A Q&A with Valerie Reyna, the Lois and Mel Tukman Professor in the Department of Psychology, about her research on the decision-making of plea bargains.
Liberals and conservatives both oppose censorship of children’s literature – unless the writing offends their own political ideology, showing how a once-bipartisan issue has become polarized.
Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell’s Ithaca campus will use a $5.1 million grant from the NIH to launch the Autism Replication, Validation, and Reproducibility Center, which aims to improve the reliability of autism research.
The Action Research Collaborative, housed in the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, is partnering with a New York state agency to strengthen early childhood care and education across the state.
Researchers in the Virtual Embodiment Lab found that engagement in social virtual reality, whether with loved ones or total strangers, enhances pain tolerance.
Teams featuring at least one “stranger” – someone unknown by the team before its formation – are more than twice as likely to fail as teams of friends, family members or co-workers, a new study out of the Nolan Hotel School has revealed.
The Center for Teaching Innovation will host “What Works,” on Oct. 1, featuring presentations, the Canvas Course Spotlight awardees, and a poster showcase that will demonstrate engaged learning approaches from Cornell faculty teaching in a diverse range of courses and fields.
Cornell alumnus Lawrence M. Wein, a Stanford professor and leading operations researcher, will return to campus Oct. 7 to present his new algorithm for accelerating forensic genealogy, capable of identifying suspects up to 25 times faster than standard methods.
