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Economists: How to slow the growth in disability claims

Broken by years of unsustainable growth and Congressional tinkering - and nearly broke, probably by 2016 - America’s program of Social Security Disability Insurance ought to keep partially impaired workers on the job, economists recommend.

Backus uses eBay experience to study consumer behavior

Assistant professor of economics Matt Backus is using experience from his year at eBay Research Labs to inspire a variety of consumer behavior research projects.

Barnard president to women: Avoid trap of perfection

Barnard College president Debora Spar brought a message to women in a March 6 campus talk: Don't focus on inward perfections.

Service is key to sales at wineries

Two studies in the current issue of the International Journal of Wine Business Research point to service in winery tasting rooms being the most important factor in boosting wine sales at wineries.

Sandra Fluke ’03: Women’s rights are family rights

Activist attorney Sandra Fluke '03 returned to campus March 1 for the annual meeting of the President's Council of Cornell Women and urged her audience to view women's rights as family rights and workers' rights.

New York health commissioner touts reform during visit

Nirav Shah, M.D., New York State Health Commissioner, cited the success of health care reforms and proposed additional steps to be taken on campus Feb. 26.

Women business leaders inspire students, alumni

The Dyson Symposium on Women in Leadership on campus Feb. 21-22 drew more than 150 Cornell students and alumni.

Exploring the mood/food choice connection

Fresh grapes or M&M's? It all depends on the mood we're in, but can moods be improved for the sake of better eating?

Secret salaries hurt worker performance

ILR School research finds that when workers' pay is kept secret, performance suffers and top performers may look elsewhere.