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Researchers from Cornell Human Ecology (CHE) and the University of Buffalo discussed the history of Indigenous education — plus modern-day challenges and opportunities — during a panel discussion on Nov. 4 in Mann Library. 

The panel, titled “Indigenous Perspectives in Higher Education: Reflecting on the Past to Inform the Future,” was part of the opening of the Cornell University Library exhibit “Redressing Histories of Early Hodinǫ̱hsǫ́:nih Women at Cornell, 1914-1942,” in connection with CHE’s centennial

The American Society for Nutrition Foundation (ASNF) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) has awarded Julia Finkelstein, associate professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, director of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Program, and co-director of the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, with the inaugural ASN-NNF Henrik Dam Award for Scientific Discovery in Nutrition. 

The award, named in honor of Henrik Dam, a Nobel Prize winner and trailblazing Danish

Four community organizations partnering with Cornell Human Ecology students will receive funding as part of the college’s Community-Engaged Reflection Awards. The awards, given to two winners and two runners-up, are based on students’ written reflections about their learning experience with community partners.

This year’s winners are Noah Berg ’24, partnering with the Western New York Law Center in Buffalo, New York, and Jasmine Guarin ’24, partnering with Community Ambassadors in Ocean County, New Jersey. The

Tashara M. Leak, associate professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, has been named the inaugural associate dean of Cornell Human Ecology in New York City (CHE in NYC). The new position coordinates human ecology research, education, and public engagement in the city as part of the college’s strategic commitment to foster a vibrant, unified network.

Leak has lived and worked in New York City for several years, conducting research in collaboration