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DEMOCRACY WATCHNew Cornell Center on Democracy Will Support Democratic Principles at Home and Abroad Published 27 May 2026 As the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, and amid concern about democratic backsliding globally, Cornell University has launched the Cornell Center on Democracy to mobilize leading scholars to strengthen democracy through rigorous research, democratic education and public engagement.
Rudeness may be rewarded—as a response to rudeness
Credit: Laila Milevski/Cornell University If you don't have anything nice to say, perhaps it's OK to say it anyway—if responding to someone who has treated you or your team rudely, new Cornell research suggests. Civil responses to disrespectful behavior remain the best option. But in a variety of contexts—from hockey fights to the workplace—experiments showed that people view an uncivil action or comment more leniently when performed as retaliation rather than instigation.
A stable sense of purpose helps teens navigate life's challenges
Credit: Laila Milevski/Cornell University Like their emotions and self-esteem, teenagers' sense of purpose fluctuates day to day, and those who experience it steadily—not just intensely—may benefit most, new Cornell research finds. Studying the phenomenon in adolescents for the first time, the research adds to an emerging understanding that purpose is not a constant, have-it-or-you-don't trait measurable at any one time, as implied by most research to date.
Self-esteem and openness to LGBTQ peers help all high schoolers, finds a study
Credit: CC0 Public Domain For teens entering high school—an anxious time for many—inclusive environments benefit not only those identifying as LGBTQ but also their majority-group peers, Cornell-led psychology research finds. Especially for LGBTQ students, who start ninth grade more anxious, on average, a strong sense of self can help significantly ease those feelings over time.
How ‘free money’ helped low-income workers stay employed
Classic economic theory assumes low-income people would stop working if governments gave them money as a strategy to reduce poverty. New research co-authored by a Cornell expert in industrial relations challenges that assumption, finding that a modest tax benefit in Canada – similar to the U.S. Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) – encouraged low-income workers to stay employed.
Toolkit helps job seekers with records pursue second chance
Employment is important to reducing recidivism, but a criminal record – or mistakes in one – can pose a significant barrier for job seekers. An updated online resource seeks to ease that challenge, providing people who have been involved with the criminal justice system – including roughly 2 million New Yorkers – the latest information on their rights and how to ensure accurate records in New York and four adjacent states.
Babies trigger adults to spot threats faster and judge dangers more harshly
In a potentially threatening situation, the world looks more dangerous when caring for a baby, finds first-of-its-kind Cornell psychology research using virtual environments to explore parenting dynamics. When playing an online game that placed an adult on the side of a road after running out of gas, both parents and nonparents were quicker to detect oncoming traffic, and rated cars as moving faster, when they had to keep a virtual baby out of harm's way.
High achieving employees more likely to bolt when top rankings are restricted
High-performing employees are more likely to leave organizations whose evaluation systems strictly cap the number of employees recognized as "the best," Cornell research finds. At a multinational U.S. pharmaceutical company, the analysis found, employees who were nominated for top performance ratings but not awarded them—because no more than 1 in 5 could be "exceptional" or "outstanding"—were at least 34% more likely to leave the company voluntarily.
Research at risk: Advancing ultrafast lasers for national defense
Credit: Sreang Hok/Cornell University After more than five years of work supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Jeffrey Moses, Ph.D. ’07, felt his team was on the cusp of significant progress developing an advanced laser that could be useful for national defense and a host of civilian applications.
After Fort Drum, Military Vets Embrace Mission: Agricultural
By James Dean Black Hawk helicopter pilot Ben Groen found himself constantly tending to unreliable fences when he began to farm as a hobby on his 24-acre property near Fort Drum in upstate New York. Problems with a post or an electrical short could invite one of his 1,200-pound Scottish Highland bulls to stray into a neighbor’s pasture or trample his own yard. A solution presented itself when Groen enrolled in Northern New York Veterans in Agriculture (AgVets).
After Fort Drum, military vets embrace Mission: Agricultural
Black Hawk helicopter pilot Ben Groen found himself constantly tending to unreliable fences when he began to farm as a hobby on his 24-acre property near Fort Drum in upstate New York. Problems with a post or an electrical short could invite one of his 1,200-pound Scottish Highland bulls to stray into a neighbor’s pasture or trample his own yard. A solution presented itself when Groen enrolled in Northern New York Veterans in Agriculture (AgVets).
Cornell graduates aim to ‘lead from the front’ as military officers
Running sprints up Libe Slope early on a cold Monday, as thunder rumbled and a downpour began, Samuel Rabin ’25 felt a moment of disbelief – why are we doing this? – along with determination to persevere through the extreme conditions. “I wanted to set an example and help motivate others,” Rabin, the outgoing cadet commander of Cornell’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Tri-Service Brigade, recalled of that morning during his junior year.
Attendance improves in rural NYS schools with on-site health clinics
Enhancing access to health care and improving student outcomes are longstanding challenges in rural communities. Identifying solutions has been elusive, but school-based health centers (SBHCs) have shown promise. New Cornell research shows students miss less class time in rural upstate New York schools that host comprehensive health clinics – the first findings to confirm such benefits in rural areas. The work is also informing a legislative proposal to expand access to these clinics.
Brain's 'blue spot' key to healthy aging, early Alzheimer's detection
In a demographically diverse sample of healthy people, Cornell researchers found dramatic changes over the human lifespan in the brain's "blue spot"—a tiny region involved in cognition and believed to be the first affected by neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer's disease.
Universitywide expressive activity policy approved
Cornell has finalized its policy governing protests and other expressive activities, completing a monthslong review that engaged stakeholders from across its campuses. Formally approved March 26 by the Executive Policy Review Group and effective immediately, the new Expressive Activity Policy adopts the policy proposed by the Committee on Campus Expressive Activity. Chaired by Colleen L. Barry, dean of the Cornell Jeb E.
Empowering adolescents to change their own behavior in school
A large-scale program that enlisted students in disadvantaged middle schools to teach younger peers reduced disciplinary problems and improved academic achievement, reports new research led by a Cornell economist. Key to the program's success: buy-in from challenging adolescents who crave status and don't want to be lectured—an approach informed by the science of adolescent behavior and brain development, the researchers said.
More diverse investigators could help diversify clinical trials
Black Americans are more willing to participate in medical studies led by Black doctors and researchers, perceiving them as more trustworthy, finds a new study co-authored by a Cornell economist. The findings suggest diversifying the leadership of clinical trials could improve enrollment by underrepresented groups including Black Americans, who comprise 13% of the U.S. population but just 5% of clinical trial participants, while suffering disproportionately from disease and premature death.
More diverse investigators could help diversify clinical trials
Black Americans are more willing to participate in medical studies led by Black doctors and researchers, perceiving them as more trustworthy, finds a new study co-authored by a Cornell economist. The findings suggest diversifying the leadership of clinical trials could improve enrollment by underrepresented groups including Black Americans, who comprise 13% of the U.S. population but just 5% of clinical trial participants, while suffering disproportionately from disease and premature death.
Struggling men may hurt noncollege women's marriage prospects
College-educated women face an increasingly daunting marriage market, according to an emerging narrative in academia and the media. Women so outnumber men on four-year campuses—by 1.6 million—that women graduates will struggle to find "marriageable" partners, the story goes, potentially pushing down their marriage and fertility rates. But that concern is misplaced, finds new research co-authored by a Cornell economist.
Voters value intentions over outcomes in reelection decisions, experiment suggests
Are you better off than you were before the last election? For incumbent politicians seeking reelection, it's a consequential question. But voters—at least those from the same party—assess records with more nuance, new Cornell research finds. In experiments involving more than 3,000 participants, the researchers found voters also give significant weight to incumbents' intentions—potentially more than to policy outcomes they've experienced.
Near ancient obelisk, AAP’s ‘Pyramidion’ towers at Met
Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Provided Toward the end of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibition examining ancient Egypt’s influence on Black artists, visitors will encounter an obelisk-like form – inverted, sheathed in reflective silver and appearing suspended, as if by light.
How zoning can reshape communities – this time for better | Cornell Chronicle
Touring Hartford, Connecticut’s Upper Albany neighborhood with a resident on a sweltering July day in 2014, Sara Bronin, then chair of the city’s planning and zoning commission, paused at a Popeyes restaurant’s unshaded parking lot, in an area permeated by greasy fumes. It was one of many fast food establishments, gas stations, car washes and strip malls cluttering Albany Avenue, where ornate three- and four-story brick and wood homes had stood in more prosperous times.
Building deconstruction, reuse would benefit NYS jobs, climate
Shifting from wasteful demolition practices to a circular construction economy in New York state could unlock unrealized economic activity, create thousands of green jobs and advance ambitious climate goals – while reducing pressure on landfills, Cornell experts report in a new white paper that aims to inform proposed state legislation. Published Oct.
Study finds nutritious meals aid children's weight without love for salads
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Feeding children more nutritious meals may not make them vegetable lovers, but can promote healthier weight over time by reducing the added sugar and fat they consume, finds a Cornell-led study that implemented one of the largest-scale dietary interventions focused on young people.
Timely responses-even from a car-drive babies' learning
The timing of others' reactions to their babbling is key to how babies begin learning language and social norms—a process evident in infants' interactions with a robot, new Cornell research shows. Deploying a remote-controlled car that would approach and produce speech sounds in response to babbling, researchers found that within 10 minutes, babies formed strong expectations that the car would respond to their vocalizations.
Writing about identity and values can boost teens' self-esteem
Providing teenagers opportunities to affirm positive aspects of their identities can help bolster their self-esteem over time and ease transitions to high school, new Cornell psychology research finds. In a study involving nearly 400 ninth graders, students who completed short essays every few months about identities or values important to them reported stable or even improved self-esteem throughout the year, on average.
Marginal students reap more benefits from STEM programs: Study
Enrolling in a selective college STEM program pays off more for academically marginal students—even though they are less likely to graduate, Cornell economics research finds. The analysis found that students who weren't as ready for science, technology, engineering and math coursework were up to 18 percentage points less likely to complete STEM degrees than better-prepared peers at a flagship public university in Colombia.
Personal crises reduce voter turnout, but may prompt other political action
Experiencing multiple life disruptions such as unemployment, eviction or a loss of health insurance makes people less likely to vote—but may motivate them to engage politically in other ways, a Cornell political scientist and co-authors report in new research.
‘Ready to serve’: ROTC grads commissioned as officers
After the Vietnam War, both of Timothy Vu’s grandfathers, who were officers in the South Vietnamese army, were forced into “re-education” camps in Vietnam – essentially held as political prisoners – before immigrating to the United States. As an Army cadet in Cornell’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Tri-Service Brigade, Vu ’24 studied Vietnamese to improve his fluency.
Personal crises reduce voter turnout, but may prompt other political action
Experiencing multiple life disruptions such as unemployment, eviction or a loss of health insurance makes people less likely to vote – but may motivate them to engage politically in other ways, a Cornell political scientist and co-authors report in new research.
Committee to recommend final expressive activity policy
A committee of faculty members, students and staff has embarked on a review of the university’s interim policy governing protests and other expressive activities, and plans to issue a report early in the fall semester recommending a final policy for implementation.
Beyond the ‘booms’: Book probes everyday disasters in South Baltimore, offers hope
On South Baltimore’s Curtis Bay peninsula, not far from the Francis Scott Key Bridge, homes overlook a 14-million-ton capacity coal export terminal that is the nation’s second largest. Residents say its giant, open-air coal piles disperse a fine dust that coats the neighborhood, even turns the lungs of area crabs black – and that those piles have grown since the bridge’s collapse in March.
Novel calculations peg age of ‘baby’ asteroid
Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab for the original images/Brian May/Claudia Manzoni for stereo processing of the images An asteroid dubbed “Lucy’s baby” after a NASA spacecraft discovered it orbiting another asteroid last November is in fact a solar system toddler – just 2-3 million years old, a Cornell-led research team estimates using novel statistical calculations.
In search for alien life, purple may be the new green Original
From house plants and gardens to fields and forests, green is the color we most associate with surface life on Earth, where conditions favored the evolution of organisms that perform oxygen-producing photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll a.
Snapshot Highlights Cornell University’s Role in Local Economy
Visitors to Cornell’s Ithaca campus spent $78 million locally in the most recent fiscal year – surpassing pre-pandemic totals – while the university spent a similar sum on construction projects, ranging from iconic McGraw Tower’s rehabilitation to breaking ground on a state-of-the-art computing and information science building.
For couples, negative speaks louder than positive
After a long day, a couple cuddles together while watching a favorite show, taking comfort in each other's touch, scent and voices—until one partner makes an insensitive comment. Will the comment be quickly forgotten, or might it signal trouble for the relationship?
For couples, negative speaks louder than positive
After a long day, a couple cuddles together while watching a favorite show, taking comfort in each other’s touch, scent and voices – until one partner makes an insensitive comment. Will the comment be quickly forgotten, or might it signal trouble for the relationship?
Mouse social calls and distress calls linked to different neurons
Cornell neuroscientists have identified a group of midbrain neurons essential to social vocalizations produced by mice – but not the squeaks they make when distressed. The findings suggest that in mice, and likely other animals, different populations of midbrain neurons control different types of vocalizations, rather than a single multitasking set.
Democratic decline is a global phenomenon, even in wealthy nations Original
Democratic backsliding is occurring in an unprecedented number of wealthy countries once thought immune to such forces—the United States among them, finds a new analysis led by Cornell political scientists and published in World Politics. To inform debates about where backsliding is happening—and to highlight strategies for resistance—the researchers identified episodes of decline in nearly 40 countries since 1990, from Armenia to Zambia.
THE WONDERFUL ONCE
From the How To Catch… series Only for dedicated fans of the series. When a kid gets the part of the ninja master in the school play, it finally seems to be the right time to tackle the closet monster. “I spot my monster right away. / He’s practicing his ROAR. / He almost scares me half to death, / but I won’t be scared anymore!” The monster is a large, fluffy poison-green beast with blue hands and feet and face and a fluffy blue-and-green–striped tail.
THE LIGHT WITHIN YOU
From the How To Catch… series Only for dedicated fans of the series. When a kid gets the part of the ninja master in the school play, it finally seems to be the right time to tackle the closet monster. “I spot my monster right away. / He’s practicing his ROAR. / He almost scares me half to death, / but I won’t be scared anymore!” The monster is a large, fluffy poison-green beast with blue hands and feet and face and a fluffy blue-and-green–striped tail.
THE SNOW MONSTER
From the How To Catch… series Only for dedicated fans of the series. When a kid gets the part of the ninja master in the school play, it finally seems to be the right time to tackle the closet monster. “I spot my monster right away. / He’s practicing his ROAR. / He almost scares me half to death, / but I won’t be scared anymore!” The monster is a large, fluffy poison-green beast with blue hands and feet and face and a fluffy blue-and-green–striped tail.
School-based health clinics found to benefit rural New York state communities
In a rural region of upstate New York, students attending schools embedded with nonprofit-run health clinics received more medical care, relied less on urgent care and missed less school, according to an analysis led by Cornell researchers. The case study adds to evidence that school-based health centers, which have been studied more extensively in urban contexts, can improve children's health care and provide broader benefits to rural communities, the researchers said.
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Semelka v. The Univ. of N.C. – CourtListener.com
Semelka v. The Univ. of N.C., 22-831 (N.C. Ct. App. 2023) Court of Appeals of North Carolina Summary of Opinion Collateral estoppel Whistleblower Action June 6th, 2023 Precedential None known 22-831 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. COA22-831 Filed 06 June 2023 Orange County, No. 21 CVS 1017 RICHARD C. SEMELKA, M.D., Plaintiff, v.
Methodology of airway resistance measurements in COPD Original
James Dean,1,2,* Dave Singh1,2,* 1Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; 2Medicines Evaluation Unit, Manchester, UK *These authors contributed equally to this work Correspondence: James Dean, Medicines Evaluation Unit, Southmoor Road, Manchester, M23 9QZ, UK, Tel +44 (0)161 946 4081, Fax +44(0)161 946...
Outreach Supports Black Rural Landowners in Northeast
Black land owners account for just ~1% of private Northeast forestland. For Sydney Antonio, a love of forests took root during childhood summers visiting upstate New York, where she and her cousins explored family-owned property covered by red oak, white ash, hard maple and other trees. Today, she and her husband, Evon Antonio, sustainably manage 450 of those acres in Greene County as certified Tree Farmers and New York Master Forest Owner volunteers.
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