Social & Behavioral Sciences

Ron Ehrenberg honored by labor association

ILR School Professor Ronald G. Ehrenberg has been named a Labor and Employment Relations Association Fellow.

Faculty on alternative approaches to global crisis

To address inequality and the environmental crisis facing the world today people should pull together rather than compete against each other for individual gain, two faculty members urged in a Feb. 28 lecture.

Top USDA official calls for more agriculture education

Sonny Ramaswamy, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, spoke about food and research on campus March 7.

Natural disasters are especially hard on seniors

Older adults - many with limited mobility or socially isolated - are among the most vulnerable when major weather events paralyze city life, said Elaine Wethington in New York City March 5.

Brain scan can decode whom we're thinking of

Our mental pictures of people produce unique patterns of brain activation, which can be detected using advanced imaging techniques, report Cornell neuroscientist Nathan Spreng and colleagues.

Economists call on Washington to enact carbon tax

Professors Antonio Bento and Robert Frank urged the government to enact a carbon tax while they were in Washington, D.C., March 1.

Report finds it pays to hire disabled workers

An ILR School report finds that expanding the workplace talent pool through hiring employees with disabilities makes good business sense.

Social scientists stress importance of sustainability work

Six social scientists discussed their research at the Third Annual Young Social Scientists Sustainability Research Forum Feb. 21.

Mellon Foundation grant advances CHERI research

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $640,000 research grant to the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute.