Cornell Keynote: Institute for Healthy Futures - Health and Human Connection

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Cornell University Institute for Healthy Futures & Yan-Tan Institute of Employment and Disability invite you to attend our interactive webinar, Thriving in Isolation: Health and Human Connection on Friday October 23, 2020 from 1:00-3:00 pm.

Overview

The pandemic has created a new normal of remote living: forcing many of us to move from in-person interactions to online and virtual experiences, heightening feelings of loneliness, disengagement and disproportionately affecting vulnerable and marginalized communities.

During this transition, through thoughtfulness and intentional action we can create equitable and inclusive spaces, both at work and at home.

Sponsored by the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures in collaboration with the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, this session features perspectives from the health, hospitality and design industries, highlighting academic research and tangible industry practices to increase understanding of diverse employee needs and enhance employees’ capacity to thrive in isolation.

Join this live interactive panel event on utilizing health, hospitality and design to reframe human connection, share our humanity, and promote inclusion.

Please register for the webinar here: https://www.ecornell.com/keynotes/overview/K102320/

Presenters

  • LaWanda H. Cook, Senior Extension Associate, Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability

  • Heather Kolakowski, Associate Director, Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures

  • Anthony Ong, Professor of Human Development, College of Human Ecology

  • Erin Peavey, Architect & Design Researcher, Vice President, HKS Architects, Industry Scholar, Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures

  • Matt Saleh, Research Associate, Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability

  • Kristina Workman, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, School of Hotel Administration

Key Takeaways

  • How to thoughtfully address loneliness and social isolation in the era of COVID-19

  • Why social health matters and what you can do to cultivate change

  • How the design of our spaces can foster social interaction, diversity, civic pride, and even political involvement

  • What current empirical research can teach us about isolation, loneliness, and effective coping methods

Registration

Please register for the webinar here: https://www.ecornell.com/keynotes/overview/K102320/

Event Manager

If you have any questions, please contact:

Nikki Cerra

Program Manager

Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures

College of Human Ecology | Cornell University

3250B Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853

P:  607.255.2428

Email: hnc24@cornell.edu

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