One group seems immune to the rush of self-esteem that comes with an online thumbs-up: people with a sense of purpose, which limits how reactive people are to positive feedback on social media.
The Fifth Biennial Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference at Cornell Sept. 15-16 shined the spotlight the children of incarcerated parents and featured a multidisciplinary mix of scholars.
The fellowships, for students planning to pursue a teaching career, provide support for six to 12 months of dissertation research in a foreign country. (June 3, 2010)
Suzanne Mettler, Cornell's Clinton Rossiter Professor of American Institutions, has been appointed a fellow by The Century Foundation, a progressive nonpartisan think tank. (Jan. 18, 2012)
Faculty, staff and students gathered Sept. 9 in Morrill Hall to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Department of Science and Technology Studies and the department's move to new space in Morrill.
A new study finds that softening the lighting and music in fast food restaurants resulted in diners consuming 18 percent fewer calories. (Aug. 29, 2012)
Reuben A. Munday ’69, MPS ’74, and Cheryl Casselberry Munday ’72 have endowed a distinguished annual lectureship at Cornell’s Africana Studies and Research Center.
Women who wait until their early 20s to have kids have no better health at age 40 than moms who gave birth as teens, a new study suggests. And getting married after having kids is no panacea.
Sherry Martin, associate professor of government, won a Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan from the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities. (Dec. 14, 2010)