Cornell University College of Human Ecology

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New York State College of Human Ecology
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Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, original home of The College of Human Ecology
Type Statutory
Established1925;97 years ago (1925)
Dean Rachel Dunifon (Interim)
Academic staff
105 professors
Undergraduates 1,250
Postgraduates 458
Location
Ithaca
,
New York
,
U.S.A.
Affiliations Cornell University
State University of New York
Website https://www.human.cornell.edu

The New York State University College of Human Ecology (HumEc) is a statutory college located on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York. [1] [2] The College of Human Ecology is a compilation of area of study, such as[ clarification needed ] design, design thinking, consumer science, nutrition, health economics, public policy, human development and textiles, each through the perspective of human ecology.

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The college is open to both New York State residents and to non-residents; residents pay reduced tuition rates. In 2007-2008, the HumEc total budget of $42 million included $33 million in tuition revenue and $9 million in state appropriations. [3]

Academics

The College enrolls approximately 1,250 undergraduates and 458 graduate students, and has approximately 105 professors and lecturers, and 70 research associates. Human Ecology provides a liberal arts foundation supporting career-specific preparation in a small college environment. The admitted freshman profile is in the middle 50th percentile. In 2005, the Cornell Alumni Magazine reported males represented 25 percent of College of Human Ecology 2005–06 student body. [4]

The five academic departments comprising the College are Design and Environmental Analysis, Fiber Science & Apparel Design, Human Development, Policy Analysis and Management, and Nutritional Sciences, which offer the following undergraduate majors: Design and Environmental Analysis; [5] Fiber Science and Apparel Design, with possible options in Apparel Design, Fashion Design Management, or Fiber Science; [6] Global and Public Health Sciences; Human Biology; Health and Society; Human Development; [7] Nutritional Sciences; Policy Analysis and Management; and Healthcare Policy. Thirty-five to forty percent of Human Ecology students continue in professional or graduate degree programs following the completion of undergraduate degree programs. The college also houses the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA), which awards the Master of Public Administration degree and the Sloan Program Master of Health Administration. [8]

History

Deans of the College of Human Ecology
Martha Van Rensselaer and Flora Rose 1924–1932
Flora Rose 1932–1940
Mary F. Henry (Acting)1940–1941
Sarah Gibson Blanding 1941–1946
Elizabeth Lee Vincent1946–1953
Helen G. Canoyer1953–1968
David C. Knapp 1968–1974
Jean Failing1974–1978
Jerome M. Ziegler1978–1988
Francille M. Firebaugh1988–1999 [9]
Patsy M. Brannon1999–2004
Lisa Staiano-Coico 2004–2007
Alan Mathios2007–2019
Rachel Dunifon2020-Present

The home economics movement emerged toward the end of the nineteenth century. Pioneers such as Ellen Swallow Richards and Mr. and Mrs. Melvil Dewey championed home economics as a field in higher education. [10]

From 1903 to 1907 Martha Van Rensselaer, and American nutritionist Flora Rose (1874-1959), [11] and Anna Botsford Comstock taught early home economics courses at the New York State College of Agriculture. [12] [13] [14] and later co-directed the fledgling department of Home Economics. [15] In 1914, the United States Congress passed the Smith-Lever Act to establish a system of cooperative extension services provided by land-grant universities for the purpose of educating American farmers, youth, and other groups about developments in the fields of agriculture, home economics, 4-H and other related domains. Van Rensselaer and Rose advocated for the state charter of 1925 for the New York State College of Home Economics - the first unit of its kind in the United States. [16] [17] In 1929, Eleanor Roosevelt lent political influence to assist the college to obtain public funds to construct a building, later completed in 1933. In 1969, the College was renamed the "New York State College of Human Ecology." The term human ecology refers to methods regarding the study of relationships between people and natural and constructed environments. [18]

Requests for appropriations, budgets, estimates, and expenditures has remained under the management and control of the State University of New York, and the college is therefore subject to the financial supervision of the SUNY trustees. [19] In this respect, the college is fundamentally a part of Cornell's land-grant mandate of providing state funds for training in "practical" fields that assist the economy of the state.

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Two views of the 89,000-square-foot replacement for the north wing, designed by Gruzen-Samton /IBI Group (2011).

Facilities

In 1933, the College was housed in Martha Van Rensselaer Hall (MVR), located at 116 Reservoir Avenue in Ithaca, New York. The Georgian Revival style brick building was designed by architect William Haugaard of the New York State Dormitory Authority. [20] The building was named after Martha Van Rensselaer (1864-1932) - pioneer in the field of home economics.

In 1968, architect Ulrich Franzen designed an addition on the north side MVR Hall. The expansion provided studio and laboratory space for faculty and students. In 2003, Dean Patsy Brannon presided over the completion of a west wing addition to MVR Hall, providing space for the Division of Nutritional Sciences, including a human metabolic research unit as well as an interactive distance-learning classroom. [21] In 2001, MVR Hall's north wing was urgently evacuated due to structural problems, and demolished in 2005. [22] In 2011, a new 89,000-square foot facility designed by Gruzen Samton and IBI Group was completed to provide a parking garage, a three-story building, and a commons adjacent to the existing building. [23] [24] In 2015, the Green Parking Council certified the parking structure a green garage. [25]

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