While conventional wisdom has been that hate crimes in the United States rise with a declining economy, an analysis of hate crime in New York City from 1987 to 1995 has found little evidence linking racial, religious, ethnic, or homophobic incidents to deteriorating economic conditions.
The theory behind much recent welfare reform is that welfare recipients will go to work if government just provides the right incentives.
Cornell University's Food Industry Management Distance Education Program now offers all assignments and exams electronically via e-mail. It offers 40 course offerings in supermarket, food distribution and convenient store issues.
Ever since 1925, when the Scopes "monkey trial" brought the contest between Darwinism and religion to the fore of the nation's attention, the debate between creationism and evolution has raged. Concerned by the growing influence of creationists, one professor decided to combat their claims by using what he knows best -- science.
Drive-in movies and root-beer stands have all but disappeared from the American landscape, but one summer leisure-time blast from the past continues to pack 'em in: the annual state, county or regional agricultural fair.
The question has been asked in some form after every school shooting that has occurred in recent months: Why didnÃt someone see the signs that the child would do this?
The photo exhibit "Sisters in Spirit: Celebrating the Iroquois Influence on the Early Women's Rights Movement" opened June 27 at the Urban Cultural Park/Heritage Area Visitor Center in Seneca Falls, NY. Cornell University provided expertise.
A Purdue University expert on citizenship education says a revolution is under way in how social studies is taught in American elementary schools. "More and more teachers are starting to introduce students to the world around them with history-based children's literature," says Lynn Nelson, director of Purdue's James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship.
Candidates whose names appear first on an election ballot may attract more voters simply because they're listed before their rivals, a new study suggests.
Increases in industrial research and development (R&D) activities are the highest recorded since the early 1980s, according to a new National Science Board (NSB) report to Congress.
Fireflies are a joy of summer, delightful to look at and fun to catch, but they can also be a great way to help children learn, says a Purdue University professor.
Dr. Claudia Osborn's life changed forever on a warm summer night in 1988 when a bike ride through her quiet neighborhood ended when she was hit by a car. Now a volunteer faculty member at Michigan State University, Osborn has chronicled her 10-year journey from serious head injury to a different yet happy life in a book titled "Over My Head."
"The take-home message for parents is that adolescent involvement in sports has positive effects on academic performance, but it also increases the likelihood of drinking and drug use," says U-M psychologist Jacquelynne Eccles.
By law, people opposed to the death penalty are prohibited from serving on juries in which a defendant may be sentenced to death. But a new study suggests that excluding anti-death-penalty jurors may be biasing the juries who determine guilt or innocence of defendants. It is not possible, however, to tell whether this bias would favor defendants or prosecutors.
Is country music losing its soul? The question is posed by Joli Jensen, a University of Tulsa communication professor and author of a new book that examines how country music changed in the 1950s and 60s as it reacted to the success of rock Ãnà roll.
The impact of new information technologies (IT) has been pervasive on society but productivity benefits are more difficult to pin down, according to a new National Science Board (NSB) report to Congress, Science and Engineering Indicators 1998.
Americans say they are more interested and more aware than ever about scientific discoveries, inventions and new technologies. However, they still score low on actual understanding of basic scientific terms and concepts, such as the definition of molecules and DNA, and how frequently the earth revolves around the sun.
Dr. Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet latest study may just prove how healthy it is to forgive. The assistant professor of psychology at Hope College launches a two-year study this fall which will focus on the physiological effects of forgiveness
When he wrote the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson penned words that would live forever in history. But was he the first to write them? A University of Wisconsin-Madison expert says that Jefferson may have modeled the Declaration after a 16th-century Dutch document.
In the first comprehensive study of the use of masks by African women, a University of Delaware anthropologist raises important questions about the women's access to power--both political and spiritual.
Thirty-four academically elite minority students are taking part in an intense summer challenge program to begin their engineering studies at Northwestern University. The program is called EXCEL because it is designed to challenge minority students to perform at the top of their class from the time they begin their engineering education.
Patient empowerment takes a step forward today with the launch of MSWatch, the first fully integrated, interactive disease management Web site for people with multiple sclerosis and their health care providers.
A $1.5 million grant to the School of Social Work and Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia will fund an in-depth view of those who are continuing to receive welfare assistance and the changes that have taken place in the Division of Family and Children Services since welfare reform began in the state five years ago.
Cornell University's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art has won a $55,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
Instead of mounting antlers on walls, a Brigham Young University professor is literally "turning" them into functional and aesthetic pieces of art. The veteran of woodturning, the art of using the lathe to fashion wood into beautiful objects, has recently substituted elk antler for wood.
Meet Mr. Mom. He's as comfortable doing the weekly run to the grocery store with kids in tow as he is doing a production cost analysis. He can hug a toddler, wipe away tears and apply a bandage as well as he can ngeotiate a tough contract for his company.
A study by psychologist Patricia Owen is the first to show that brief exposure to media images of thin female bodies results in body dissatisfaction on the part of the viewer.
Most Northwestern University engineering graduates pursue further study and many will go on to other careers within a few years of earning their degrees, according to a survey of recent graduates.
A new study finds welfare recipients cautiously optimistic about welfare reform and supportive of the new time limits on welfare benefits.
Despite the high cost, 40 percent of Americans over age 70, regardless of income, have modified their homes with grab bars, bathroom railings, wheelchair ramps and other aids, regardless of their income, reports Nandinee Kutty, assistant professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University.
Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities is helping to identify and preserve state and local historical literature about agriculture and rural life in the period from 1820 to 1945. Cornell University's Mann Library is directing the project, in which land-grant university libraries in 15 states are microfilming the publications.
An unusual anti-violence initiative at a suburban Chicago high school aims to decrease violence not only at the high school but in the communities in which the students reside as well. By introducing conflict resolution to the parents of students in addition to students, teachers and school staff, the Peaceable Schools Initiative goes beyond typical school anti-violence efforts such as peer mediation or the formation of student/faculty conflict resolution teams.
Researchers probing people's memories of sexual abuse report two ordinary mechanisms may be responsible for temporarily forgetting and later remembering genuine instances of childhood sexual abuse. The findings by University of Washington psychologists suggest that it is possible to explain such forgetting without repression.
A Purdue University Extension specialist in landscaping, urges homeowners to try something a little different. He suggests creative alternatives to grass for the front yard.
The federal government has just awarded $40 million in grants for after-school centers aimed at improving the academic success of at-risk students. A Johns Hopkins University researcher says there is, as yet, little good evidence as to which, if any, after-school programs really work. She has, however, identified 25 that she concludes are promising.
Adolescent violence is becoming a commonplace and alarming trend. Before we blame television, the Internet, or working parents, multiple studies conducted by Dr. Tiffany Field indicate that the groundwork for adolescent violence is laid in infancy.
National Science Foundation Research Center at UCI to Form Industry-University Alliances With Unique Focus on Social, Economic Impact of Information Technology
Cornell professor Neal Zaslaw is the first American to edit the Koechel catalogue that lists Mozart's works, compiled by Ludwig Ritter von Koechel and first published in 1862. Zaslaw's edition, the fifth or the ninth, depending on how one counts, will be the first to be published in both German and English. He expects it to be controversial.
Men and women experience the same level of sadness while watching a tearjerker at the movies, but women are more likely to reach for a box of tissues, according to a Vanderbilt University psychologist. Research by Associate Professor of Psychology Ann Kring found that women aren't more emotional than men, they are just more expressive of their emotions.
Inner-city drug dealing is a good example of what management guru Peter Drucker would call entrepreneurship, says a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher.
What have women accomplished since the first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls 150 years ago and what remains to be done? National leaders will answer these questions July 13 to 16 in upstate New York during a rare opportunity to continue the legacy of that first convention.
Although men are three times more likely than women to be killed in car crashes, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health have found that, when the total numbers of crashes are considered, female drivers are involved in slightly more crashes than men.
A new study by researchers at Ohio State University has concluded that people have 15 fundamental desires and values that guide their behavior. These desires include basic needs, such as food, as well as social desires such as prestige, social contact and honor.
HARTFORD, Conn., June 11, 1998 -- At a ceremony to dedicate the first Boys & Girls Club in America to be located on a college campus, General Colin Powell announced that Trinity College has become the first college or university on the east coast, and only the second in the country, to be designated a "College of Promise."
The first Boys & Girls Club in the country to be affiliated with a college or university was dedicated today at Trinity College in a ceremony attended by General (Ret.) Colin Powell, chairman of America's Promise -- The Alliance for Youth and a member of Boys & Girls Clubs of America's Board of Governors.
More children suffer from anxiety disorders than any other psychological problem, say two Purdue University experts. They share advice for parents dealing with separation anxiety in children.
The education gap between low-income youngsters and those from the middle class widens during the summer, not during the school year when both learn at about the same pace, two Johns Hopkins researchers have found. The disparity in the so-called "summer slide" may be an argument for year-round schooling for some children.
California Sea Grant and California Coastal Commission will propose the establishment of a national marine science education effort focused on in-field experience for K-12 students with a series of marine "sea camps" located around the country. Monterey Bay is proposed for pilot project.
UC Irvine's Chancellor Laurel L. Wilkening will award 3,742 undergraduate and graduate degrees at its 33rd commencement Saturday, June 20.
It's human nature to party, says a Vanderbilt University specialist in organizational behavior. As companies across the country - from Fortune 500 corporations to family-run businesses - plan summer picnics, barbecues and other informal outings, it's important for employers to recognize that corporate celebration is essential during the bad times, too.
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