Summer 2007

Child Development and the Physical Environment.  Research by Dr. Gary Evans reveals that the physical environment—noise, overcrowding, and housing and neighborhood quality—profoundly influences child development outcomes and parenting behavior.
New Nursing Home Quality Care Project.  The Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging and the ILR school have teamed up to look at how new medical information technologies affect employees and residents in nursing homes. The premise of the project is that saving paper may save lives and improve labor relations.

More Stories

Technology Project Puts Lessons from Human Development Research Online

New Project to Develop Resources on Preventing Self-Injury

New Advancing Youth Development (AYD) Core Competency Trainings

CITY Project Teens Visit Albany

ACT Youth Leadership Retreat

Futuring for Families Think Tank

Resources

Go to the 2007 Human Development Research Update Virtually!

Go to the 2007 Children, Youth, and Families at Risk Conference Virtually!

Our Children

The Aging Research Translator

Youth Voices Project Featured in the Directory of Successful 4-H Urban Programs

The Arts and Community Youth Development: Drawing Lessons from Stories of Practice

Events

CCE System Conference - The Public Value of Extension. October 9-12, 2007 on the Cornell Campus, Ithaca, NY.

Ricciuti Lecture featuring Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, leading expert on family and community influences on child development. October 24, 2007 at 4:30 pm in G73 MVR Hall on the Cornell Campus, Ithaca, NY. This event will be recorded and archived.

The First Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference - Chaos and Children’s Development: Levels of Analysis and Mechanisms. October 25-27, 2007 on the Cornell Campus, Ithaca, NY.

Advancing Youth Development (AYD) Training Calendar