in the types of decisions we are facing, the strategies we draw on to make good decisions, and the resources available to recover from poor decisions. Corinna Loeckenhoff
- Apr 24 ,2026
- by Deborah Surine
- Nutritional Sciences, Cornell Human Ecology
- The Statler Hotel - 130 Statler Drive, Ithaca, NY 14853
Speaking Truth to Power About Weight Symposium
Join us for a dynamic, interdisciplinary symposium exploring the impact and intersections of weight stigma and weight-based discrimination across healthcare, policy, education and beyond. Leave equipped with research-grounded strategies, collaborative connections, and actionable tools to advance weight justice and drive meaningful systems change.
Sessions throughout the day with expert speakers from Cornell, across the country and the globe.
Online or in-person @ The Statler Hotel
- 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