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Lila Schwab is a senior completing a double major in Sociology and Government. She did research last summer with the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law, which recently culminated in a Fellowship Publication with ECNL.
An anniversary gala will mark the Cornell Black Alumni Association’s 50th anniversary April 24-26 in Washington, D.C. Hosted by alumni of Cornell University, the event honors leading alumni and launches a $1.5 million legacy fund.
Cornell admits the Class of 2030 emphasizing real-world impact, enrolling 5,776 students from 102 countries. At Cornell University, the diverse cohort reflects the land-grant mission and applied learning goals across multiple colleges.
Sarah Mullally’s historic installation as the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury highlights rapid institutional change within Anglicanism. Cornell University sociologist Landon Schnabel emphasizes how incremental reforms built support for her swift rise.
This month’s featured titles by A&S alumni and faculty include an evolutionary look at dating, a Christian work on inner peace and a queer love story.
Consultant Meredith Oppenheim ’95 on the benefits of senior housing – and why the industry isn’t ready for the Baby Boomers.
Use of Christian apocalyptic language by commanders reflects a climate shaped from the top down, says one Cornell expert. Another adds: the belief that Christians should actively bring about the end times rests on a misreading of the Book of Revelation.
The 12 early-career scholars will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
Prof. Cristobal Young researches whether high earners actually move when their taxes go up, finding that Millionaires have low migration rates.
The Cornell Center for Social Sciences offers multiple grants to help Cornell faculty maximize their research impact. These awards help seed ambitious projects and provide support to teams of faculty applying to major external funding and collaboration opportunities.
Cristobal Young, sociology professor, comments on taxing unrealized capital gains in CA.
Raul Armenta, a doctoral student in sociology from Los Angeles, studies the intersection of education and the criminal legal system under the guidance of Bryan Sykes.
A&S-affiliated graduate students were among nearly 60 welcomed by the Graduate School as new Dean’s Scholars at an event to honor students selected for this distinction for academic excellence, leadership, and service.
Coordinated efforts across Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments "test whether American public schools belong equally to all families—or whether some families' faith gets privileged by law while others' gets diminished by the state.”
Liberals and conservatives both oppose censorship of children’s literature – unless the writing offends their own political ideology, showing how a once-bipartisan issue has become polarized.
Professor Victor Nee’s autobiography in the Annual Review of Sociology traces the accumulation of experiences involved in a research journey aimed at explanation of social behavior and institutional change.
Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s controversial tax plan sparks debate amongst business leaders and economists. Prof. Cristobal Young contributes to conversation in the New York Times DealBook.
Caldwell was known as both a pioneering scholar in demographic microsimulation and a devoted teacher and mentor. He played a central role in revitalizing the Department of Sociology during a period of renewal.
There’s no place like home — and even when state-by-state income tax disparities make it profitable to move, high-wage earners seem to agree, according to new Cornell-led research.
The writing was on the wall for the no confidence vote says international populism expert Mabel Berezin.
UW Madison Professor, Chloe Grace Hart, discusses her path as a sociologist, and her research on Cornell Greek-life culture during her time as an undergrad Soc major.
Best-selling writer and technology blogger Cory Doctorow will make the A.D. White Professor-at-Large program’s second dual-campus visit, ending his week at Cornell Tech in New York City. Four other professors will visit Cornell this fall.
Several Cornell Sociology community members participated in the 120th ASA meeting in Chicago, IL.
Ten students who participated in this summer's Nexus Scholars Program share their stories..
“After experiencing decades of decline in mining and other industries, as well as the failure of successive governments to revitalize working-class communities, locals are turning to populists on the right and left – those who promise to break with a creaking political order.”
Cities and states across the country are looking at ways to wring more revenue from their richest taxpayers. Prof. Cristobal Young’s new research finds top income earners no more likely to move than lower income earners following 2017 tax changes.
Sociological findings suggest that young people are severing ties with religious structures that conflict with their individual values.
The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Meredith Oppenheim ‘95, founder of Vitality Society and now a strategic advisor in the senior housing space.
Cornell government scholars have been tracking democracy's erosion in various regions – including the United States.
Prof. Landon Schnabel comments on the new IRS filing regarding political endorsements by religious institutions.
Professor Alaka Basu says the absolute rise in the mortality rates of 1-19 year olds in the U.S. during the peak COVID period is striking.
Juhwan Seo (Cornell Soc Ph.D. ’25) published a new state-of-the-field review article in the inaugural issue of Sex & Sexualities.
The beloved character used his fortune for good, unlike certain zillionaires. Professor Bischoff comments on income segregation in today's world.
"Since the COVID pandemic began five years ago, the U.S. has gone from being merely polarized to split into two separate and incompatible realities."
The historic selection of Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago-born U.S. citizen and naturalized Peruvian, reflects Catholicism's evolving global identity.
Gaveal Fan is a Robert S. Harrison College Scholar and also majored in sociology & information science.
Alyssa Mendez is a sociology major.
Haowen Zheng, a doctoral candidate in sociology from Zibo, China, now studies why people move long distances within a country and how those moves shape their lives.
The Supreme Court's decision in the matter of Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond will represent a critical test of the separation between church and state in public education, says Landon Schnabel, associate professor of sociology.
Hearing arguments on whether religious parents should be permitted to opt out their children from public school story time that includes LGBTQ themes, U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to favor the idea that parents can remove their children from these lessons, which 'prompts reflection on the boundaries of religious liberty in a pluralistic society,' says a Cornell sociologist.
Cornell experts comment on the legacy of Pope Francis, who died on Monday, marking the end of a historic papacy.
Cornell-led research finds that large numbers of Americans are leaving organized religion – not in favor of secular rationality, but to pursue spirituality in ways that better align with their individual values.
Le Pen’s sentence for embezzling $3 million is going to push French politics into even more tumult, says sociology professor Mabel Berezin.
Soc Ph.D. student Hao Liang published his first sole-authored online article, investigating how language skills, housing agents, and coethnic preferences influence immigrant residential choices.
Soc P.h.D. student Álvaro Padilla Pozo published work in Nature, examining the representativeness of mosquito reports from citizen scientists and developing a method to account for their spatial sampling biases.
Prof. Susan Rose (Cornell Soc P.h.D. '84) shares a bit about her time at Cornell.
To cut through misinformation, noise and fragile claims, sociologist Cristobal Young calls social science researchers to adopt a new approach.
Annelise Orleck, Dartmouth College, will deliver the 2025 Alice Cook-Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture on April 15: “Poverty Wages, 'We're Not Lovin' It': Gender, Race and Inequality Rising in the 21st Century.”
Professor Mabel Berezin weighs in on the conversation about the women leading the far-right parties, historically led by men.
Prof. Ben Cornwell comments on population changes in the Empire State, and reasons behind the long-standing trend of folks moving out of the state.