This feature highlights the social sciences at the university. The stories are edited by Franklin Crawford. To suggest a story idea, e-mail fac10@cornell.edu.

May 16, 2008
Cornell-Nepal Studies Program weathers a civil war and looks to the future
William Block discusses his role as CISER's new director
Kathleen Vogel awarded Carnegie grant

April 10, 2008
Ted Lowi honored with prestigious Madison award
Institute for the Social Sciences to focus on persistent poverty
Tale of exoneration emphasizes need for death penalty law reform

Feb. 29, 2008
ILR documents the battle against alcoholism in the workplace
Reflections on the founding of the Council of Legal Education Opportunity

Jan. 25, 2008
Cornell seeks to ease the transition of Burmese refugees in Ithaca and upstate N.Y.
Twenty-nine officials from Kazakhstan attend weeklong workshop
John Abowd steps down as director of CISER

Nov. 6, 2007
Cornell sociologist to study impact of West Bank barrier
Economics: From dismal to sexy in three decades

Oct. 1, 2007
Study shows impact of protests on stock prices
Worker misclassification study spurs governor's task force

Aug. 24, 2007
High-skilled jobs in finance and medical research going to India, study shows
ILR School teams up with College of Human Ecology on new health care study

March 22, 2007
Kaushik Basu gives an Indian perspective on globalization
Researching the changing matrix of immigration

Feb. 8, 2007
Why Braille on drive-up ATMs? Robert Frank says it's all economics
Sociologist exposes biases that affect women in business, academia

Nov. 15, 2006
Psychology professor studies split-second responses
Getting at the many tangled webs of digital deception we seem hardwired to weave

Sept. 29, 2006
Daddy data: Conference focuses on new trends in fatherhood
What do people think about immigration, traffic and stem cell research? CU's Survey Research Institute finds out

Aug. 24, 2006
The sound of a word tells us something about how it is used, study shows
Study examines interracial marriage and cohabitation patterns among America's diverse black populations

May 24, 2006
Valerie Hans studies the power of people in the jury box
Ties that bond: Evolving Family theme project team spends busy year bringing people together

April 18, 2006
Next theme project for Institute for Social Sciences: Contentious politics
Chris Barrett takes a collaborative approach to the world's poorest people

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