- May 4, 2026
- by Olivia Hall
Community Engagement Awards celebrate partnerships creating positive change
- Apr 27, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Community Engagement, Holistic Human Health, Technology + Human Thriving
Archival fellow highlights public health legacy and its lessons for today
Tara Pearson, a Ph.D. student in Human Behavior and Design and the 2025 dean’s graduate summer archival research fellow, analyzed the sanitation bulletins that Cornell mailed to rural New York women in the early 20th-century as part of the Cornell Reading Course for Farmers' Wives.
Martha Van Rensselaer created the reading course as part of the university’s outreach to New York’s farm families. She blended storytelling, humor and practical advice to empower rural women
- May 5, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Community Engagement, Social Impact + Justice, Technology + Human Thriving
Residency weaves ancestry, community and technology
Equipped with rat tail combs, hair clips and braiding gel, Lauren Hooks begins the workshop by explaining the purpose of each tool. Then, with patient precision, she guides each student as they try to braid a mannequin’s hair.
Hooks is a hair artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. She specializes in braiding, blending historical and cultural traditions with her own creative vision to create novel, wearable art. Her designs have featured in both film and fashion
- May 28 ,2026
- by Lynandrea Mejia
- Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, Cornell University Cooperative Extension - NYC, Cornell Cooperative Extension
- 570 Lexington Ave., 12th Floor, New York, NY or on Zoom
The Meaning of Extension: Cornell's Work in New York City
Part of the BCTR's Talks at Twelve series.
What does it mean to extend a university into the largest, most complex city in the country?
Cornell University Cooperative Extension—New York City (CUCE-NYC) has been answering that question for more than 60 years. Working across all five boroughs, CUCE-NYC translates Cornell’s research into practical programs that reach more than 30,000 New Yorkers each year—in nutrition and health, family and youth development, and STEM and urban agriculture
Julia Chapman
Julia Chapman joined The Parenting Project: Healthy Children, Families & Communities team in May 2017, and also works with the Youth Risk and Opportunity Lab at Cornell University. She has a B.A. in psychology from the University of Rochester and received a master’s in social work in 2022. Her research interests include how trauma relates to adolescent development and how families can act as protective factors against the development of maladaptive coping mechanisms.
