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Positive outlook can ease chronic pain, widowhood A study shows how a positive outlook can reduce the suffering of chronic pain; another how it eases the potentially devastating effects of being widowed. |
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Study: Community ties protect teens from smoking, obesity Growing up poor increases a person's chances of health problems as an adult, but a new Cornell study shows that being raised in a tight-knit community can help offset this disadvantage of poverty. |
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Chronic stress seems linked to achievement gap Stress from crowding and family conflict is another reason why low-income children don’t fare as well as their middle-income counterparts. |
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Supporting the transition to adulthood of Latin American youth In a global economy, young people increasingly need educational credentials to get good jobs. Impoverished youth often lack access to such education and the jobs necessary to get established. |
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Choices – not discrimination – determine women scientists’ success Research debunks the belief that women are under-represented in science, math and engineering fields because they face sex discrimination. |
More Stories
Soothing the strains in nursing homes
Helping seniors cope with climate change
CU recognized as ‘institution of community engagement’
Students in the News
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Summer internship explored translational research HD major Helena Herman ’11, examined the links between translational research and extension in the US. |
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Assessing Alzheimer’s through speech Jordan Whitlock ’11 is working on a research project exploring whether language deterioration can be an indicator of the early stages of Alzheimer’s. |
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Good schools can increase the social cost of academic achievement Thomas E. Fuller-Rowell ’10, led study on how school demographics affect the social cost of achievement for minority students. |
Resources
Parenting Teens – what is the latest research?
The Teen Years Explained: A guide to healthy adolescent development
School-Based Prevention: Current Status and Future Challenges
Events
First Annual Youth Development Research Update, June 1 & 2, LaTourelle, Ithaca, NY