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April 18, 2024

ARC researcher, Eunyoung Myung, works to bridge the health equity gaps in New York communities

Eunyoung Myung, postdoctoral associate at the Cornell Action Research Collaborative, wants to understand the role communication plays in health and ultimately learn how media use can narrow the divide in…
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February 21, 2024

2023 Annual Report

View and download the Action Research Collaborative's 2023 annual impact report. Action-Research-Collaborative-2023-Impact-ReportDownload
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December 21, 2023

Exploring girlhoods, Black scholars connect, imagine and heal

Jamila Walida Simon, M.S. ’10, grew up in a time and place where children were expected to be largely seen and not heard; as an adult, she wanted to correct…
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December 15, 2023

Poverty is a political choice, Michener tells NYS Senate

A majority of Americans will experience poverty at some point because of systemic challenges – not poor choices – that state and federal policies can address, Jamila Michener, associate professor…
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November 22, 2023

Professors Strogatz, Lewis Jr. receive awards for science communication

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have awarded top prize for science communication by a “research scientist–later career” to Steven Strogatz, the Susan and Barton Winokur Distinguished Professor…
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November 15, 2023

NYS families to access more fresh produce via $8M USDA grant

Tim Bryant started using food stamps after a parking garage gate hit his head, causing a traumatic brain injury that forced him to drop out of his master’s degree program.…
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September 26, 2023

Michener to direct new Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures

Jamila Michener, associate professor of government in the College of Arts and Sciences and senior associate dean of public engagement at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy,…
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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…
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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…