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.
For the health and happiness of nurses, let the sunshine in. Day-shift, acute-care hospital nurses – who had access to the sun's natural light – enjoyed lower blood pressure and enhanced mood.
A hot hand may be hokum: Cornell researchers have examined the concept of “winning momentum” with varsity college hockey teams, and they conclude that momentum advantages don’t exist, says a new study in the journal Economics Letters.
A new Cornell study finds that eating smaller portions of commonly craved foods will satisfy a person just as well as a larger portion of the same food would.
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.
The syllabus for a social entrepreneurship course, taught by Anke Wessels of the Center for Transformative Action at Cornell, has won an award from Ashoka, a global group of social entrepreneurs. (Feb. 28, 2011)
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.