- Mar 30, 2026
- by Laura Reiley, Cornell Chronicle
- Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice
Why feeling alone may matter more than being alone
Because loneliness can persist even among people who are not isolated, increasing social contact does not necessarily resolve it.
- Mar 25, 2026
- Student Life
Memory becomes muse in annual runway show
The 42nd annual Cornell Fashion Collective Spring Runway Show paid homage to well-loved storybooks and designers’ childhood memories and cultural backgrounds.
- Apr 1, 2026
James Garbarino, expert on childhood trauma, dies at 78
James Garbarino, MAT ’70, Ph.D. ’73, professor emeritus of human development and a renowned expert on childhood trauma, died March 7 in Ithaca. He was 78.
- Apr 17 ,2026
- by Karen Steffy
- Human Centered Design
- Zoom.
Social and environmental responsibility in fashion education, research and practice
My work in ethical fashion is predominately at the intersection of writing, education and advisement, and most of the time what I talk about with students, brands and other academic institutions, are the various impacts of fashions value chain on people and planet. My work extends beyond environmental impacts, to prioritise ethics, reflecting on the cultural and social Zeitgeist and the responses from an industry struggling in the midst of rapidly shifting global values and
- Apr 15 ,2026
- by Janet Loebach
- Human Centered Design
- Martha Van Rensselaer 1157 and via Zoom.
Aging Playfully: Reimagining Later Life
Maxwell Hartt, PhD, RPP, MCIP is the Director of the Population and Place Research Lab and an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen's University, Canada. He is currently a Fulbright Research Chair at Vanderbilt University and a Craig Dobbin scholar at University College Dublin. Dr. Hartt's research focuses on the geographies and policy implications of population change. His latest book, Aging Playfully, argues that play is an underappreciated, under-researched, and
- Apr 7, 2026
- by Holly Hartigan, Cornell Chronicle
- Student Life