academia
Nearly Half of Americans Report Having Had Immediate Family Member Incarcerated, Cornell-Led Study Finds
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Nearly half of all Americans have had a family member jailed or imprisoned, a significantly higher figure than earlier estimates.
Applied Economics and Management
Not All China Energy Policies Are Effective, Study Finds
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A new study revealed that some of China’s energy policies designed to decrease energy consumption actually do the opposite.
College of Human Ecology
Undocumented Latino Immigrant Families Are Complex, According to New Cornell Research
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Undocumented Latino immigrants have more complex living arrangements and less stable family structures than documented immigrants, a new study conducted by professors in the College of Human Ecology found.
bank
Bank Regulators Need New Ways to Detect Discrimination, Say Cornell Researchers
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Banks cannot ask new customers about their race, gender or religion on credit applications. This is designed to prevent discrimination. But for regulators who check to make sure banks do not discriminate, this creates a different problem.
2016 Election
Professor: Republican Presence Dwindling On Cornell’s Campus
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His data shows that the Republican party’s presence on campus has been steadily decreasing — in the last 20 years, the total number of votes for Republican candidates equaled the number of votes President Barack Obama received in 2012.
art
GROSKAUFMANIS | Harmony Between The Majors
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The tension between different disciplines of study has gotten out of hand.
Uncategorized
Study Shows Allergies May Protect Against Cancer
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Sit in any lecture hall during the fall and spring months and you will inevitably hear someone cough or sneeze at least every five minutes. People plagued with allergies during these seasons see them simply as nuisances, but a study conducted by Cornell researchers revealed that allergies may actually help fight some cancers.
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Study Charts Views of Cornellians vs. Swing State Students
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Earlier this week, Cornell’s Survey Research Institute, along with CBS, UWIRE and the Chronicle of Higher Education, released a study examining Cornell students’ political views towards the upcoming election versus students residing in the swing states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina and Colorado. Six days before the election, the survey highlights the unique opinions of students, a demographic often ignored in political polls that rely on landline phone calls.
Students have historically had the lowest voter registration rates in the country. The survey shows that a higher percentage of Cornell students have registered to vote than students living in swing states, but a smaller percentage of Cornell students actually plan to vote.
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Study Finds That NBA Refs Make Biased Calls
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In a split second, a basketball referee has to make a call: to foul or not foul a player. In a recent study done by a former Cornell graduate student, it was found that these quick decisions are affected by more than just the game.
Joseph Price PhD ’07, who studied economics, worked with Prof. Justin Wolfers, Wharton, to examine nearly 13,000 National Basketball Association games between 1991 and 2002 to find evidence of an inherent racial bias in referee calls.
Price became interested in racial biases after reading a book on the topic as an undergraduate and from there went on to study the NBA.