How can societies become law-abiding? Kaushik Basu has some suggestions

One of the world’s leading economists, Kaushik Basu, has written a new book that offers an innovative methodology for doing law and economics. Rooted in game theory, it could help make more effective laws and a fairer society.

Prison education program graduates 16 at Five Points

Cayuga Community College conferred 16 associate's degrees to Five Points Correctional Facility inmates in the Cornell Prison Education Program at a ceremony May 24, where nine Cornell Certificates in Liberal Arts were also awarded.

Cornell studies to protect Great Lakes coastal regions

Three grants from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration will aid Cornell coastal science research projects along the Great Lakes.

It’s about time: Immediate rewards boost motivation

One way to increase your interest in a task is to add immediate rewards, rather than wait until the end to reward yourself, according to new research by Kaitlin Woolley ’12, assistant professor of marketing.

Conference takes multigenerational approach to youth development

The eighth annual Youth Development Research Update brought practitioners and researchers together to discuss best practices of helping communities.

How to crowdsource your decision-making (or not)

New Cornell research published in Nature Human Behavior sheds light on how we can use other people’s opinions to make our own decisions. It also has implications for more effective online recommender algorithms.

Chobani Foundation, Cornell team to support N.Y. dairy students

New York state students interested in dairy farming careers will get a boost thanks to a new scholarship program from Chobani and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Discussion continues on social sciences review

Discussions about the organizational structures of Cornell’s social sciences will continue throughout the summer and likely through the fall, administrators say.

Commencement honors future health care leaders

Weill Cornell Medicine’s Class of 2018 – 289 students strong – celebrated at commencement exercises May 31 at Carnegie Hall.