Interior design and behavioral science students collaborated on a project this semester to design new fitness and physical therapy spaces at Kendal at Ithaca. They built full-scale models of their proposed solutions. (Dec. 9, 2008)
Professor Matt Evangelista discussed the history of nuclear disarmament and the obstacles that stand in the way of achieving it in a talk Feb. 18. (March 1, 2010)
New postgraduate fellowships, named for Frank H.T. Rhodes and funded by a $5 million gift from The Atlantic Philanthropies, will further research in the Law School and Cornell Population Program.
People will work harder against members of a lower status group because the prospect of losing to those we want to keep below us poses threats we don't want to face, says a Cornell study. (Feb. 24, 2010)
With the CU-ADVANCE Center's five-year grant period drawn to a close, its leaders point to the many ways its goals have been met, but also what more needs to be done.
In the pilot program, two Cornell researchers are training an environmental volunteer corps of retirees with the skills critically needed to tackle environmental threats. (Nov. 13, 2008)
A study by Cornell sociologist Matthew Brashears finds that happiness comes from having firmly held beliefs and being around people who affirm those beliefs.
Clint Sidle of the Johnson School has published a new book 'This Hungry Spirit: Your Need for Basic Goodness,' which discusses the meaning we can derive from serving other people or greater causes.