Social & Behavioral Sciences

Exploring the mood/food choice connection

Fresh grapes or M&M's? It all depends on the mood we're in, but can moods be improved for the sake of better eating?

Secret salaries hurt worker performance

ILR School research finds that when workers' pay is kept secret, performance suffers and top performers may look elsewhere.

Book explores new resurgence of Chinese script

Andrea Bachner, assistant professor of comparative literature, has written a book about the resurgence of interest in Chinese script.

Environmental design Rx for RN workplaces

When Cornell environmental designers asked nurses what they wanted in the workplace, the Rx might make hospitals more hospitable.

Cornell researchers share insights at AAAS

Several Cornell researchers shared findings and insights from their respective fields at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Chicago, Feb. 12-17.

Crowdsourced study finds keys to slim adulthood

Twelve life-changing childhood experiences lead either to obesity or normal weight in adulthood, a Cornell study has found.

Global communications and the mesh of civilizations

Sociologist Michael Macy's AAAS talk addresses social media, 20 years after publication of the Samuel P. Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations."

Make STEM grad school relevant, says Cornell's Lewenstein

A national effort to rethink how graduate students in science, technology, engineering and math fields are trained was the topic of a Feb. 14 American Association for the Advancement of Science panel that included remarks from Bruce Lewenstein, Cornell professor of science communication.

Linguist shines light on endangered Indonesian languages

Abby Cohn, professor of linguistics, finds that Indonesia's "official" language is endangering hundreds of other languages spoken by small groups of people.