Small grants fire up new research in the social sciences

From why we have “fake news” to what people really think about data privacy, research by a select group of Cornell social scientists has been funded thanks to the Institute for the Social Sciences’ Spring 2018 Small Grant Awards.

Student team wins urban design competition

A multidisciplinary team from Cornell won the $50,000 first prize in the annual Urban Land Institute Gerald D. Hines Student Competition, for urban design and development scenarios to revive neighborhoods in Toronto.

Allred receives third annual Engaged Scholar Prize

Shorna Allred, associate professor of natural resources, is the recipient of Cornell’s third annual Engaged Scholar Prize.

New podcast explores ‘Where Is the Human in Climate Change?’

The new season of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast and essay series will showcase the newest thinking across academic disciplines about humans and the environment.

Society for the Humanities lecture to examine popular will and politics

Cornell political theorist Jason Frank will speak on “The People as Popular Manifestation” April 18 in Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall.

Community members visualize East Hill Plaza's future

Local and Cornell community members gathered April 9-12 to discuss the features they would like to see incorporated in the proposed East Hill Plaza development project.

Staff News

Researchers weigh the tradeoffs of antimicrobial policies in dairy production

A new study shows the cost of forgoing antibiotics on dairy farms would average out to $61 per cow annually and is studying the impact such a decision would have.

Food scientist works to improve nutrition, understand gut disease

Alireza Abbaspourrad is studying a “gut-on-a-chip” to learn how food is absorbed and how gastrointestinal diseases work.

Sarah Kreps, Jeremy Braddock named inaugural Milstein Faculty Fellows

Sarah Kreps, government, and Jeremy Braddock, English, are the first fellows in the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity.