While Doonesbury's Roland Hedley uses Twitter to spread personal nonsense, groups of students are finding practical uses for online social networking tools. (April 9, 2009)
An experiment in partnership with Con Edison this summer has shown that consumers might be willing to back off on their demand for electricity if there’s a game of chance involved.
The Sustainable Energy Systems minor is being offered through the College of Engineering starting this academic year and is available to all undergraduates. (Feb. 1, 2011)
Cornell faculty members to speak on an array of topics at the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2015 annual meeting to be held Feb. 12-16 in San Jose, California.
More than one-third of families in large metropolitan areas now live in neighborhoods of concentrated affluence or concentrated poverty, and middle-class neighborhoods have become less common, says sociologist Kendra Bischoff.
Economist Nicolas Ziebarth, assistant professor of policy analysis and management in the College of Human Ecology, has received two awards for his research on health economics. (Sept. 27, 2011)
When pitted against slightly more accomplished men for faculty positions in engineering, economics, psychology and biology, women faculty candidates lose despite preferences to hire women in STEM.
The sixth annual Youth Development Research Update June 1-2 in Ithaca, funded by the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research in the College of Human Ecology, covered a lot of ground.
Josh Tetrick '04, CEO and founder of 33needs, which allows people to invest in social enterprises around the globe, will deliver the 10th annual Iscol public service lecture Sept. 26. (Sept. 19, 2011)