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When Kathleen McCormick ’16 told people that she studied human development, they often responded with confused stares. “You mean psychology?” some asked.

McCormick had earned a bachelor’s degree in human development at Cornell Human Ecology and returned to pursue her doctorate. Yet even she sometimes struggled to articulate a succinct definition of the field, also called human development and family science (or studies). When she cast about for resources detailing the field’s origins and progression

EYP, a Page Company has received two Touchstone Awards for evidence-based design for healthcare facilities thanks to research partnerships with Rana Zadeh, associate professor and Alan Hedge, emeritus professor, Department of Human Centered Design.

The projects used assessments and interviews with front-line practitioners to design positive interventions in two hospitals. Hypotheses were documented and surveys questions targeted feedback of specific environmental attributes relative to mitigating medical errors, adverse events, reduction in perception of excessive walking

Kyuin Park, a first-year master’s student in Fiber Science won a best poster award at the New York State Nanotechnology Network Symposium (NNN). The annual event brings together industry partners and Cornell undergraduate and graduate students to problem solve, build relationships and grow awareness.

Park’s winning poster “Polymer Nano/Microfiber as a Solar Reflector or Absorber,” explores heat transfer from solar energy in the near-infrared region of solar radiation. More than half of radiation from the

Emmy Hsiung '23, a fiber science major in the Department of Human Centered Design, is the first co-author on a recent paper on the use of nanofibrous webs for fast-disintegrating drug delivery. She has been working in Prof. Tamer Uyar’s NanoFibers and NanoTextiles Lab since her first year at Cornell.

“Research is rewarding when things work out but there are definitely challenges to get there,” said Hsiung.

Ondansetron is an antinausea drug. By embedding the