Student designs address overcrowded Honduran hospital

Students in a College of Human Ecology station class created three sets of designs for a new 4,200-square-foot wing addition to an overcrowded Honduran infant hospital.

33 seniors honored as 2016 Merrill Presidential Scholars

Thirty-three seniors from Cornell's seven undergraduate colleges are honored as Merrill Presidential Scholars in ceremony May 25 in Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room.

Mellon seminar tours a changing, urbanized Amazon

A 10-day journey to cities in the Brazilian rainforest gave students a firsthand look at the complexities of urbanization in the Amazon, as part of the interdisciplinary seminar Forest Cartographies.

Jack Elliott tree sculpture highlights climate justice

Artist and design and environmental analysis professor Jack Elliott has created a tree sculpture, "Animus," to draw attention to climate justice, the focus of a conference on campus May 24-25.

Anna Mascorella wins Einaudi fellowship for research in Rome

Anna Mascorella, a doctoral student in the History of Architecture and Urban Development program, will spend 10 months in Italy with support from a Luigi Einaudi Fellowship for Dissertation Research.

Alumna Lynn Ross details career path to housing policymaker

Lynn Ross, MRP '01, detailed her journey as a planner, from her earliest interest in the field to her current position in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, during a talk April 22.

Design alumna shares lessons on sustainability, life

Jessica Cooper ’07 delivered the biennial Glenn H. Beyer Memorial Lecture April 27 on campus. She is executive vice president and director of sustainability at Delos Solutions.

Work of undergrad researchers spans many fields

With a record-breaking number of students unveiling their research at the 31st annual Spring Research Forum, hosted by the CURB, the world’s future looks full of solutions.

Class observes Cuban art, medicine, farming on trip

Eleven students from the Global Citizenship course in the College of Human Ecology traveled to Cuba over spring break to learn about fashion trends and consumer culture on the island.