Cornell Social Scientists In the News
Archive: '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10 & '11
Media Releases 2013
April
Institute for the Social Sciences Provides Research Support to Faculty in Seven Colleges
Media Releases 2012
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May
NYC tech campus finds temporary home at Google
Former Twitter CTO Greg Pass joins NYC tech campus
Cornell is a top 10 school for financial engineering
Business, politics, economics play key roles in sustainability
Natalie Grillon, MBA '12, named Acumen Global fellow
ISS Immigration affiliate co-teaches class reaching students across borders, virtually
ISS Poverty team leader and affiliated researchers develop food aid decision-making tool
Design thinking helps shape new businesses
Grad students help Ugandan girls recover from war
Edible 'stop signs' in food may halt overeating
Alumna and princess of Thailand champions women's rights
MBA students mentor incarcerated youth
Sexual orientation has 'in between' groups, study shows
ISS Proverty team leader warns of global food shortages and higher prices
ISS Decision-making project results in 85 publications
'You're gonna need a bigger quote!': What makes movie lines memorable
Jerome Ziegler, former dean and education expert, dies at 88
Boys who mature rapidly have more depression
ISS small grant PI launches website on moving beyond diversity and re-situating pluralism
Middle class better off than previously thought
April
Effects of loneliness mimic aging process
ISS Grants fund research from body odor to democracy
Speakers echo language style of superiors, especially if they need something
Reliance on free market can lead to global instability
New CARE-Cornell partnership to fight global concerns
Western Muslims 'lack confidence, understanding'
Combat makes for gun-shy investors, study says
Law Profesor Barceló named to French Legion of Honor
Cornell DREAM Team wins Perkins Prize
Students contribute to Somali constitution
Alternatives Library helps promote social justice
Immersion program aids humanities Ph.D. students
Obesity accounts for 21 percent of medical care costs
To convince people, come at them from different angles, find Networks team member Jon Kleinberg
March 2012
David Harris to join Tufts as provost, senior vice president
White House recognizes Dudley as "Champion for Change" for farmworker program
Population Center is a hub for social sciences
Dyson School ranked No. 3 by Businessweek
Meridian 180 think tank is officially launched
New approach can change teen risk-taking, finds JSDB Team Member Valerie Reyna
Honeybees and humans share drive to explore
Students get a glimpse the UN's inner workings
Study: The more types of foods served, the more you'll eat
Sloan students get inside look at health policy on D.C. trip
Skorton wins national award for advocacy with government officials
February 2012
Five undergrads win Nielsen Case Competition
Ulric Neisser, a founder of cognitive psychology, dies at 83
Weill Cornell center is model of collaboration
Unions offer hope of helping Chinese workers
Top World Bank economist focuses on China
Prof. Robert Harris advises black history project
Queens imam spreads the gospel of good eating
CU-ADVANCE celebrates major accomplishments
Sen. Gillibrand to speak on campus March 2
ISS Small Grant PI finds New approach could more effectively diagnose personality disorders
Trevor Pinch on the sounds of commerce
Obama changed racial identity of black students
Big Red Buddies: human development is child's play
Neuroscience teaches about the 'good life'
Study: Women leave math-heavy fields when they have kids
Symposium celebrates 40 years of feminist studies
Caregiver personality traits can affect health
ISS frees up top social scientists to do research
Education under fire: One alumna's mission
Doctoral student to raise money for abandoned kids
Report finds collaborations improve health care
Itai Dinour leads City Year New York
January 2012
Parent educators, researchers share wisdom at conference
Study: Stressed kids more likely to become obese
Public lecture series to explore the rise of China
Cornell leads Ivy League in Peace Corps recruits
ISS Small Grant PI finds college cuts odds for marriage among disadvantaged
Cohabiting couples are happier than wedded ones
Suzanne Mettler named Century Foundation fellow
Guilt, gender play roles in human-animal relations
Trevor Pinch edits 'The Handbook of Sound Studies'
ILR professor helps world's poorest workers
Advice from life's graying edge on finishing with no regrets
ILR School Faculty and alumni receive labor honors
Land-grant schools are democracy's colleges
Soumitra Dutta named new Johnson dean
High-speed rail belongs in Northeast, urges Cornell Prof. Geddes to Washington lawmakers
Powerful people overestimate their height
How you plate food for kids matters
Slaves or not, Babylonians were like us, says book
Conference examines hiring those with criminal records
