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2010-2016 - Human Ecology Podcasts/Videos
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S. Kay Obendorf: An Integrating Vision
(2016-09-08)The College of Human Ecology hosted a symposium and retirement celebration for S. Kay Obendorf, professor in the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, on Sept. 8, 2016. Reflecting upon Obendorf's 50 years at ... -
Another Modernism: Home Economics and the Conception of Domestic Space in the United States, 1900-1960
(2016-03-16)Focusing on the homemaker as the primary user of domestic interior, the Home Economics movement formulated a spatial model that differed from the dominant spatial ideal of architectural modernism in the first half of the ... -
Ergonomics in the Postwar Home: Collaborations between Cornell's College of Home Economics and the Center for Housing and Enivronmental Studies
(2015-04-16)In architecture and design, the postwar period in America saw the rise of a new phenomenon: ergonomics research. The primary aim of ergonomics was to improve human environments by studying a wide range of factors that ... -
Human Ecology 150th Anniversary Celebration
(Cornell University, 2015)The mission of the College of Human Ecology is "improving lives by exploring and shaping human connections to natural, social and built environments." This video explores the mission, history and future of the College of ... -
A Conversation with Joan Jacobs Brumberg
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To Encircle the World
(2014-03-20)Allison Horrocks, 2013 Dean's Fellowship recipient in the History of Home Economics in the College of Human Ecology, traces Kittrell’s rise to prominence as an educator and nutrition expert, connecting her story to a diverse ... -
Inside Human Ecology: A conversation with Kay Obendorf
(2014-05-02)Kay Obendorf was interviewed on April 1, 2014 by Steven Henick and Jane Pickney as part of the final project for a Directed Study on Leadership, HE 4000 led by Professor Pauline Morin In Spring 2014. The two students worked ... -
A Conversation with Jean Robinson
(Internet-First University Press, 2014-04-17)This video is about A Conversation with Jean Robinson. -
Thinking at Every Desk: Four Simple Skills That Will Transform Your Teaching Classroom, School and District
(2010-09-30)Frustrated that their university students arrive unable to think, Dr. Laura Colosi of the College of Human Ecology’s Family Life & Development Center at Cornell University and Dr. Derek Cabrera of the Research Institute ... -
Health Care Turning Point: Why Single Payer Won't Work
(2010-10-14)Employer-based health insurance practiced in the United States today creates insecurity for American workers and saddles American companies with high costs that undermine their competitiveness against international firms. ...
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