Law professor Laura Underkuffler's new book, "Captured By Evil: The Idea of Corruption in Law,” tackles a concept hitherto largely unexplored in legal scholarship.
Faculty members Lance Compa and Rebecca Givan, an editor of the new book 'The Diffusion of Social Movements: Actors, Mechanisms, and Political Effects,' will have a discussion Oct. 27 in the Cornell Store. (Oct. 26, 2010)
When is an hour not 60 minutes long? When it's an hour of television, Amy Villarejo quipped in a July 9 lecture that illuminated the impact television viewing has on our perceptions of time. (July 25, 2012)
A new exhibit, “Chinese Traditional Dress and Its Influence,” provides an overview of Chinese dress of the Qing period and the influence of Eastern style on Western fashions in the early 20th century.
A study suggests that the presence of green beans and bananas on the school lunch line inspired children to eat healthy foods, while applesauce and fruit cocktail sent them to seek out sugary snacks. (July 24, 2012)
U.S. intelligence agents – like the embattled Edward Snowden – are more prone to irrational inconsistencies in decision making than college students and older adults, a new study finds.
Big Red men's heavyweight rowers are sporting new swag after partnering with Cornell fiber science and apparel design graduate students to create retro practice uniforms.
Avshalom Caspi, Ph.D. '86 and his wife have won a $1 million prize from the Jacobs Foundation for their work on the interplay between genes and environment in determining proclivity toward violence. (Oct. 21, 2010)
Employers are increasingly offering cash and other incentives to motivate workers to lose weight, and a new study finds that the type and frequency of rewards are key factors to success.