Sarah Rubenstein-Gillis, LMSW is a Clinical Social Worker at Cornell University. Her professional career has included work as a faculty member, crisis and support counselor, community organizer, and advocate for HIV/AIDS education. Sarah presented a research project titled, “Reel Milk: Uncovering Breastfeeding in Hollywood” to address how media influences our…
Dr. Anne Jones, the medical services director of Cornell Health spoke at the MPH seminar class on “Zen and the Art of Medical Directing.” Dr. Jones has a unique story, obtaining her Master of Public Health degree after her Degree in Osteopathic Medicine because she realized a need to understand…
The Professor Emeritus of Food Science and Director of the National Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Program at Cornell University, Dr. Robert B. Gravani brought risk and crisis communication in food safety to Cornell University’s Master of Public Health Cohort. Risk communication is aim to enable people at risk to take…
Dr. Nia Nunn is a dynamic character within the Ithaca community, not only is she a professor of education at Ithaca College and a mother of three but she also serves as the president of the Southside Community Center, while simultaneously holding the position of director at the Community Unity…
What is your concept and viewpoints of leadership? Mike Bishop, director of student leadership for Office of Engagement Initiatives at Cornell, poses this question to students in the Cornell University’s Master of Public Health program. Public health practitioners often engage with community leaders and members to develop programs aimed at…
As the Executive Director, Karen Yearwood explains the purpose and role the Village at Ithaca plays in public health to Cornell University’s Master of Public Health Cohort. The mission of the organization is to advocate for excellence and equity in Ithaca’s public schools, a goal she hopes to accomplish by…
“If you have a concept of something you want to fix, how do you go about fixing it?” Heather Kolakowski In Hunger, Health and Nonprofit Social Enterprise (HA 4315), Heather Kolakowski’s service-based learning class, she designed the course to introduce students to food insecurity issues in the local community, and to…
“The food system is complicated at all different levels, including at the minute scale of genetics, and you have to explore the tradeoffs.” As a plant geneticist, Rebecca Nelson focuses on identifying traits that could improve disease resistance in corn. “When we select for one trait, we run the risk…
Provided. Author and activist Mitchell S. Jackson is the featured speaker at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Commemoration, Jan. 23. Author and activist Mitchell S. Jackson is the featured speaker at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Commemoration, Jan. 23 at 5:30 p.m. in Sage Chapel. The event…
