An internationally noted expert on the politics of ethnic, racial and religious pluralism, Cornell Professor of Government Emeritus Milton J. Esman died Feb. 7 at his home after a short illness. He was 96.
Professor of human development Robert Sternberg analyzed the values-based differences in admissions at land-grand university and top private schools in a Feb. 10 campus talk at Mann Library.
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)
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.
On Feb. 22, the College of Arts and Sciences brought together faculty working on philosophy of mind in a Big Ideas panel, part of the New Century for the Humanities celebration.
Twenty-six Cornell graduate students have won more than $42,000 in fall 2018 Research Travel Grants, which provide students up to $2,000 to conduct thesis or dissertation research.
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.
Peter Enns, assistant professor of government, finds that our lengthy,expensive presidential campaigns do less to sway voters, who focus on "fundamental" questions of economic prosperity and candidate ratings.
Blue-collar training without a strong college-preparatory focus leads to blue-collar jobs for men but penalizes women in the labor market, says April Sutton, a postdoctoral fellow at the Cornell Population Center.