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Architectural historian Mary Anne Beecher explores the historic development and design implications of storage elements in the 19th and 20th century American home,…
"To Make More Useful:" The Impact of…
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In 1969, after 5 years of deliberation and planning, Cornell's College of Home Economics became the College of Human Ecology. Gwen Kay, Associate Professor of…
A Growing College, redux: When Home Economics…
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Andrew Dickson White believed that the built environment of a university should reflect high standards of beauty and good aesthetics. In this Reunion 2010 lecture at…
A. D. White on Beauty
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Security is often sought through armaments and containment, which can lead to the impoverishment rather than the nourishment of laboring bodies. Under increasingly…
Accumulating Insecurity: Violence and…
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In their newest book, Herbert Gottfried (Dept. of Landscape Architecture) and Jan Jennings (Dept. of Design and Environmental Analysis) trace the contributions of folk…
American Vernacular: Buildings and Interiors,…
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Bioelectrochemical Systems puts a spotlight on promising technologies currently taking shape on the clean energy and waste management frontiers. In this Chats in the…
Bioelectrical Systems: From Extracellular…
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At a presentation ceremony on August 6, Cornell professor of molecular biology and former Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Susan Henry presented to…
Brushes with Genius: Cornell Faculty Members…
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In her 2005 book, Jan Jennings describes a series house design competitions for architects in the 1879 to 1909 period, noting the insight they offer on the development…
Cheap and Tasteful Dwellings: Design Competitions…
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How do humans learn languages? Why do we learn them at all? Human development scholar Barbara Lust presents highlights from her new book exploring human language…
Child Language: Acquisition and Growth
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Mexican migration is a highly contentious issue in the eyes of many North Americans, and every generation seems to construct the northward flow of labor as a brand new…
Consuming Mexican Labor: From the Bracero Program…
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Great potential exists for ubiquitous mobile computing to inform and develop the social experiences and relations that play out in community spaces. Yet, the…
Context-Aware Mobile Computing: Affordances of…
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Pica—the urge to eat clay, starch, ice and chalk—has been a phenomenon among humans, particularly women, for a very long time. In her new book, nutritionist…
Craving Earth: Understanding Pica, The Urge to…
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In a November 2011 talk at Mann Library, Amrys Williams, the 2011 Recipient of the History of Home Economics Fellowship Award at the Cornell College of Human Ecology,…
Cultivating the Country's Best Crop:…
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Of all the issues in need of attention at this moment in the history of American higher education, few are as important as the status and future of its public mission,…
Democracy and Higher Education: Traditions and…
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Historian and physician Dr. Dan Weinstock discusses the correspondence and friendship between pioneering American botanist Asa Gray and his friend, physician and amateur…
Dr. Asa Gray and His Finger Lakes Chum
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In “Earth: A Tenant’s Manual,” distinguished geologist Frank H. T. Rhodes, President Emeritus of Cornell University, provides a sweeping, accessible,…
Earth: A Tenant's Manual
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