Cornell University Library has become the newest member of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating on a digital library initiative. (Oct. 25, 2010)
Freshmen at three universities this fall will be asked to participate in a study to determine how roommates and social networks affect students' mental health. (May 4, 2009)
The fact that women are much less likely than men to choose science, technology, education and math majors in college, can be traced to gender differences in occupational plans in high school, reports a new Cornell study.
'Cyberasociality' (inability or unwillingness to relate to others via social media) is the new dyslexia, sociologists say: a kind of online motion sickness.
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.
Humans speak so many different languages because we're wired to keep up with rapid linguistic change, according to a new study by Cornell psychologist Morten Christiansen and his colleagues. (Nov. 5, 2012)
Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences has announced the recipients of its biannual small-grant award for interdisciplinary research and conference support. (April 24, 2012)
Generations of students in the Law School's Capital Punishment Clinic have worked on the case of Johnny Ringo Pearson, an intellectually challenged man accused of kidnap, rape and murder.