With modern computing power, data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Internal Revenue Service, law enforcement agencies and other sources can be combined to answer important public policy questions. The trick is to do this without violating people's privacy.
A new generation of cybertools developed at Cornell and a Sinhala language data archive at Cornell allow researchers to better study language acquisition in children. (Oct. 31, 2011)
Professor of Government Suzanne Mettler had several culprits in mind when she wrote “Degrees of Inequality: How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream."
If Supreme Court justices are "human actors," pivotal swing justices in 5-4 decisions are the most human of all, political scientists at Cornell and University of Maryland say.
More than 150 people, including many students, helped make hygiene kits to ship to girls around the world by the organization Day for Girls. Eight students organized the event.
Owen Lee-Park ’15, a native of South Korea, made a rare visit to North Korea in September. He spoke to doctors and medical students about the state of North Korean health care.
Universities should share discoveries crucial to combating diseases plaguing people in poverty, assert two Cornell scientists in a special issue of Nature.