In research that could have implications in the business world, experts found that firefighter platoons who eat meals together have better group job performance compared to firefighters who dine solo.
Graduate student Margaret Demment won the best student oral presentation prize at the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity meeting in Austin, Texas, May 23-26.
Sheri Notaro has edited a new anthology examining the devastating impact of race, class and gender on the health and health care of African-Americans, Latinos and Native Americans. (Oct. 4, 2012)
Former presidential candidates Howard Dean and Rick Santorum will debate 'The Role of Government in a Free Society' on campus Oct. 18. (Sept. 27, 2012)
People who believe they know a little something about a topic – confident though they may be – commonly and easily claim knowledge that is impossible for them to have.
African-American adults – particularly women – on average have a significantly larger share of their social circle behind bars than whites, according to research co-authored by a Cornell professor.
Bernd Lambert, an authority on kinship among Pacific islanders of the Republic of Kiribati and professor of anthropology emeritus, died Jan. 3, 2015 at his Ithaca home. Lambert joined Cornell faculty in 1964.