A newly published examination of reasons for female academics’ ongoing underrepresentation in math-intensive fields analyzes a very long list of purported culprits – before coming to a surprising conclusion.
A national study of higher ed administrators has found that female department chairs, deans and provosts have different attitudes and beliefs than their male counterparts about how to retain women professors in STEM fields.
A new paper from Cornell psychology professor Morten Christiansen argues language processing, acquisition and evolution, as well as the structure of language itself, are profoundly shaped by fundamental limitations on sensory and cognitive memory.
Professor of English Jane Juffer examines the effects of Latino migration to small towns in her new book, "Intimacy Across Borders: Race, Religion and Migration in the U.S. Midwest."
Good filmmakers know intuitively that close-ups can be much briefer than longer-distance shots and still maintain their power. A Cornell psychologist has explained why.
A national commission that included leaders from CALS announced May 16 a comprehensive, coordinated effort to solve food and nutrition security challenges that pose humanitarian, environmental and national security risks.
Professor emerita of architecture Bonnie Graham McDougall died Nov. 26 at age 76. She was an expert on South Asian architecture and culture whose research and teaching interests included anthropology and linguistics.
Teresa Danso-Danquah ’15, an ILR School student who has worked on advocating for people with disabilities at Cornell nationally and internationally, has been named a 2014 Truman Scholar.
The Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs surveyed students in 11 Oregon schools following the banning of chocolate milk.