A popular strategy for combating misinformation can help people distinguish truth from falsehood – when combined with reminders to focus on accuracy, Cornell-led research finds.
The Harris campaign and many voters claimed that electing Donald Trump would threaten democracy, or even end democracy in America, but President Trump’s victory has serious implications for our understanding of the trajectory of democracy globally says Cornell University professor Rachel Riedl.
Chloe Ahmann, assistant professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is helping local organizers in their quest for environmental justice — and bringing her students along. For this work, Ahmann was named recipient of this year’s Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship.
The Cornell Center for Social Sciences has awarded 16 grants across eight Cornell schools and colleges this fall, seeding research in 12 different departments that tackles some of society's most immediate challenges.
Cornell researchers have found that when laboratory mice are placed in large outdoor enclosures, male behavior was essentially the same as genetically wild mice, but females displayed radically different behaviors.
The Supreme Court appears likely to reject an effort to limit the federal government from pressuring social media companies to remove harmful posts and misinformation on platforms.
The College of Arts and Sciences has awarded five New Frontier Grants to cutting edge projects in science, social science and the humanities led by A&S faculty, some with collaborators from other colleges.
Weill Cornell Medicine has received a five-year, $2.3 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve equitable access to care, quality of life and survival outcomes for young people with all stages of breast cancer.
