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Sociology of Health and Illness Department of Sociology

WebSociology of Health and Illness. There is increasing recognition (including within the field of medicine) that health and illness are a function of social factors (e.g., inequality). For …

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Science, Technology and Medicine Department of …

WebScience, Technology and Medicine. Like the sociology of health and illness, students to take this area are usually interested in concepts associated with health and medicine. Unlike …

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Investing in Digital Literacy to Better the Health of …

WebInvesting in Digital Literacy to Better the Health of America's Seniors. “The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the severity and danger of the nation’s digital divide. Not …

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Smartphones help show how places affect health in real …

WebEquipped with smartphones for a week, dozens of older New York City residents allowed a Cornell sociologist to track their movements and reported several …

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New minor track focuses on inequities in health

WebA new minor track in the Center for the Study of Inequality (CSI) allows students to explore the social causes and consequences of inequalities in life …

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Collaboration to infuse human behavior into …

WebSix Cornell faculty members from three different colleges will work together to improve epidemiological models of infectious disease, including by better incorporating human …

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Real-time Social Networks and Health among Older …

WebDoes social togetherness matter for short-term health outcomes? Do people feel better when they’re together? Alyssa Goldman, Assistant Professor of Sociology at …

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Having a medical emergency

WebSo long, good Samaritans.In the first study of its kind, Cornell sociologists have found that people who have a medical emergency in a public place can’t …

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Sociologists to explore end-of-life care in Feb. 23 talk

WebThe number of Americans over age 65 is expected to double by 2060, to 24 percent of the population, intensifying concerns about end-of-life care. In a talk on Feb. …

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Hospitality, not medical care, key to patient satisfaction

WebWould you choose a hospital based on its Yelp reviews?Relying on hospitals’ patient satisfaction scores as a guide amounts to much the same thing, according to new …

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Kids from tough neighborhoods more likely to become obese as …

WebChildren growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods are nearly one-third more likely to experience obesity as adults, new Cornell research has found.

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The lack of a college degree is a public-health crisis. Here's what

WebCornell Sociology faculty and director of Cornell's Institute for Social Sciences Dan Lichter weighed in on a recent Chronicle of Higher Education Forum.The …

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Analysis finds strong consensus on gender transition treatment

WebA new analysis conducted by researchers at the What We Know Project (WWKP), an initiative of Cornell University’s Center for the Study of Inequality (CSI), …

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Declining birth rate reflects difficulty of combining work and child

WebA new study shows more U.S. adults who do not already have children are saying they are unlikely to ever have them — findings that could draw renewed attention to the risks of …

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Bryan L. Sykes Department of Sociology

WebBryan L. Sykes’ research focuses on demography and criminology, broadly defined, with particular interests in population processes (e.g., fertility, mortality, enumeration), mass …

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Policy Analysis Department of Sociology

WebSociology is increasingly linked to issues of social policy. This includes public policy, health policy and related domains. Students who specialize in this area must demonstrate …

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Religion both helped and hurt during the pandemic

WebSchnabel analyzed that data to measure religion's impact during the pandemic's early days in the U.S. As Schnabel writes in the piece, "I found that, …

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Fulbright winners hope for global research, teaching in 2021

WebMalloy is one of seven Cornell students and recent alumni who received Fulbright U.S. Student Awards to conduct research or teach abroad in the 2020-21 …

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Alumna Spotlight: Youngmin Yi, Ph.D. Department of Sociology

Web7/14/2020 By | Staff. Youngmin Yi, Ph.D. ’20 is a recent alumna of the sociology program at Cornell from which she holds a Ph.D. Having earned her undergraduate degree at …

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Organizations, Work and Occupations Department of Sociology

WebOrganizations, Work and Occupations. Like families, organizations are important social institutions. This area is designed to increase students’ knowledge and mastery of a …

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By playing down illness, Trump engages in 'political theater'

WebQuestions swirl about President Donald Trump’s health status following his COVID-19 diagnosis late last week, even as he left the hospital to greet supporters. …

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Conference examines criminalization of immigrants

Web“Criminalizing Immigrants: Border Controls, Enforcement and Resistance,” Nov. 9-10, brought together researchers and academics from a range of disciplines at …

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