A herpetologist and a political scientist have won Luce scholarships to study in Asia for a year. The Luce Scholars Program began in 1974 to increase awareness of Asia among future leaders. (March 10, 2011)
Cornell Law School's Avon Global Center for Women and Justice and International Human Rights Clinic has issued a report on Argentine women in prison and recommends reform of drug sentencing.
Professor of Government Suzanne Mettler had several culprits in mind when she wrote “Degrees of Inequality: How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream."
More than 100 scholars, artists and clinicians will visit campus Aug. 10-14 for a joint conference of the Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies and the International Association for Jungian Studies. (July 6, 2010)
Elaine Wethington and Rachel Dunifon have co-edited the new book, 'Research for the Public Good: Applying the Methods of Translational Research to Improve Human Health and Well-Being.' (May 10, 2012)
'Cyberasociality' (inability or unwillingness to relate to others via social media) is the new dyslexia, sociologists say: a kind of online motion sickness.
The new interdisciplinary Crime, Prisons, Education and Justice minor in the College of Arts and Sciences offers students an engaged learning experience through the Cornell Prison Education Program.
A new Cornell study reports that older mothers' tend to feel that the adult child with the closest values and beliefs to their own is their favorite, and that they prefer that child as their caregiver as they age.