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Why US churches have men in pulpits, women in pews","content_text":"In a new book, sociologist Landon Schnabel debunks assumptions that women are inherently more religious and explains why many Americans are disengaging from religious institutions while maintaining personal spirituality.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-11\/1102_schnabel_tnd.jpg?itok=4NVCNEgU","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-11\/1102_schnabel_tnd.jpg?itok=D49wFCq9","date_published":"Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:11:36 EST","byline":"James Dean, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-11\/1102_schnabel_tnd.jpg?itok=pq9OdVxA"},{"id":"333868","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/using-less-politically-charged-language-can-lower-temperature-dei-training","title":"Using less politically charged language can \u2018lower the temperature\u2019 on DEI training","content_text":"Replacing commonly used diversity, equity and inclusion-related terminology with carefully matched alternative language may improve Republicans\u2019 favorability toward diversity training, according to new research from the ILR School.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1030_proudfoot_tnd.jpg?itok=GLFeP_H_","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1030_proudfoot_tnd.jpg?itok=WjX46N4_","date_published":"Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:10:04 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","School of Industrial and Labor Relations","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/1030_proudfoot_tnd.jpg?itok=yrRiUn2E"},{"id":"333864","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/professors-defend-their-disciplines-apocalypse-debate","title":"Professors defend their disciplines in apocalypse debate","content_text":"Five professors from across campus will advocate that their discipline is the most important to save in the annual\u0026nbsp;Apocalypse Debate, sponsored by\u0026nbsp;Logos, the undergraduate philosophy journal and club.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/miguel-henriques-rfibk6y_upq-unsplash.jpg?h=a0ed8313\u0026itok=QmFoSjFK","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/miguel-henriques-rfibk6y_upq-unsplash.jpg?h=68ef5d0e\u0026itok=fko1nvAI","date_published":"Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:10:04 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","School of Industrial and Labor Relations","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/miguel-henriques-rfibk6y_upq-unsplash.jpg?h=a0ed8313\u0026itok=x84xLZGx","image_alt":"speaker talking to a crowd of people"},{"id":"333853","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/prosecutors-invoke-gender-stereotypes-capital-cases-against-women","title":"Prosecutors invoke gender stereotypes in capital cases against women","content_text":"Cornell information science researchers and\u0026nbsp;Cornell Law School faculty found that in capital cases, prosecutors invoke a range of gender stereotypes against women defendants to increase the likelihood of convictions and death sentences.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1028_sexism.jpg?itok=7f-uzYbr","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1028_sexism.jpg?itok=YV0z33cr","date_published":"Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:10:50 EDT","byline":"Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science","Graduate School","Cornell Law School","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/1028_sexism.jpg?itok=sCOUzKMW","image_alt":"Illustration of a judge using his gavel on the left side and a photo of jail cells on the right side with the cutout of a woman separating the two photos"},{"id":"333844","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/new-way-measure-how-crisis-counseling-skills-improve","title":"A new way to measure how crisis counseling skills improve","content_text":"Researchers from Cornell Bowers and\u0026nbsp;Crisis Text Line,\u0026nbsp;which provides free, confidential mental health support,\u0026nbsp;have developed a method for tracking how counselors hone their ability to steer conversations toward positive outcomes.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/2026_1442_crisiscounselorsconv_final_n-2.jpg?itok=6DyX_dy-","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/2026_1442_crisiscounselorsconv_final_n-2.jpg?itok=6NP8ykYh","date_published":"Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:10:00 EDT","byline":"Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","Cornell Ann S. 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One says \u0022You\u0027re brave.\u0022 One says \u0022I\u0027m sorry.\u0022 And the third says \u0022I hear you\u0022"},{"id":"333847","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/cti-announces-2026-active-learning-postdoctoral-fellowship-recipients","title":"CTI announces 2026 Active Learning Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients","content_text":"Beginning in Fall 2026, a new round of ALI postdoctoral fellows are supporting three Cornell departments to transform courses using active learning approaches.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/2024_1319_nh_039.jpg?h=2787237a\u0026itok=YbzjV0Y2","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/2024_1319_nh_039.jpg?itok=pam3soQd","date_published":"Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:10:09 EDT","byline":"Carolyn Keller","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","Around Cornell","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","College of Arts and Sciences","College of Human Ecology","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/2024_1319_nh_039.jpg?h=2787237a\u0026itok=quSovv_H","image_alt":"Three students gather around a portrait with a curator"},{"id":"333833","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/new-course-bridges-student-pathway-college-career","title":"New course bridges student pathway from college to career","content_text":"A new course in the College of Arts \u0026amp; Sciences helps students gain professional development skills and includes a career trek to New York City.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/career-bridge-story-photo.jpg?h=d3da2b6c\u0026itok=VDsTiae7","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/career-bridge-story-photo.jpg?h=f499ee36\u0026itok=mTy9-1eQ","date_published":"Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:10:18 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","New York City","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","New York City","New York City"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/career-bridge-story-photo.jpg?h=d3da2b6c\u0026itok=oKXZSvGn","image_alt":"people talking at an event in new York City"},{"id":"333826","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/society-humanities-fellows-explore-survival-fall-conference","title":"Society for the Humanities Fellows to Explore \u0027Survival\u0027 at Fall Conference","content_text":"The 2026-27 focal theme, \u201cSurvival,\u201d invites scholars and artists to consider how individuals, communities and species endure.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/lone-plant-image-large.jpg?h=57801ea4\u0026itok=bap_FieD","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/lone-plant-image-large.jpg?h=feac0bf7\u0026itok=XrCXbGtJ","date_published":"Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:10:47 EDT","byline":"Julie McLean","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/lone-plant-image-large.jpg?h=57801ea4\u0026itok=VxVfYS5t","image_alt":"lone plant growing on a black piece of ground"},{"id":"333818","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/workplace-narcissists-crave-more-quiet-raise","title":"Workplace narcissists crave more than a quiet raise","content_text":"All employees like private rewards \u2013 a quiet salary increase or glowing performance review \u2013 but narcissists also want to have rewards made public for their colleagues to see.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1020_narcissist.jpg?itok=oE8nfNNT","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1020_narcissist.jpg?itok=kstFe8nW","date_published":"Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:10:53 EDT","byline":"Caitlin Hayes, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","School of Industrial and Labor Relations"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/1020_narcissist.jpg?itok=khWfc59N","image_alt":"Illustration of women stepping on a medal stand to reach for a trophy on the highest perch while two co-workers look on puzzled"},{"id":"333815","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/winter-session-2027-registration-now-open","title":"Winter Session 2027 registration is now open","content_text":"Registration is now open for Cornell University\u2019s online Winter Session. Classes run Jan. 4\u201322, giving students the opportunity to explore an interest, fulfill a requirement, or earn credits before the spring semester.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/2025_1371_039.jpg?itok=7pVTNVPg","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/2025_1371_039.jpg?itok=O-3QP6FY","date_published":"Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:10:31 EDT","byline":"Shelley Preston","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","School of Continuing Education","Student Life"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/2025_1371_039.jpg?itok=7HSZosFE"},{"id":"333807","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/john-mcwhorter-consider-america-failed-experiment","title":"John McWhorter to consider \u2018Is America a Failed Experiment?\u2019","content_text":"McWhorter, associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, will offer a talk Nov. 2 as part of the College of Arts \u0026amp; Science\u0027s America250 events.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/john-mcwhorter-columbia-eileen-barroso_1.jpg?itok=2JSGSXC6","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/john-mcwhorter-columbia-eileen-barroso_1.jpg?itok=4-IdjjgT","date_published":"Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:10:08 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/john-mcwhorter-columbia-eileen-barroso_1.jpg?itok=4PVBM6XC"},{"id":"333748","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/speak-or-keep-it-yourself-advice-social-psychologist","title":"Speak up or keep it to yourself? Advice from a social psychologist","content_text":"In a new book, Vanessa Bohns offers a research-based guide to help people make better decisions about when to say something and when to hold back.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1013_bohns_tnd.png?itok=t3aVtePw","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1013_bohns_tnd.png?itok=EM_CTfU2","date_published":"Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:10:32 EDT","byline":"James Dean, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","School of Industrial and Labor Relations","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/1013_bohns_tnd.png?itok=qFTrpqk_"},{"id":"333756","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/medicines-feed-us-promote-healing-toxic-world","title":"\u2018Medicines that feed us\u2019 promote healing in a toxic world","content_text":"In a new book, anthropologist Stacey Langwick explores plant-based healing and sustainable farming practices in Tanzania that treat bodies and lands as inseparable.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1007_medicines_tnd.jpg?itok=pxv0p9tZ","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1007_medicines_tnd.jpg?itok=-NR7YHm3","date_published":"Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:10:40 EDT","byline":"James Dean, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/1007_medicines_tnd.jpg?itok=KIKrbwa-"},{"id":"333751","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/let-me-explain-corporate-disclosures-can-take-circuitous-route","title":"\u2018Let me explain\u2019: Corporate disclosures can take a circuitous route","content_text":"In financial disclosures, particularly by companies that are coming out of tough times, a firm\u2019s verbal circuitousness can paint a fuller picture of a company\u2019s prospects, a Cornell research group found.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/2026_1422_circuitousnessindisc_final_n.jpg?itok=IyXEsrWe","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/2026_1422_circuitousnessindisc_final_n.jpg?itok=vMDw4Upz","date_published":"Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:10:54 EDT","byline":"Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","Cornell SC Johnson College of Business","Graduate School","Johnson Graduate School of Management","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/2026_1422_circuitousnessindisc_final_n.jpg?itok=MRwBgQSk","image_alt":"Illustrations showing documents taking a circuitious route"},{"id":"333721","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/ai-enhanced-petitions-changeorg-more-text-less-success","title":"AI-enhanced petitions on Change.org: more text, less success","content_text":"Cornell researchers\u2019 analysis of 1.5 million petitions on Change.org showed that AI writing assistance altered the wording of petitions, increasing their homogeneity and length, but did not improve petition outcomes.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/2026_1401_aionlinepetitionoutc_final_n.jpg?itok=qNMk8fnf","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/2026_1401_aionlinepetitionoutc_final_n.jpg?itok=_JdepAjl","date_published":"Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:09:00 EDT","byline":"Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","New York City","Cornell Ann S. 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Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology Emerita and an award-winning scholar who challenged traditional thinking regarding psychology and brain function, died Sept. 12.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0923_finlay.jpg?itok=PS46uRTW","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0923_finlay.jpg?itok=pNNOoN7z","date_published":"Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:09:33 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/0923_finlay.jpg?itok=PRlrsWdI","image_alt":"Barbara Finlay, the W.R. 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Konvitz Memorial Lecture on Sept. 17, Rakesh Khurana \u201990 said higher education has suffered from bureaucratization over time.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0921_konvitz1.jpg?itok=qpBFwcXG","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0921_konvitz1.jpg?itok=ZJ8B2KE5","date_published":"Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:09:15 EDT","byline":"James Dean, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","School of Industrial and Labor Relations","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/0921_konvitz1.jpg?itok=jRYBe-qJ","image_alt":"Rakesh Khurana \u201990, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development and Unit Head of Organizational Behavior at Harvard Business School, delivers the Milton R. 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