- Apr 14, 2025
- Community Engagement
Group offers skills, and friendship, to local students with disabilities
- Apr 10, 2025
- Technology + Human Thriving
Book examines how digital culture is affecting our memory
- Mar 4, 2025
- by Juan Vazquez-Leddon
- Community Engagement, Holistic Human Health
CHE and CCE partner with Hannaford to tackle childhood obesity
Hannaford has awarded Cornell University a $225,000 grant to study the causes of childhood obesity and promote programs to reduce obesity-related health risks. The funding supports collaboration with childhood obesity experts to determine community needs and create programs to address those needs.
Nearly 20% of children aged 2-19 are considered obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The project is led by Angela Odoms-Young, the Nancy Schlegel Meinig Associate Professor of
- Feb 3, 2025
- Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice
East Asian adults more prone to iron-related chronic disease
- Feb 20, 2025
- May 21, 2025
- Community Engagement, Holistic Human Health
Attendance improves in rural NYS schools with on-site health clinics
- Oct 22, 2024
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Community Engagement, Student Life
Collaboration blends fashion, film studies and spark of fun
On a recent afternoon, four women gathered in the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection (CF+TC) in Cornell Human Ecology (CHE) to “mine” the collection. The collaborators were preparing an exhibit for the upcoming film screening of “Sunset Boulevard,” and selecting garments that embody main character Norma Desmond, an aging relic from the silent film industry who aspires to recapture her faded glory.
Molly Ryan, director of Cornell Cinema, approached Catherine Kueffer Blumenkamp, associate director of