Soda prices may only partly bubble up if taxes pass

With soda taxes on the ballot in four cities Nov. 8, and a law on deck in 2017 in another, behavioral economist John Cawley says these taxes have increased soda prices by only half as much as they were intended to.

Med costs, insurance worry New Yorkers, survey shows

The 2016 Empire State Healthcare Survey, conducted by the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures, revealed that the cost of medical care and health insurance has many New Yorkers worried.

When women are more like men, they still face STEM bias

When women planned to delay marriage and limit the number of children they wanted – which would let them focus exclusively on work – they didn’t get the same employment opportunities in STEM as men, according to a new study.

Study: A species' risk of extinction is in the eye of the beholder

The way conservation biologists describe a species' risk of extinction, and how the public interprets that description, can be strikingly different, according to a new study by Cornell communication scholars.

Simple questionnaire predicts unprotected sex, binge drinking

Valerie Reyna, professor of human development, and Evan Wilhelms, Ph.D. '15, have developed a new questionnaire that that does a better job of predicting who is likely to engage in problematic behaviors, such as using drugs.

Roundtable examines Asia's place in U.S. presidential election

At the China-Asia Pacific Studies Program roundtable Oct. 19 in Kaufman Auditorium, Cornell faculty members discussed the implications of the American election on U.S. relations with Asia.

Panel offers faculty perspectives on presidential election

Faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences will discuss this year's presidential election and what it means for the future of our country, Nov. 1.

3 grad students win Fulbright-Hays fellowships

Three graduate students have received Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education to support their international research.

Anthropologist Robert Smith, Japan scholar, dies at age 89

Robert J. Smith, Ph.D. ’55, a noted expert in the sociocultural anthropology of Japan, died Oct. 11 at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca. He was 89.