Teens in violent dating relationships are more than twice as likely to repeat such relationships in adulthood and face a greater risk of substance abuse and depression, suggests a new Cornell study. (Dec. 10, 2012)
A New York City panel of leading economists, including under secretary of the treasury Mary John Miller '77, pointed to recent improvements in the economy.
Broken by years of unsustainable growth and Congressional tinkering - and nearly broke, probably by 2016 - America’s program of Social Security Disability Insurance ought to keep partially impaired workers on the job, economists recommend.
A new Cornell Cooperative Extension blog, written by a Cornell professor and a consumer scientist, tries to help consumers decipher good science information from bad.
A cross-cultural study by Cornell development psychologists published May 20 in the journal Cognitive Science finds that American and Nepalese children differ on their perception of free will.
Cornell's Big Red Relief will host a panel discussion of experts about Iraqi refugees on April 8 and a benefit concert April 11 in Bailey Hall to aid those refugees.
H. Fisk Johnson '79, chairman and CEO of SC Johnson, will speak about challenges arising from the global consumption crisis at the annual Hatfield Lecture Oct. 22 in the Statler Hall Auditorium. (Oct. 15, 2009)
Adeeb Khalid, professor of Asian studies and history at Carleton College, will present 'The Many Ways of Being Muslim in the Modern World: Episodes From the Soviet History of Islam,' Oct. 26. (Oct. 13, 2010)
A study found that casual sexual 'hookups' increased a teenager's odds for depression nearly threefold, but teen sex in a committed relationship had no effect on depression levels. (Dec. 4, 2012)