For attached sellers, ‘who’ can matter more than ‘how much’

ILR School-led research found that a seller’s emotional attachment to an item influences the process through which sellers sort through the field of potential buyers to determine the course of negotiation and, ultimately, the sale.

Americans want stronger safety net for older adults

Social Security remains broadly popular, and as the U.S. population ages, more Americans think the government should do more to help families care for older adults, new research on aging policy finds.

Meredith Oppenheim has some innovative ideas about growing older

Oppenheim worked for 25 years in senior housing and care before starting Vitality Society, a platform offering programming and a communuity for people 60 and older.

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The secret to resolutions? Enjoy the pursuit, not the outcome

The key to achieving goals is less about the outcome and more about enjoying the journey, according to new research from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.

The K-pop status shuffle: producers, power and reinvention

New research from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business found that in Korea, where entertainment agencies or producers play a dominant role in shaping the image of K-pop groups, the agency’s status affects the group’s ability to change their style and music genre.

CTI announces 2025 winners of Ye Awards for graduate achievements in teaching

At the University-Wide GET SET Teaching Conference, held in April, doctoral candidates Manasi Anand and Ellie Homant, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, were recognized with Ye Awards for excellence in graduate teaching. 

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To grandmother’s house you go? Not far, for most US grandkids

New estimates show most American grandchildren live close to a grandparent, with implications for how time and money are shared between generations and for families’ well-being.

Why quitting a job you used to love is OK

People who are passionate about their work, but then become less engaged in it, may stay at the job due to an exaggerated fear that others will judge them harshly for quitting, but new research has revealed they may not be judged at all.

Tears and ticket stubs: the real reason we cherish mementos

New research from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business finds that the desire to collect mementos is closely tied to the timing of when an experience ends and the emotion of sadness.