Hallock demystifies pay in book on compensation

Want to earn more? Learn how your organization's compensation system works and how you fit into the picture, says ILR School Professor Kevin Hallock in his new book, 'Pay.' (Oct. 24, 2012)

U.N. food expert: Big land grabs need regulation

Jose Graziano da Silva, director-general of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization, was the keynote speaker at the Second International Conference on Global Land Grabbing at Cornell Oct. 17-19.

Journalist warns that Greece is on brink of bankruptcy

In a campus lecture, John Psaropoulos, an independent journalist for NPR, PBS and Al-Jazeera, explained how and why Greece is on the brink of bankruptcy. (Oct. 23, 2012)

From babies' spatial skills to collective bargaining, social science research gets funding

From studies on the vocal organs to how foreclosures have impacted racial integration, social science research at Cornell just got a boost from the university's Institute for the Social Sciences. (Oct. 22, 2012)

Dean, Santorum clash in debate on role of government

Former presidential candidates Howard Dean and Rick Santorum debated a range of issues in their program, 'The Role of Government in a Free Society,' Oct. 18 in Bailey Hall. (Oct. 19, 2012)

Pollster: Election hinges on Colorado, Ohio, Virginia

Alumnus Doug Usher, a professional pollster, discussed the upcoming election and noted that the eventual victor will have to win Colorado, Ohio and Virginia. (Oct. 19, 2012)

God and country: Polarization rising in presidential politics

Religious identity motivates presidential voter choice among upper-class white Protestants and Catholics, a new study finds. (Oct. 17, 2012)

Rejection bolsters creativity, researchers find

Social misfits, rejoice. You might be more like Steve Jobs, Lady Gaga and Albert Einstein than you realize, if rejection boosts your creativity, reports a new Cornell study. (Oct. 17, 2012)

Poor kids twice as likely to suffer from arthritis, hypertension in adulthood

Children who are poor from the time they are born through age two are twice as likely to suffer from arthritis and high blood pressure when they grow up, according to a new Cornell study. (Oct. 17, 2012)