The Institute for the Social Sciences' newest project, China's Cities: Divisions and Plans, is an interdisciplinary collaborative effort among Cornell social scientists.
New research by Adam Anderson, professor of Human Development at Cornell’s College of Human Ecology, reveals how the eyes have come to be viewed as windows into the soul.
A study finds that former East Germans believe the use of performance-enhancing drugs is an inevitable part of high-stakes athletics, while those who grew up west of the Berlin Wall think success is possible without drugs.
Four endowed professorships have been established through a challenge grant initiated by longtime Cornell benefactors Joan Klein Jacobs '54 and Irwin Mark Jacobs '54, founding chairman and CEO emeritus of Qualcomm, as part of a $10 million commitment to the college in 2014.
Rachel Bezner Kerr, associate professor of development sociology, and Thomas Pepinsky, associate professor of government, have been named International Faculty Fellows.
A research team is linking "everyday unfair treatment" with higher incidence of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, obesity and other life-limiting conditions in African-Americans.
Adam Seth Levine '03, assistant professor government, will receive the 2011 E.E. Schattschneider Award from the American Political Science Association. (Aug. 17, 2011)
Cornell social scientists have shown how to reduce wide variability for monetary judgments when juries are awarding plaintiff's for pain and suffering. It all comes down to getting the gist.
A new History of Capitalism initiative from Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences and the ILR School brings together scholars from across the university to examine the nature of capitalism.