The 2013 Dean’s Fellow in the history of home economics in the College of Human Ecology gave an account of Flemmie Kittrell’s life March 20. Kittrell was the first African-American woman in the country to earn a Ph.D. in nutrition.
Children in schools with vegetable gardens got 10 minutes more of exercise than before their schools had gardens, reports a study on the benefits of school gardens.
Facial expressions are rooted in emotional responses that exploit how our eyes gather and focus light to detect an unknown threat, reports a study by neuroscientist by Adam Anderson in the journal Psychological Science.
A new study reports that advertising can result in “smart” false memories. That is, consumers who have a propensity to think more about decisions produce more false memories than those who process information at a more superficial level.
Noticing the lack of portraits of women around campus, Jordana Gilman '14 assembled an exhibition of 250 notable Cornell women - along with two mirrors so visitors can consider their place in Cornell history.
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.
