1911

Martha Van Rensselaer and Flora Rose become the first women Professors at Cornell University, founding the Department of Home Economics and pioneering Cornell’s first courses in human nutrition.

1915

L.A. Maynard joins the Cornell faculty and develops extensive nutritional science programs at Cornell until his retirement in 1956.   

1925

Department of Foods and Nutrition is established within the College of Agriculture by L.A. Maynard, with research on human nutrition initiated in 1936. By 1952, 17% of Cornell Nutrition students were from outside of the United States, representing 12 countries

1940

The US Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory is established in the Foods and Nutrition Department at Cornell University, funded by the USDA, to examine nutritive value of soil and plants including discovery of trace minerals.

1962

André van Veen named the first Professor of International Nutrition within the Graduate School of Nutrition and named first Director of the Program in International Nutrition (PIN).

1968

Michael Latham appointed Director of PIN and serves until his retirement in 2003, hosting a weekly graduate seminar in international nutrition with presentations from faculty, students and frequent outside speakers.

2003

Rebecca Stoltzfus appointed Director of PIN.

2013

Cornell PIN has one of the largest networks of alumni of any international nutrition program, with over 250 students, from 56 countries having been awarded Masters or PhD degrees since 1960.

2014

Kate Dickin appointed Director of PIN.

2021

Saurabh Mehta appointed Director of PIN.
Dr. Mehta additionally creates the PIN Podcast, interviewing global leaders in the field of international nutrition.

2023

Cornell PIN has one of the largest networks of alumni of any international nutrition program.  Over 160 doctoral degrees and 109 master’s level degrees have been awarded over the last four decades with Cornell PIN alumni working all over the globe.