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Positive Psychology and the Prison System In 2017, developmental psychologist Anthony Ong gave a guest lecture on positive psychology, the study of what makes life worth living. Unlike most such talks the professor of Human Development gives, however, this one required a series of background checks. Ong had been invited to Auburn Correctional Facility, the maximum-security state prison for men an hour north of Ithaca. On the appointed day, Ong, who also directs Cornell’s Human Health Labs, was escorted through multiple security checkpoints to the venue and, having been forbidden to bri...

Grant Maker Bolsters Human Connection as a Way to Take on Polarization Lily-Anne Trainor One of Einhorn’s early relationship building grants was a $50 million award to establish Engaged Cornell, an effort that brings undergraduates together for community service. More than a year of lockdown has taught many Americans about the importance of social distancing and the effects of vaccines. But perhaps the biggest lessons are about people we’ve held close and those whose company we miss, says Jenn Hoos Rothberg, executive director of the Einhorn Collaborative. The need for human conne...

Provided Joanna Papadakis '21, top row, second from right, displays her Cornell Campus-Community Leadership Award during a virtual ceremony April 23. Joanna Papadakis ’21 honored for town-gown innovation April 26, 2021 Joanna Papadakis ’21 has received the 2021 Cornell Campus-Community Leadership Award, an annual honor given by the Division of University Relations to a graduating senior who has shown exceptional town-gown leadership and innovation. Papadakis, a senior in the College of Human Ecology, was joined by family, friends and Cornell staff and faculty at the award�...

Date Time New initiative engages communities in neuroscience The Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research is launching a new project – the Community Neuroscience Initiative, or CNI – that will build connections between neuroscience, the social sciences and communities. Marlen Z. Gonzalez The project is headed up by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, assistant professor of human development, whose research focuses on how developmental context shapes the brain. “This is something I’ve been thinking about for a long time,” she said. “I believe it’s important for communities to feel a sens...