The new book from anthropology professor Andrew Willford shows how patterns of psycho-social stress combined with modernity’s pressures can influence psychiatric practice.
A program whose coordinators connect struggling students with academic and social services improves test scores, attendance, disciplinary issues, college enrollment and earnings.
Jeanne Mueller, a professor emerita in the College of Human Ecology (CHE) who advised the U.S. and foreign governments on social services, died Nov. 2 in Rochester, New York. She was 100.
The Semlitz Family Sustainability Fellows program brings together MBA and early career science students to strengthen the intersection between sustainability science and business decision making.
Social psychologist Tom Gilovich, director of the Judgment and Belief Lab and co-author of “The Wisest One in the Room,” suggests adding one more item to that list: the very capacity to experience gratitude, the benefits of which extend far beyond personal happiness.
Communities tracked by AARP's Livability Index made progress becoming more age friendly, but housing affordability and health care access remain challenges.
The Cornell Center for Social Sciences offers multiple grants to help Cornell faculty maximize their research impact. These awards help seed ambitious projects and provide support to teams of faculty applying to major external funding and collaboration opportunities.
An enrichment program strengthens teenagers’ communication skills, goal-setting and connection to community, with components for both youth and their caregivers.
