A Cornell study links low-income children's higher weight in part because they have less access to open green space where they can play and get exercise.
Professor Stephen J. Ceci will receive the Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development Award April 19 from the Society for Research in Child Development.
Testifying before Congress Feb. 13, Cornell economist Richard Geddes offered a way to stanch the U.S. Postal Service's financial bleeding: take the Postal Service public.
A $1.7 million NIH grant will be used to better understand why teens are prone to taking risks. The study will use an MRI to compare brains of teens and adults when faced with risky decisions.
People's preferences for getting good stuff or good news last change as they age, reports a new study. Young adults want the good last; older adults want the good and bad mixed.
Defying a widely held belief in Alzheimer’s disease research, two Cornell professors report that people with a specific gene are more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment – but not Alzheimer’s.
Eight undergraduates each earned $5,000 awards for their distinguished work in fashion design and business in the national YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund competition.
Design professor Rana Zadeh has created a new spatial design tool to improve the layout of hospital nursing units to make nurses’ work more efficient and minimize distractions.
