The Paleontological Research Institution and Cornell entities have been awarded a $100,000 grant from the NSF to educate the public and landowners about issues around drilling for gas in the Marcellus Shale. (May 18, 2010)
Protestants who are reminded of their religion do more good deeds but the opposite is true for Catholics. This is one of the findings of a new economics study that employs psychology research techniques. (May 17, 2010)
Six panelists pondered the role of religion in society and on college campuses as part of Cornell United Religious Work's 80th anniversary celebration May 11 at the Cathedral NYC.
Cathy Caruth, the M.H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor, discussed archiving and erasing history and memory in the works of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Derrida,during a lecture May 6. (May 12, 2010)
For a decade, researchers followed more than 1,300 workers as they retire from work to identify how psychological, social and economic factors associated with retirement influence drinking behaviors. (May 11, 2010)
A new study identifies the types of thinking among jurors that may predispose them to reasoning rationally or emotionally, which can have a dramatic effect on sentencing. (May 11, 2010)
Several hundred community members learned about Burmese ethnic groups, their food, language and political status May 8 when the Cornell Southeast Asia Program sponsored a daylong workshop. (May 10, 2010)
The Triple Helix, founded by Cornell students in 2004, is now at 27 schools worldwide and has a new online journal to supplement the semiannual print journals focusing on science, society and law. (May 6, 2010)
