- Sep 18 ,2026
- by Karen Steffy
- Human Centered Design
- Zoom.
Designing for Absence
Simon Thorogood is a distinctive research-led fashion artist and designer, academic, and creative consultant whose work sits at the intersection of fashion, digital media, music, architecture and critical theory.
He is part of a generation of British experimental fashion practitioners associated with the intellectual culture surrounding Central Saint Martins during the 1990s and is acknowledged as one of the very first designers to integrate digital technology and coding into fashion practice, presentation and communication.
He
- Sep 14 — 18 ,2026
- The Human Ecology Commons
Human Ecology Unplugged
Cornell Unplugged is a new initiative to encourage students, faculty and staff to be as unplugged as possible throughout the week of Sept. 14-20. As part of this initiative, we will be hosting Human Ecology Unplugged. Review the series of events, activities, and opportunities to put down your phone, close your laptop and connect with others or yourself.
Visit the Human Ecology Unplugged table in the Commons to:
- Grab a board game, puzzle, conversation starters
- Aug 17, 2026
- by David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle
- Holistic Human Health, Technology + Human Thriving
A better pill to swallow: Nanofiber film delivers ultrafast pain relief
Researchers developed an ultrafast-dissolving nanofiber film that can deliver a cocktail of three drugs so quickly and effectively, 90% of the formulation is released in less than two seconds.
- Sep 9, 2026
- by Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle
- Sustainability + Society
Dyed wool a sustainable water purification alternative
A research team has proven the feasibility of using polydopamine-dyed and ultrablack wool as a low-cost, renewable water-purification method.
- Sep 14, 2026
- Student Life
Now at Cornell, legendary designer’s collection inspires the next generation
For the first time in over a decade, garments from Ralph Rucci’s haute couture and made-to-order collections have been brought together under one roof as part of the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection, in the College of Human Ecology.
- Aug 27, 2026
- by Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell Chronicle
- Holistic Human Health
Folic acid does not elevate formaldehyde in mice and humans
Folic acid does not elevate toxic formaldehyde in the body, according to a new study on mice and human cancer patients who consumed high doses.