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December
John Abowd Steps Down as Director of CISER
Reshaping The Debate on Raising Taxes
The Educational Payoff of Paying an AP Bonus
Can Massage Chairs or a Vibrating Mouse Prevent Computer-Related Injuries?
'Dr. Postitive' Tries to Find What's Right With People
Law School Starts Exchange Program with Peking University
ADVANCE Data Shows Equitable Salaries for CU Men and Women
Cornell Places Third at Annual Real Estate Challenge
Cornell Law School Team Continues to Update Rwanda's Laws
New Class Examines International Current Events
Fulbright Awards Include 16 CU Social Science Students
Why Teens Do Stupid Things: They Think More Than Adults Do About Risks and Benefits, But Then Opt for the Benefits
Psych 101 Goes Live to Qatar
November
Students Design and Build Full-Scale Models for Local Retirement Community
Two Taiwanese Prosecutors-In-Training To Come To Cornell Law School
Marshall Scholarship Goes to Michael Barany '08
Cornell Study: Lead Levels Well Below U.S. Standard May Affect Brain Function in Children
Wansink Accepts 14-month Appointment as Executive Director of USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
You a Mindless Eater? 5 Tips to Handle the Holidays
CU Study: Trauma May Alter the Stress Response, Even in Healthy People, Which can Lead to Problems in Later Life
Girls Just Want to be Thin, But Study Finds That Heavy Women and Men Don't Want to be Thin Enough
ILR School Creates Dual Degree Program With The European School of Management
In Search of Wine, Ancient Meso-Americans Found Chocolate, 500 Years Earlier Than Once Thought
Unemployment and Poverty Remain Dramatically High Among Workers with Disabilities, Cornell Study Shows
Coverage of Protests Hurts Firms, Cornell-Y. Study Says
Social Scientists Receive Small Grant Awards
To The Ramparts! Study Says Stock Prices Rise and Fall With Protest Coverage
Economics: From Dismal to Sexy in Three Decades
Economist Chris Barrett Asserts That Markets Can Pull Billions of People Permanently Out of Poverty
On the Fence: Cornell Sociologist Christine Leuenberger to Study Impact of West Bank Barrier
Employment Gap Between Working-Age People With and Without Disabilities Continues
When Trust in an Expert is Unwise
CU Launches Program to Develop Business Leaders Who Value Diversity
From Preferences to Pricing, Researchers Use Business Simulation Lab to Create Controlled Experiments
$8 Million in Gifts Will Create Cornell Law School Business Law Institute
October
Ten Professors Awarded Zalaznick Teaching Assistantships
Business Students Get a 'Second Life' in First 'Metanomics' Course
Cornell Team Helps Bulgarian University Develop Master's Program in Regional Development
Sandra Day O'Connor Visits Cornell Law School and Delivers Public Lecture, Oct. 23
Invisible Handcuffs
Your Friends May Be Your Diet's Worst Enemies
Gifts for the Social Sciences at Cornell Will Help Attract and Keep 'The Best People'
Publisher Kenneth Kahn '69 Endows Deanship for ILR School, Calling It His 'Rock'
Record Campaign Gifts Benefit Humanities & Social Sciences
Taft To Serve As Interim Dean of AAP
Smithsonian Names Jon Kleinberg a Top U.S. Young Innovator
Thinking Outside the Block: Alumni Launch Toy to Promote Thinking
Even in 13-Year-Olds, Poverty-Induced Stress Triggers Physical, Disease-Related Changes, Researchers Find
Analysts Puzzle Over UAW's Strike Strategy
Scholars Look at U.S. Role in Vietnam
The Evolution of Bullying
U.S. Workers Strike Less Often Than in Past
The Experts Suggest
'Bottomless' bowls of soup win CUs Wansink an 'Ig Nobel'
Reasons Behind Iraqi Violence Aren't Sectarian and Religious, but Economic and Anti-Occupation, Says Government Professor
Free Web Publications and Videos Give parents, Lawyers and Other Professionals Research-Based Advice
Why Not Shift the Burden to Big Spenders?
Conference Focuses on Critical Diversity Issue: What Happens to Blacks, Latinos Once They Reach College?
The Power of Protest
Study Finds That Social Protests Hurt Stock Prices: Media Coverage, Not Size, Matters
September
County's Immigrants Struggling, Report Says
Taste Tests
Worker Misclassification Study Spurs Governor's Task Force
Cornell Professor Mixes Realities in Study of Virtual World 'Metanomics'
Conference to Dig Deep to Address Minority Achievement Gap in U.S. Higher Education
'Healthy' Restaurants help Make us Fat, Says a New Cornell Study
You Can Take it With You: Marketing to Those on the Go
Cornell Study Finds No Effect on Restaurant Sales for Full Spectrum Lighting
A Look Back at the B-School Magic
Three Law Faculty Members Awarded Ednowed Clarke Chairs
DiSalvo to Serve as Interim Head of New Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future
August
Human Family Tree Now a Tangled, Messy Bush
Ceci Shapes Judicial Policy on Testimony of Children
More Calories in Healthy Food
DigitalCommons@ILR: Research Bulletin Board for the World of Work
$4.9 Million Grant Expands Development of Fedora Software for Digital Repositories
Students Learn How Laws Differ at Paris Summer Institute
Robert Buhrman Named Vice Provost for Research; Robert Richardson to Become Science Adviser
David Harris Named to New Position of Deputy Provost
Johnson School is One of the Best 'B-schools With Entrepreneurial Flair,' Says Fortune Small Business Magazine
Researcher Explains Efficacy of Smoking-cessation Advertising
Views on the Very Wealthy: In Richistan, Only the Help Wear Suits
Economist Comments on CARE Refusal of US Food AID
Study Scrutinizes Compensation
The Dismal Science, Dismally Taught
Wine Labels Affect Diners' perceptions, Study Finds
Bottled Water Trend Hits Dam of Protest
Johnson School's Stuart Hart on Aligning Business, Planet, and Humanity
Budda Can Show the Way in India, Economist Argues
July
Resource Economist Duane Chapman Dies at Age 66
Johnson School's Robert Bloomfield is Teaching Real Lessons in Virtual Worlds
Smokers Who See More Ads for Smoking-cessation Products Are More Likely to Quit Successfully
High-skilled Jobs in Finance and Medical Research Going to India, Study Shows
ILR School Teams Up with Human Ecology on New Health Care Study
Comfort Foods Don't Have to Blow Your Diet, Cornell Researcher Finds
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to visit Cornell Law School
More New Yorkers Expressing Dim View of State Economy, Cornell Survey Shows
A Career in Hedge Funds and the Price of Overcrowding
June
Human Development Professor Wins Young Scientist Award
Economist Argues that Despite the Dumb Jokes, Stereotypes Might Reflect Some Smart Choices
Johnson School Names Interim Dean
May
Taking A Good Look at the Food You Gobble & You're Likely to Eat Less, Cornell Researcher Argues
International Study on Call Centers
Even Small Grants Make a Difference
New Study on Youth with Disabilities After High School
Shelley Feldman Named Director of Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Think You Are In Control of Your Eating? You're Probably Not, Cornell Researcher Argues
Four Women Faculty Receive First NSF-Funded Research Initiative Awards
A Sensible Solution to Thin Traffic, and One for Easing Concerns about Fairness
Traumas -- Such as Being Close to Twin Towers on 9/11 -- Could make People's Brains more Reativee to Fear, Cornell Study Shows
Five Cornell Faculty Members Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Why Dieters Are Doomed on Tuesdays
April
Family Turmoil and Violence Results in Stress-Induced Physical Problems in Young, Cornell Psychologist Finds
ILR School Announces New Program: Globalization and the Workplace
In The Real World of Work and Wages, Trickle-Down Theories Don't Hold Up
Cornell Sociologist Victor Nee Wins 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship
Institute for The Social Sciences Awards 12 New Small Grants
Eating With Our Eyes: Why People Eat Less at Unbused Tables
March
Don't Be Tricked by Low-Fat Labels
Jay Waks and Paul Cole To Receive Top ILR School Awards
When to Violate The Top Two Commandments of Antigovernment Crusaders
A Beloved Professor to be Remembered With Clinton Rossiter Professorship
February
A Health Care Plan So Simple, Even Stephen Colbert Couldn't Simplify It
Restaurants That Add Service Charges in Lieu of Tips Appear More Expensive to Customers, Study Finds
New Cross-Campus Global Health Program to Offer Grad Program, Undergrad Minor, Internships, Lecture Series
Buffalo Child Care Really Does Mean Business, Cornell ILR Study Shows
Why Braille On Drive-up ATMs? Why Do Brides Spend So Much? Frank's Latest Book, 'The Economic Naturalist,' Provides Intriguing Answers
January
Payday Loans Are a Scourge, but Should Wrath Be Aimed at the Lenders?
Mood-food Connection: We Eat More and Less-Healthy Comfort Foods When We Feel Down, Study Finds
