Parents experience greater happiness and meaning when they spend time with their children compared with time without their kids, according to a new study. But mothers were more stressed and fatigued while parenting than fathers.
Students from a variety of Cornell majors presented patient-centric ideas for a proposed expansion of Hospicare and Palliative Care Services of Tompkins County.
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)
Grocery shoppers who first received a sample apple slice purchased 28 percent more fruits and vegetables, according to a study from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
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)
Public service announcements about the dangers of drunken driving could save thousands of lives each year – but only if those ad campaigns are better funded and more people see them, according to three Cornell researchers.
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)
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.