The College of Art and Sciences’ Program on Ethics and Public Life hosts a semester-long, in-depth lecture series on inequality starting Feb. 8. Lectures are Mondays at 4:30 p.m., Goldwin Smith Hall.
Good filmmakers know intuitively that close-ups can be much briefer than longer-distance shots and still maintain their power. A Cornell psychologist has explained why.
The U.S. economy will continue to expand slowly, thanks to a projected gross domestic product (GDP) of 2 percent, no inflation and a 5 percent unemployment rate, according to a Cornell economist.
Women who wait until their early 20s to have kids have no better health at age 40 than moms who gave birth as teens, a new study suggests. And getting married after having kids is no panacea.
Robert Sternberg, professor of human development, passed an exceptionally rare milestone recently: his research has been cited by other scholars more than 102,000 times.
Social and cultural anthropologist Sam Beck has co-edited a new book about the theory and practice of public anthropology, in which anthropologists engage with communities to bring about positive change.
Older mothers are more prone to depression if their adult children struggle with serious problems such as financial difficulties or alcohol or drug abuse, according to a new study.
Genes can be influenced by such environmental factors as population density, and cheating voles have more reproductive success when the population is high.
College Scholars Kasey Han '18, Severine Hex '18 and Conor Hodges '18 will undertake varied research projects that cross disciplines and fields of study, including inequality studies and circus arts.
