The $85 billion in automatic, across-the-board federal spending cuts that went into effect March 1 - the sequester - may eventually cost Cornell $28 million universitywide.
Our mental pictures of people produce unique patterns of brain activation, which can be detected using advanced imaging techniques, report Cornell neuroscientist Nathan Spreng and colleagues.
Four professors have received funding from Google to launch a Cornell MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). Six Pretty Good Books, one of the University Courses, will soon be offered online, for free.
Tending to older loved ones who have bold personalities may be harmful to caregivers' physical health, say Cornell gerontologists. The finding could impact millions who provide informal eldercare.
Cornell researchers met with Ithaca-area practitioners to set a research agenda for the little-studied field, which offers treatments to alleviate pain and suffering for seriously ill patients.
The award honors Sam Beck, director of the Urban Semester Program, for his work with community partners to improve the lives of low- and middle-income families in Brooklyn.
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.
