May
April
Rachel Boochever '12 featured in periodiCALS
04.25.2012
Jeff Hancock to be new house dean Keeton House
04.15.2012
"We'll be looking at bringing various types of social media into the house as a way to enhance the physical community," said Jeffrey Hancock, associate professor of communication and chair of the Department of Information Science.
Two Communication faculty win CALS 2012 Teaching Awards
04.05.2012
Jeff Niederdeppe won the Young Faculty Teaching Award. Sahara Byrne has been awarded the Innovative Teaching Award.
Gilly Leshed, visiting assistant professor in Communication, named new Director for the Masters of Professional Studies in Information Science
04.04.2012
Gilly Leshed, visiting assistant professor in Communication, has been named the new Director for the Masters of Professional Studies in Information Science.
March
Sahara Byrne quoted on CNN about Facebook
03.16.2012
Department Newsletter Now Available
03.14.2012
February
Learning Hub
02.28.2012
Catalina Toma '10 in Newsweek
02.20.2012
Jeff Hancock appeared on CBS This Morning
02.13.2012
Jeff Hancock appeared on CBS This Morning in a segment about online dating.
November
Love, Lies and What They Learned
11.12.2011
There are millions of Americans seeking love on the Internet. Little do they know that teams of scientists are eagerly watching them trying to find it.
Myrick ’09 Wins Mayoral Election
11.09.2011
In what was considered the City of Ithaca's most contentious mayoral race in recent memory, 24-year-old Svante Myrick '09 claimed a resounding victory Tuesday — becoming the youngest mayor in Ithaca's history and the city’s first African American mayor.
October
Our misplaced faith in Twitter Trends
10.19.2011
The interesting question is not whether Twitter is censoring its Trends list. The interesting question is, what do we think the Trends list is, what it represents and how it works, that we can presume to hold it accountable when we think it is "wrong"? What are these algorithms, and what do we want them to be?
Words of psychopaths reveal their predatory nature
10.17.2011
Words can be a window on the soul, and computers are learning to peer through that window. A new Cornell study shows that computer analyses can identify the speech patterns that psychopaths tend to use.
Cornell Catches A Lucky, Viral Break
10.11.2011
Danny Stein, Gus Warren, Jeremy Snepar and Keith Grossman all graduated from Cornell and work in New York City. When they caught wind of Cornell's effort to open a tech campus in New York, they decided to take matters into their own hands.
Cameron Washington '07 featured in Variety
10.10.2011
It took Washington a few years to find her career in casting, but now she has no plans to leave. The L.A. native went to college at Cornell, where she ran track and majored in communications.
Kate Snow '91 and Caryn Ganeles '10, working on the set of "Rock Center with Brian Williams"
10.04.2011
The highly anticipated NBC News primetime newsmagazine "Rock Center with Brian Williams" will debut on Monday, October 31st at 10pm ET.
Jenny Barnett's article in this month's Harpers Bazaar
10.03.2011
Patricia Brett was a healthy new mother when she decided to have a double mastectomy. Here, she reveals what it means to be a "previvor" and how that inspired a new career in fashion.
September
Kaitlin Hardy '12, Ashley Maher '13 and other Cornell Students help Owego
09.26.2011
The biggest concern for Kaitlin Hardy '12 Sept. 24 was finishing a paper on time. One day later, she had a different perspective on what a real problem is.
Myrick ’09 Wins Ithaca Democratic Mayoral Primary
09.14.2011
Communication alumni, Svante Myrick '09, won the Democratic Ithaca Mayoral Primary and former Communication staff member, Cynthia Brock, won the First Ward Common Council in the Democratic Ithaca Primary.
Kathy Berggren wins national curriculum award
09.13.2011
Senior lecturer Kathy Berggren has won a national award in curriculum design for her class, Communication 2010: Oral Communication.
Is Twitter breaking new ground?
09.10.2011
Lee Humphreys' research was featured in the radio segment Webwatch. (September 10, 2011)
Northeast Is Soaked Again, Forcing Evacuations
09.08.2011
Tammy Lindhorst, graduate field assistant, is pictured standing by the post office in her home town that was hit by the devastating floods that hit this region last week (especially people along the Susquehanna). This picture appeared in the NY Times (taken on Thursday, September 9th in Barton, NY.)
August
Online Review Too Good To Be True? Sometimes It Is
08.28.2011
Cornell University researcher Jeff Hancock and his colleagues have developed software that successfully unmasks fake online hotel reviews. Hancock tells Laura Sullivan, guest host of weekends on All Things Considered, that too many bogus ratings could undermine the system.
Ferreting Out Fake Reviews Online
08.20.2011
In tens of millions of reviews on Web sites like Amazon.com, Citysearch, TripAdvisor and Yelp, new books are better than Tolstoy, restaurants are undiscovered gems and hotels surpass the Ritz. Or so the reviewers say...
Karl Pillemer launches wisdom website
08.15.2011
A newly launched website, the Legacy Project, seeks to capture and disseminate the wisdom of older Americans.
July
Warren Hall's renovation blends old with the new
07.27.2011
Warren Hall is undergoing a $32 million revitalization, due to be completed in 2015. In the meantime, faculty are being relocated.
Cornell computers spot 'opinion spam' in online reviews
07.25.2011
Cornell researchers are developing computer software to detect phony positive reviews created by sellers to help sell their products, or negative reviews meant to downgrade competitors.
New Technology, but the Same Old Lies
07.10.2011
When the 24-year-old painter from Indianapolis received a message from his girlfriend that she was out with the girls, the brief text on his phone gave no grounds for suspicion. Months later, post-breakup, he learned differently.
June
Cornell websites, alumni relations win CASE awards
06.21.2011
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education annual Circle of Excellence Awards has given bronze medals to two Cornell websites and a silver medal for alumni relations programs.
Ten win SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence
06.13.2011
Ten staff and faculty members in Cornell's statutory colleges have been cited for excellence in the performance of their duties and named winners of Chancellor's Awards for Excellence.
May
President welcomes new grads to global Cornell family
05.29.2011
President David Skorton delivered Cornell's 143rd commencement May 29, welcoming about 6,000 new graduates to the global Cornell family.
Faculty Senate vote may help stop grade inflation
05.26.2011
The Cornell Faculty Senate resolved May 11 to stop posting online grade medians, which have led students to choose courses based on perceived ease of grading.
Rudy Giuliani to help Cornell celebrate graduation
05.23.2011
Cornell celebrates its 143rd Graduation Weekend, May 28-29. Rudolph Giuliani will give the Senior Convocation Address May 28, and President David Skorton will deliver the Commencement Address May 29.
CALS’ Land Grant Graduate Fellowship Awarded to Elizabeth Newbury, Graduate Student
05.19.2011
The department is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Newbury, a first year graduate student, was one of the recipients of the Land Grant Graduate Fellowship from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Vast majority of undergrads rate CU highly
05.12.2011
The Cornell PULSE (Perceptions of Undergraduate Life and Student Experiences) Survey finds that student satisfaction, overall and with various aspects of the Cornell experience, remains high.
Alumni filmmakers talk of craft at Cornell Club
05.02.2011
A panel of young alumni filmmakers discussed some of their challenges in making films April 29 at the Cornell Club in New York City.
April
Lydia Cady, Communication Student, Quoted in Cornell Daily Sun
04.26.2011
Department of Communication senior, Lydia Cady ‘11, was quoted in the Cornell Sun discussing a project from COMM 3760 in which students helped to improve Gannett’s outreach to the student body.
Short videos aim to get cooks to change their ways
04.19.2011
Four short public service announcements developed at Cornell use stories to convey home food safety practices. They are free online.
Paid journal access not a barrier for scientists
04.13.2011
A central claim of the open access movement is that citations increase when articles are freely available. A new study finds the claim is false.
March
Olbermann entertains with Cornell anecdotes
03.30.2011
Sportscaster, writer, news anchor, political commentator and Cornell alumnus Keith Olbermann '79 visited campus March 27-30, meeting with students and giving a public talk in Bailey Hall.
Who should solve the digital divide?
03.29.2011
A new study finds that who we perceive as responsible for fixing the digital divide - those with and without Internet access - depends on how the issue is presented.
An evening with CALS alumnus Keith Olbermann
03.28.2011
The Cornell University Program Board presents “An Evening with Keith Olbermann,”on March 29 at 6 p.m., in Bailey Hall on the Cornell campus.
CNN features Facebook self-esteem study
03.01.2011
A new study by Jeffrey Hancock, associate professor of communication, and Amy Gonzales, Ph.D. '10, suggests that spending time with the online you might help your self-esteem.
Facebook walls boost self-esteem, finds study
03.01.2011
Editing our own Facebook walls appears to boost self-esteem in college students, finds a new Cornell study by social media researchers.
February
Jeff Hancock to speak on technology and the brain
02.23.2011
On March 13, Jeff Hancock will address adult learners at One Day University in New York City about technology's impact on the brain and whether heavy social media use makes us stupid.
Google backs research to improve social networks
02.21.2011
Cornell researchers will collaborate with Google experts to improve group interaction in online social networks. The work will be supported by a grant of $800,000 from Google, Inc.
Niederdeppe finds local TV news bad for cancer
02.16.2011
Local TV news presents cancer information in ways that cause people to feel confused and powerless, a new study finds.
December
People lie as a way to manage modern communications
12.20.2010
Some 10 percent of text messages contain lies, say Cornell researchers. The reason, they say, is because it's the only way people know how to manage their availability with modern technology.
November
Faculty panel looks at being human in the digital age
11.23.2010
A 'Meeting of the Minds' faculty panel examined how biomedical and digital technology affect human experience. The panel was the centerpiece of 'Cornell on the Charles' event, Nov. 18 in Boston.
October
Sorkin recounts how he got his start at N.Y. Times
10.25.2010
New York Times business journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin '99 recounted how he got his start with the renowned newspaper at age 18 and some back story about the 2008 financial crisis in an Oct. 20 talk.
N.Y. Times reporter Sorkin discusses Wall Street meltdown
10.21.2010
New York Times journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin and three faculty members focused on the forces that led to the crash of 2008 and economic prospects for the future in a panel discussion Oct. 20.
September
CALS graduate programs are cream of the crop
09.29.2010
Ten CALS graduate programs are ranked among the top 10 in a long-awaited study of 212 institutions by the National Research Council, with Plant Breeding and Food Science and Technology receiving the highest ratings.
August
Lectures give new students 'Androids' perspectives
08.23.2010
First-year and transfer students explored the nature of being human, living with technology and other topics at six faculty lectures Aug. 22 on Philip K. Dick's 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'
June
Researcher finds diary entries are akin to tweets
06.03.2010
Lee Humphreys, assistant professor of communication, is studying the stunning similarities between 18th- and 19th-century diary entries and Twitter tweets.
May
ISS awards grants to Cornell researchers
05.19.2010
Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences has announced the recipients of its biannual small-grant award program for interdisciplinary research and conference support.
March
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