Psychologists Charles Brainerd and Valerie Reyna are looking for ways to identify people at risk for developing cognitive impairment - early on, when chances for successful intervention are highest. (Jan. 25, 2010)
Environmental psychologist Gary Evans is examining whether being under chronic stress or having less responsive parents can lead directly to differences in brain structure and function in adulthood. (Jan. 25, 2010)
A central plank of David Levitsky's teaching philosophy, honed over 40 years of instructing Cornell students, is to make his lessons unpredictable, and his style has earned him a USDA teaching award.
A program that helps New Yorkers save hundreds of energy dollars a year should be leveraged nationwide, says a founder of the Consumer Education Program for Residential Energy Efficiency.
Girls whose mothers were visited at home by nurses during pregnancy and the children's infancy are less likely to enter the criminal justice system before age 19, a long-term study shows.
Katie Broadbent '09 and Arthur Maas '09 are working with Andy Potash '66 to design a business with one goal in mind: creating jobs for workers often overlooked by employers.
Would a so-called Twinkie tax help curb obesity rates? Should shoppers who buy healthy goods earn rebates? A new study will seek to unravel the likely implications of legislative attempts to promote healthy eating. (Dec. 17, 2009)
