Jennie Joseph, founder and president of Commonsense Childbirth, hosted a public lecture, met with students and faculty, spoke in classes and engaged with the Ithaca community. The visiting scholar initiative honors the legacy of Flemmie Pansy Kittrell, the first Black woman in the U.S. to earn a doctorate in nutrition and the first to receive a Ph.D. in any subject at Cornell.
Cornell researchers including marketing professor Kaitlin Woolley ’12 found that people relied more on the enjoyment they derived from an activity than time spent on it when gauging progress toward a goal.
People who sign consent forms feel more trapped, not more empowered, than those who give consent verbally, according to new research by Vanessa Bohns, the Braunstein Family Professor in the ILR School.
Jeanne Mueller, a professor emerita in the College of Human Ecology (CHE) who advised the U.S. and foreign governments on social services, died Nov. 2 in Rochester, New York. She was 100.
Psychology researcher Jordan Wylie and colleagues found that artistic excellence, rather than moral excellence, offers greater access to one’s true self, in part because aesthetic pursuits are seen as less rule-bound.
Cornell leaders traveled across China and Asia in early November to connect with alumni, deepen partnerships, celebrate academic milestones, and engage in discussions on a wide range of global challenges. The multistop trip included the sixth annual Cornell-China Forum in Shanghai.
The David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement has released a new video series highlighting a decade of progress and impact in community-engaged learning across the university.