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Whitlock and CRPSIR featured in documentary and on Today.com
Janis Whitlock and filmmaker Monica Zinn.photo courtesy of Monica Zinn "Every single human being suffers and every human being finds a way to handle that," Dr. Janis Whitlock notes in the documentary film, Self Inflicted. Whitlock, director of the BCTR's Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery (CRPSIR), is interviewed in the film, which also features youth who self-injure and other experts...
Continue Reading > ShareNew systematic translational review on teen pregnancy prevention programs
The newest systematic translational review (STR) from the BCTR Research Synthesis Project considers the question, "Do teen pregnancy prevention programs that include education for the teenagers’ parents show positive results?" A review of evaluations of existing evidence-based programs found that there could be benefits that varied from program to program. Full findings can be found in Parent Education...
Continue Reading > SharePositive youth development in the global recession
Patricio Cumsille, Bernadine Brady, Mary Agnes Hamilton, Stephen Hamilton, Loreto Martínez, and Susana Núñez Rodríguez. Stephen Hamilton (BCTR associate director for youth development) organized and chaired a symposium on Youth-Adult Relationships as Assets for Positive Youth Development: Similarities and Variations in Different Countries for the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)...
Continue Reading > ShareTRIPLL’s National Institute on Aging funding renewed
The BCTR's Translational Research Institute for Pain in Later Life (TRIPLL) has received a five-year, $1.95 million renewal grant from the National Institute on Aging. In this next phase, TRIPLL adds a focus on behavior change science, applying insights from psychology, sociology, economics, and communications to develop optimal pain management techniques. TRIPLL investigators also plan to explore...
Continue Reading > ShareRoundtable addresses women veterans’ particular challenges
Dawn Seymour '39, a World War II flier with the Women Airforce Service Pilots, participates in the roundtable. Brian Leidy, director of the BCTR’s Military Projects, participated in a panel at a recent roundtable discussion at Cornell on the issues women veterans face. These issues include invisibility, devaluation, work/family balance issues, the lack of jobs in a recession, and the translation...
Continue Reading > ShareNew USDA-funded nutrition center with BCTR ties
CCE nutrition demo at an NYC farmer's market (file photo) A new federally-funded Cornell center will study how simple changes to schools, communities, and workplaces could help people live healthier and boost the success of long-running nutrition education programs for low-income families. The center will be led by Jamie Dollahite, professor of nutritional sciences. The Northeast Regional Nutrition...
Continue Reading > ShareCCE Summer Interns present their research findings
Katrina Simon next to her poster on her research with 4-H This year's Cornell Cooperative Extension Summer Interns presented on their summer research on October 7th. Included in the group were four students who worked with BCTR researchers (listed below). This year each student gave a condensed one-minute presentation on their work. Presentations were followed by a poster session/reception where students...
Continue Reading > ShareThe Legacy of Urie Bronfenbrenner
Evans, Sternberg, Wethington, Ceci, Hamilton, and Eckenrode The BCTR is named in honor of Urie Bronfenbrenner, the renowned developmental psychologist who taught at Cornell for over fifty years. This September 18th a panel of Cornell faculty reflected on Urie's enduring legacy in the field. In his introduction, BCTR director John Eckenrode expressed the hope that the panel discussion would rectify...
Continue Reading > ShareACT for Youth at American Evaluation Association conference
Powers, Purington, and Maley This October, staff from the ACT for Youth Center of Excellence participated in the annual conference for the American Evaluation Association held in Denver, CO. For the conference, Jane Powers, Mandy Purington, and Mary Maley organized a panel on the theme of building capacity to strengthen youth programming through the use of evaluation findings. The ACT team described...
Continue Reading > ShareCenter fall event videos now online
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Three videos from our major fall events are now online in case you missed them, or want to revisit the events. All are permanently archived in our media library and direct links to the videos can be found below. 2014 Iscol Lecture: WAKAMI: A Value Chain that Connects and Transforms People and the Earth Monday, October 6, 2014 Maria Pacheco, Founder and CEO, Wakami 2014 Bronfenbrenner...
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