Bronze Age bones offer evidence of political divination

Dice-like knucklebones and poker-chip colored stones aren't evidence of a 3,500-year-old casino, Cornell archaeologists explain. "House of Cards" President Frank Underwood might agree.

Professors explore how adults form attachments

A new book edited by Cornell psychologists Vivian Zayas and Cindy Hazan, “Bases of Adult Attachment," explores the cognitive processes behind romantic love and other adult relationships.

Sociologist studies China’s transition to market economy

Victor Nee, director of the Center for the Study of Economy and Society, has received a $1.2 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to study capitalist institutions in China.

Ecological corridor to preserve Ecuadorian Andes bears

A Cornell research team is joining local efforts to help design a socio-ecological corridor that could help save endangered, threatened, endemic species in Ecuador's Andes region.

UN officials brief Cornell students on new global tasks

In an exclusive symposium designed for Cornell students, officials from the United Nations detailed a new 15-year initiative on battling climate change worldwide.

Garbarino book goes inside the minds of murderers

Expert witness and Professor Emeritus James Garbarino spent 20 years "Listening to Killers," the title of his new book, which recommends empathy and understanding to break the cycle of violence.

Institute for the Social Sciences names 13 faculty fellows

Thirteen social scientists from across the university are joining the Institute for the Social Sciences as fellows-in-residence during the 2015-16 academic year.

Public warmer on 'climate change' than 'global warming'

There's still disagreement on "global warming," Cornell and USC researchers discover, but a frosty winter is building support for the concept of "climate change."

Milton J. Esman, professor emeritus of government, dies

An internationally noted expert on the politics of ethnic, racial and religious pluralism, Cornell Professor of Government Emeritus Milton J. Esman died Feb. 7 at his home after a short illness. He was 96.