Adding women to security forces in war-torn countries could improve the cohesiveness of those forces, according to a new study by Sabrina Karim, a Cornell expert in gender and postconflict state-building.
In an April 11 lecture, Stacey Langwick explored how concerns over toxicity shape public conversations about the forms of nourishment and modes of healing that make places livable.
Dorothy Roberts, a scholar from the University of Pennsylvania, talked about race and racism and a more ethical way to study them Nov. 15 at the 2017 Institute for the Social Sciences' Annual Lecture.
Early development may place girls at higher risk of mental health problems, both in adolescence and in adulthood, according to a new study by Jane Mendle, associate professor of human development.
The Association of American Universities, led by President Emeritus Hunter R. Rawlings III. released a statement Sept. 17 to member institutions including Cornell on the importance of the federal investment in such research.
Social psychologist Tom Gilovich co-authored a study analyzing "sudden-death aversion" – the tendency to avoid "fast" strategies that offer both greater chance of success and the possibility of immediate defeat.
The Theory Reading Group is hosting a conference at Cornell, "Listening to Trauma," April 27-28, on Cathy Caruth's influential book, "Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative, and History."
ILR School Professor Francine D. Blau '66 will accept the school's 2017 Judge William B. Groat Award April 20 for achievement and service to the school in New York City.