A new book co-edited by Sam Beck, senior lecturer in the College of Human Ecology and director of Cornell’s Urban Semester Program, argues in favor of "engaged anthropology."
To understand suicide bombers better – why people kill themselves and others for a cause – we need to look more closely at cultures that value group over individuals’ thought, says new Cornell social science research.
Tending to older loved ones who have bold personalities may be harmful to caregivers' physical health, say Cornell gerontologists. The finding could impact millions who provide informal eldercare.
Childhood poverty can cause significant psychological deficits in adulthood, according to a new study. The research is the first to show this damage occurs over time and in a broad range of ways.
Professor Qi Wang's new book, “The Autobiographical Self in Time and Culture,” chronicles how the stories we remember and tell about ourselves are conditioned by one’s time and culture.
A Cornell economist and his colleagues have found the geographical areas that have an NFL team advance to the Super Bowl had an 18 percent spike in flu-related deaths among people above age 65.
Janis Whitlock, Ph.D. ‘03, director of the Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery, worked with eCornell to develop courses on nonsuicidal self-injury.