At the New Rural-Urban Interface held Sept. 29-30, social scientists from Cornell and elsewhere gathered to discuss the cultural, demographic, economic and political dimensions of the changing landscape.
Cornell ranks No. 5 in producing Peace Corps volunteers among medium-sized colleges and universities nationwide, according to the 2014 Peace Corps’ annual ranking of schools.
Corinna Loeckenhoff, associate professor of human development, is the 2014 recipient of the Baltes Foundation Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology from The Gerontological Society of America.
Researchers have discovered a way to encourage people to intervene in cyberbullying – and it can be built right into the design of social networking sites.
Six doctoral students in the field of government presented papers and met fellow Ph.D. students and faculty interested in global security at a workshop May 23-25 in Sweden.
Visual content on social media sites present challenges to blind users. Cornell researchers suggest that the technology used on Facebook and other social media sites should be adapted to improve accessibility.
The College of Art and Sciences’ Program on Ethics and Public Life hosts a semester-long, in-depth lecture series on inequality starting Feb. 8. Lectures are Mondays at 4:30 p.m., Goldwin Smith Hall.
The Cornell Center for Social Sciences has awarded spring grants supporting research and conferences involving more than 30 faculty and researchers across campus, including collaborations within new and expanded superdepartments.
Cornell will host a conference showcasing cutting-edge research in computational social science with alumni and other noted scholars in the discipline Sept. 11-12 with alumni and industry speakers.
The new field of media studies will be explored in a yearlong series of lectures beginning Oct. 6 that focus on emerging research, particularly by younger scholars in the field.