Human Ecology Forum articles from January 1996

Human Ecology Forum archives from January 1996

Students plan special playground.
January 1, 1996... Designing a safe and enticing playground for children is challenging enough, but Assistant Professor Lorraine Maxwell gave a group of students a much more daunting task: to develop guidelines for a children's playground at a family camp for...

Partnership brings health care to one rural New York county. (Tioga County, New York)
January 1, 1996... For health care professionals looking for a better way to reach rural residents, there's a lesson to be learned in New York's Tioga County. With a largely rural population, the county has many residents who for years rarely, if ever, received...

The undergraduate experience: exploration in human ecology.
January 1, 1996... The College of Human Ecology is distinguished by its community contacts, extension programs, and land-grant mission to the state, all of which enrich its academic programs immeasurably. New Human Ecology students are introduced to these and other...

Improving community nutrition.
January 1, 1996... Despite the best efforts of nutritionists, many Americans still consume too much fat and not enough fruits and vegetables. An innovative, community-based project being carried out in Rochester, New York, may serve as a model for future food and...

Plant Food Project creates a win-win-win situation.
January 1, 1996... There are all sorts of winners in the Rochester Plant Food Project, says Bo Yerxa, executive director of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County. "First of all, we think what we're doing is a real plus for the broader extension system," he...

Learning to serve. (educational institutions' participation in community service initiatives)
January 1, 1996... Students in the College of Human Ecology are essential participants in two ongoing local community service initiatives. Through these service-learning projects, the student volunteers gain invaluable hands-on experience and practical insight into...

Students return to urban neighborhoods to work with teens.
January 1, 1996... For many Cornell students, last summer's vacation meant relaxing at the beach. For a dozen intrepid minority students from New York City, however, summer meant working for pay in their old neighborhoods as interns in a special program to enrich...

Rethinking nutrition monitoring.
January 1, 1996... Nutrition monitoring has been used to analyze the nutrition problems of nations and communities for more than twenty years. But researchers have found that the data are rarely used effectively. A new approach to the process may provide better...

New model helps one county become "heart-healthy."
January 1, 1996... David Pelletier's new monitoring model has turned traditional nutrition monitoring on its ear. Rather than collect data indiscriminately and then distribute it to policymakers and other audiences, researchers now first determine what problems...

Housing costs burdensome for some groups.
January 1, 1996... Although the cost of housing has increased in recent years, some groups are more likely to pay excessive housing costs than others, report Peter S. K. Chi, professor of consumer economics and housing, and Joseph Laquatra, associate professor of...

Fiber scientist invents a nontoxic sterilization process for biomaterials.
January 1, 1996... A researcher in the Department of Textiles and Apparel has made two breakthroughs to help the health care industry and medical patients: a nontoxic method for sterilizing biodegradable medical materials and devices and an innovative chemical...