Cornell Fulbright students to span the globe in 2016-17

Fifteen Cornell students received Fulbright U.S. Student Awards to conduct research or teach abroad in 2016-17, according to the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.

Two on faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

Two Cornell researchers were elected as new members of the National Academy of Sciences May 3.

Retweeting may overload your brain

Reposting or otherwise sharing messages creates a "cognitive overload" that interferes with learning and retaining the content.

Design alumna shares lessons on sustainability, life

Jessica Cooper ’07 delivered the biennial Glenn H. Beyer Memorial Lecture April 27 on campus. She is executive vice president and director of sustainability at Delos Solutions.

Rewards encourage junk-food junkies to eat more healthfully

Consumers who have poor eating habits and who are overweight benefit the most from long-term reward "points" incentives than if they are offered price reductions, according to new Cornell research.

Who do you think you are? That depends, researchers suggest

Findings by Cornell researcher Corinna Loeckenhoff and her former graduate student, Joshua Rutt, suggest that chronological age is associated with greater self-continuity over multiple time frames.

Rawlings Scholars' research ranges from earworms to robots

From creating well-mannered robots to updating weed field guides to understanding why catchy songs turn into earworms, students showed their 2016 Senior Expo research projects April 21.

Cornell group aids in Nepal earthquake recovery

Nepalis affected by the April 2015 earthquake that killed more than 8,000 people visited campus April 11-15 to meet members of the Cornell-Nepal Earthquake Recovery Partnership.

New book probes emotion, aging and health

Human development professors Anthony Ong and Corinna Loeckenhoff have edited “Emotion, Aging, and Health,” a book on research approaches and issues at the intersection of emotion, aging and health.