For PRYDE Scholar Abby Morales, the phrase food for the soul has special significance-one that has ties to her fondest memories of growing up as a child and watching her family members cook for one another as an act of love. In the spring of 2022, Abby was inspired by her philosophy regarding the restorative power of cooking to revive a community nutrition program for Latinx families in Monroe County.
Read MoreBudding social scientists learned the building blocks of research through the Youth Investigators program conducted by the Program for Research on Youth Development and Engagement (PRYDE).
Read More“Instead of talking to them about physical activity and how important it is, we incorporate [healthy habits] by showing all these different, fun ways to be active”.
Read MoreThis past month on May 21st, the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research held a celebratory event to honor graduating seniors who had been engaged in various research and leadership roles at the Center.
Read MoreAudry Hong ‘22 was awarded the Roberta M. Berns ’65 Memorial Research Award for her contributions to research on how parents and teens use technology to communicate. The award will fund her continued contributions to create an intervention to help parents use technology for difficult conversations with teens.
Read More“The most important thing that I learned was to keep your audience in mind and to build connections to what is relevant to the lives of young people.”
Read MoreDr. Powers says she challenges herself by asking, “what do people really need to do this type of work well?”
Read MorePRYDE scholar, Carley Robinson, has been selected by the Cornell Public Service Center as one of this year’s Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award recipients.
Read More“We are confronted with the ups and downs of life, but purpose is an active ingredient that helps us stay stable.”
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