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One in 10 people on Earth live in China’s cities. Over the past decade, nearly 200 million people in China have moved from rural to urban regions, and 8 million more are expected to relocate every year between now and 2050. Just what this means for China and the world has the attention of the Institute for the Social Sciences’ newest collaborative project, China’s Cities: Divisions and Plans.
Six new projects will be launched in music, classics, economics, mathematics, physics and sociology.
Exposing undergraduates to research across the spectrum of fields has long been a hallmark of the university.
If the world’s climate changes dramatically, societal equilibrium and the economics of market forces fall apart.
Our English, history, economics, sociology, government and psychology departments all ranked high in the annual report.
CICER helps coordinate the efforts of scholars across campus and supports research to understand economic growth in China and its impact on the world economy.
The old adage, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know” has long fueled the parental drive for children to attend Ivy League schools. But it turns out where you went to school is less important than who else went to the same school – at least, if you’re in Congress.
Patrick Braga ’17 would have made Ezra Cornell proud.
Stephen Coate, María Cristina García, Suzanne Mettler and Fred Schneider will be honored at an Oct. 7 ceremony.
Alum Jason Brand '93 talks about his decision to retire from Wall Street and open his own business in Hawaii in this Cornell Alumni Magazine story.
Sociologist Vida Maralani found that definitions of being overweight are subjective in the social world.
Hear from Arts & Sciences faculty on topics ranging from neuroscience to detective fiction to music composition to global financial policy.
The research of Francesca Molinari, professor of economics, is explored in this recent Cornell Research story.
A summer intern gains experience at Albright Stonebridge Group and the Berger National Scholars program starts this fall.
Kaushik Basu, C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences, began his three-year term as president of the International Economic Association (IEA) on Friday, June 23.
Cornell economist Kaushik Basu, the C. Marks Professor of International Studies, professor of economics and chief economist of the World Bank from 2012-16, writes in this New York Times opinion piece, that the Indian government's decision to "demonitize" its currency may have greater long-term side effects than expected.
Philadelphia Zoo president and CEO Vik Dewan ’76, an alum of the College of Arts & Sciences, is profiled in this piece in the most recent Cornell Alumni Magazine. Leader of the zoo since 2006, the story says that Dewan, an economics and government major, has spearheaded many innovations during his tenure, including an ever-expanding system of enclosed trails.
This Cornell Alumni Magazine article tells the story of Leo Ikenaga ’12, a member of Kodo, an elite, 30-member Japanese musical group. The group is primarily focused on the dynamic drumming style known as taiko. Ikenega was introduced to taiko at Cornell, where he was a member and became musical director of Yamatai.
Cornell seniors are planning for a variety of different journeys after graduation.
Richard Thaler, professor of economics at Cornell for nearly two decades, was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Oct. 9 for work he began at Cornell.Joining the Cornell faculty in 1978, Thaler was a young assistant professor who had decided to try to make a go of research on a new scholarly concept, behavioral economics, that married psychology and economics. He went looking for a job that would allow him to pursue it.
The economics department is transforming its undergraduate curriculum with help from an Active Learning Initiative grant.
Four Arts & Sciences students are part of the delegation of faculty, staff and students attending the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) this week in Bonn, Germany.
Are supporters of President Donald Trump increasing in prejudice? What’s the best way to end violence in Liberia during elections? Is Colombia ready for a sustainable boom in cocoa production?These are a few of the questions Cornell social science faculty are answering, thanks to small grants from the Institute for the Social Sciences.
