Anthropologist Adam T. Smith told alumni during Reunion that the Bronze Age civilizations offer unusual perspectives on the current conflict in Ukraine.
Larry Blume, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics and professor of information science, has co-edited a 7,680-page, eight-volume work, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd ed. (Oct. 8, 2008)
ILR's Union Days will include a live streamed national teach-in, a panel on the fight to save public sector employee collective bargaining, a panel on economic inequality and the Social Justice Career Fair. (April 6, 2011)
Sharon Tennyson, associate professor of policy analysis and management and an expert on consumer protections and financial regulation, will become editor of the Journal of Consumer Affairs June 1. (April 5, 2011)
Dice-like knucklebones and poker-chip colored stones aren't evidence of a 3,500-year-old casino, Cornell archaeologists explain. "House of Cards" President Frank Underwood might agree.
Children from low-income families tend to do worse at school than their better-off peers. Their poor planning skills have been found to be a reason for the income-achievement gap, reports a new study.
Professor Thomas Gilovich delivered this year’s distinguished faculty invitational lecture on principles of social psychology and wisdom Oct. 22 in Goldwin Smith Hall.