Psychology professor David Dunning and Emily Balcetis, Ph.D. '06, found that when an object is desirable, we perceive it to be closer than it actually is. (March 11, 2010)
In a few months, nearly every home in Atima, Honduras, will have safe, clean drinking water, thanks to a treatment plant principally designed by Cornell engineering students. (Jan. 26, 2012)
A Cornell study by psychology professor James Cutting finds that our attention span while watching films conforms to a universal constant. (March 9, 2010)
Steve Coll, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author, discussed the childhood and background of Osama bin Laden and how his background contributed to the rise of al Qaeda, March 5. (March 9, 2010)
High schools students are learning how to make ice cream and how to commercialize their product for sale, thanks to a collaboration with Cornell's Department of Food Science. (March 10, 2011)
Before developing specific anti-obesity strategies, lawmakers should review the evidence on program effectiveness and costs to avoid policies that won't work or will waste money, says Cawley. (March 4, 2010)
The French public was led to believe that heads rolled willy-nilly and that blood ran in the streets of Paris in 1793-94, when, in fact, that wasn't quite the case. (April 28, 2008)
Jose Graziano da Silva, director-general of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization, was the keynote speaker at the Second International Conference on Global Land Grabbing at Cornell Oct. 17-19.
Editing our own Facebook walls appears to boost self-esteem in college students, finds a new Cornell study by social media researchers. (March 1, 2011)
Given that Cornell ranked third in Peace Corps volunteers recruited in 2009, it is no wonder that Aaron Williams, the international volunteer agency's director, paid a visit to campus Sept. 2.