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)
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 Institute for the Social Sciences' Small Grants Program is funding a series of critical social science projects and a conference with its spring 2017 awards.
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.
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.
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.
In his new history of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, historian Fredrik Logevall draws on new sources to tell the story of disastrous foreign policy decisions. (Sept. 28, 2012)
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) will speak on 'Women in Politics' and take questions March 2, at 5:45 p.m. in Statler Auditorium. Preregistration is required.
The Cornell eRulemaking Initiative has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to solicit public input for updating the Federal Health IT strategic plan.