Plummeting housing prices could lead to a decline in college enrollment as families cut back on expenses, finds a new Cornell study by economist Michael Lovenheim. Hardest hit may be poorer families. (Sept. 21, 2011)
Direct-to-consumer advertising of cholesterol medications may promote overdiagnosis and overtreatment among low-risk populations, but are not helping high-risk consumers, reports a new Cornell study.
The Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy brought experts together in New York City Sept. 19 to consider ways to stem America's collapsing bridges and roads. (Sept. 25, 2012)
Older adults - many with limited mobility or socially isolated - are among the most vulnerable when major weather events paralyze city life, said Elaine Wethington in New York City March 5.
Eminent cultural theorist and novelist Kwame Anthony Appiah will explore how honor is the engine behind moral progress Sept. 23 at the Graduate School's 2011 Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture. (Sept. 15, 2011)
College students - beginning their 'quarterlife' stage of life - start searching for the meaning of their lives, a search that will persist for many years, said a visiting expert on campus Sept. 9. (Sept. 13, 2011)
David Harris, professor of sociology and senior associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, reflected on his 15 months at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in a talk Sept. 9. (Sept. 13, 2011)
A Cornell study is turning 50 years of language-related science on its head, with implications in fields from evolutionary history to computer science and psycholinguistics. (Sept. 20, 2012)