Student Profile: Nicolas Lozano

Nicolas is an Industrial and Labor Relations undergrad who is working with 4-H

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Parenting in Context event connects county educators and researchers

30 extension educators attended, learning about the latest research

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2013 Iscol Lecture video now online

Leila Janah, Samasource: A Sustainable Solution to Global Poverty

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Volume from the 2011 Bronfenbrenner Conference

Valerie Reyna and Vivian Zayas are co-editors

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Catherine Bradshaw: School-Based Prevention of Behavior Problems

The lecture will be held on April 7, 2013

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The mission of the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research is to expand, strengthen, and speed the connections between cutting-edge research and the design, evaluation, and implementation of policies and practices that enhance human development, health, and well being.

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Center News

A new approach to managing arthritis pain

Although they had developed a program that was proven to help people manage arthritis pain, Cornell researchers found that participants were having trouble attending all of the training sessions. In a recent Cornell Chronicle article, the BCTR's Karl Pillemer, co-director of the

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Student hydroponics lab is the only one in NYC

In the basement of the Food and Finance High School on W. 50th Street in Manhattan, tilapia swim in large, circular tanks. Under the guidance of Cornell Cooperative Extension applied scientist and extension associate Philson Warner, students help raise these and other varieties of...

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Talk now online: “Evidence-Based Practice for Promoting Positive Youth Development”

David DuBois, professor in the Division of Community Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, delivered a Talk at Twelve on February 20, 2014. The recording (audio and powerpoint) of Evidence-Based Practice for Promoting Youth Development: A Critical Perspective is now available...

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How a college roommate can affect your child

Certain habits and traits of a young adult's college roommate may affect their own behavior. Dr. Janis Whitlock, director of the Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery, was quoted in a recent post on the New York Times' Well blog on this...

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Income inequality linked to higher rates of child abuse and neglect

BCTR director John Eckenrode is lead author of a new article, Income Inequality and Child Maltreatment in the United States, published in February in the journal Pediatrics. Eckenrode, who also serves as director of the BCTR's National Data Archive on Child Abuse...

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