Richard Friedman, professor of clinical psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, writes this article about new research pointing to a future in which pleasure and pain relief can be independently controlled.
Maha Haji, assistant professor of mechanical, aerospace, and systems engineering, explains the challenges of building devices that can withstand the erratic behavior of waves.
“A walking robot that’s small enough to interact with and shape light effectively takes a microscope’s lens and puts it directly into the microworld. It can perform up-close imaging in ways that a regular microscope never could,” says Paul McEuen, emeritus professor of physical science.
Research about hiding information that may seem boastful from Övül Sezer, assistant professor of management and organizations, is mentioned in this piece.
Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor of immigration law practice, said the most likely scenario is the panel affirming that DACA is illegal and that the case goes before the Supreme Court.
Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Chicago on seeking discomfort as an indicator of skill development was featured in this piece.
Michael Mazourek, associate professor of plant breeding, explains that bitter taste receptors become less sensitive in adulthood, allowing us to “adventure to enjoy the flavors of sourdough bread, hoppy bear, dark coffee, and dark chocolate.”
David Sherwyn, professor of hospitality human resources and professor of management and organizations, talks about the high hotel prices in New York City.
“It can be devastating. With such high expectations, there’s so much room for disappointment,” says Katherine Saunders, assistant professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Sunita Sah, associate professor of management and organizations, says “We start equating compliance with being good and defiance with being bad because that's what we were told so often growing up and we were rewarded for being compliant and not rewarded for being defiant.”
“We get angry because we hear someone say something that we feel is just so wrong and we have to tell them that it's wrong. So we have this mixture of anxiety and anger, and over time that becomes resentment. And contempt — and contempt is a very destructive interpersonal process,” says Ken Barish, clinical professor of psychology in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine.