Arts and Sciences faculty featured on Academic Minute

Five faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences will be featured on a “Cornell week” on The Academic Minute radio program from May 1-5.

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Racial equity messaging must be more inclusive

In a review of more than three decades’ worth of studies a Cornell-led research group found that more research on messaging that includes the voices of historically marginalized people is necessary in the push toward equity.

Circumstances influence happiness as much as personality

Happiness can’t be bought, but nor does it depend mostly on one’s mindset, as many happiness surveys would suggest, according to a recent study by Cornell psychology researchers.

Warmup time corrects creativity power imbalance

Employees who are not in positions of power can become more creative when given time to “warm up” to a task by engaging in the creative task more than once.

Sociology research centerpiece of comedic video

Professor Cristobal Young, on-screen, explains how he came to the conclusion that millionaire tax flight is 99% myth. He also shreds on guitar.

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Maureen Waller will study driver’s license suspensions as an Access to Justice Scholar

Maureen Waller, a professor in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and the Department of Sociology, will study racial and economic disparities in driver’s license suspensions through her selection as Access to Justice Scholar. Waller will examine people’s lived experiences with having a suspended license as well as recent and potential reforms in New York to end “debt-based” suspensions.  

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Brain Prize winner to speak on brain’s control of locomotion

Neuroscientist Ole Kiehn will give a seminar, “Brainstem circuits controlling locomotion in the healthy and diseased brain,” on April 14.

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New library acquisitions advance academic distinction, diverse scholarship

With an additional $1 million to its 2023 collections budget, Cornell University Library expands resources for scholars.

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Teens who trust online information find it less stressful

Teens’ trust in the news they consume on social media – or lack of it – may be key to whether it benefits or harms their well-being, according to Cornell-led psychology research.