From using drones to track nutrient management in upstate corn fields to working with Head Start programs in Harlem, Cornell Cooperative Extension interns helped New York communities this summer.
A new book by professor Laura Tach focuses on the middle-class mentality of a group of working-poor Boston residents and how they use the Earned Income Tax Credit to their advantage.
Celebrating its 20th year, Cornell's Survey Research Institute continues to further its mission of collecting quality data for research projects at the state, national and global levels.
Almost 100 people gathered Sept. 19 to kick off a yearlong conversation, "Freedom Interrupted: Race, Gender, Nation and Policing," an interdisciplinary cross-campus collaboration.
The spring 2015 Engaged Cornell Speaker Series will host three speakers who will talk about indigenous approaches to research. Among the speakers will be Cornell professor Karim-Aly Kassam.
Sera Young, Ph.D. ’08, a research scientist in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, has been awarded the 2013 annual Margaret Mead Award, considered one of the most prestigious anthropology awards for junior faculty or scholars.
The new book by anthropologist Marina Welker is an ethnographic study of the Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. and its Batu Hijau Copper and Gold Mine in Sumbawa, Indonesia.
A new study finds that people with a utilitarian approach to ethics share personality traits with psychopaths, which may make difficult decisions easier for them. (Nov. 14, 2011)
Younger citizens are taking more liberal social positions, according to polls conducted by students in the course "Taking America’s Pulse," where students design, conduct and analyze a real public opinion poll.
Not only do we derive more enjoyment from buying experiences than possessions, but that pleasure may begin even before we buy, reports a new Cornell study published in the journal Psychological Science.