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September 8, 2023

Fall 2023 ARC Faculty Course Offerings

Course Number Instructor Course Description Introduction to Human Development HD1130 / PSYCH 1131Adam Hoffman Introduction to Human Development provides a broad and foundational overview of field of human development, starting from conception and ending through process…
ARC faculty, summer fellows, and Director of NYC Mayor's Office of Urban Agriculture gather around collard green plant bed at community gardenNews
August 23, 2023

Students work with NYC communities during summer fellowship

Two Human Ecology graduate students spent this past summer in New York City as part of a summer fellowship through the Action Research Collaborative (ARC), learning how researchers and communities…
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August 2, 2023

Fact-checking can influence recommender algorithms

In January 2017, Reddit users read about an alleged case of terrorism in a Spanish supermarket. What they didn’t know was that nearly every detail of the stories, taken from…
Tashara M. Leak (left), associate professor of nutrition in Cornell Human Ecology, and Neil Lewis, Jr. ’13 (right), associate professor of communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, listen during the 2023 ARC Symposium in New York City.News
July 6, 2023

NYC faculty discuss equity, community ownership

Faculty in Cornell’s Action Research Collaborative (ARC) joined New York City and State policymakers and community members for ARC’s second symposium on June 22. The annual symposium is an opportunity…
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June 28, 2023

Harlem youth lead projects that benefit their community

With a bit of funding, high school students in Harlem have come up with projects that help their neighbors – and offer researchers insights into how young people think about…
Dr. Misha Innis-Thompson speaks at podiumNews
May 10, 2023

Prioritize space to dream, OADI alumna tells diverse students

Samantha Huanca ’23 remembers feeling overwhelmed on North Campus on the first day of her freshman year. As the first person in her family to go to college, she said,…
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May 1, 2023

Racial equity messaging must be more inclusive

In a review of more than three decades’ worth of studies that examine support for, or opposition to, policies with racial equity implications, a Cornell-led research group found that more…
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April 3, 2023

Lessons learned from engaging communities in nutrition research: a recap of Tashara Leak’s Talks at Twelve

Tashara M. Leak, co-director of the Action Research Collaborative and assistant professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences (CHE), spoke at the March 20, 2023 Talks at Twelve, hosted by…
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March 27, 2023

To Hold Tech Accountable, Look to Public Health

HOW IS IT that public health has delivered on its promise to improve the lives of millions, while failing to resolve the dramatic health disparities of people of color in the…
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March 27, 2023

Michener advocates ‘Broadening the Tent’ at White House

Drawing on personal experience, a Cornell faculty member urged policymakers at a White House event to consult extensively with beneficiaries of government programs and services and learn from their experiences.…