Psychology expert on losing a gold medal
Bronze medalists often appear happier than their competitors who win silver, says Cornell psychology researcher Thomas Gilovich.
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Psychology News
Online dating seem awful? The reason may lie in evolution
In a new book –released in time for Valentine’s Day – a psychologist alum offers hopeful insights for those looking for love
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Cornell researchers win prize for insight into conspiracy belief
The 2026 Newcomb Cleveland Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science goes to psychology researchers Gordon Pennycook and David Rand.
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Three Cornellians named Schwarzman Scholars for study in China
A Cornell student and two alumni have been named Schwarzman Scholars for the 2026-27 academic year and will spend it in a master’s program in global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.
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Four women’s hockey alumnae to play at Winter Olympics
Players familiar to Cornell women’s hockey fans will take the ice when the puck drops at the 2026 Winter Olympics this week in Milan, Italy.
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Art offers access to true self
Psychology researcher Jordan Wylie and colleagues found that artistic excellence, rather than moral excellence, offers greater access to one’s true self.
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College of Arts and Sciences announces 2026 Klarman Fellows
The 12 early-career scholars will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
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AI chatbots can effectively sway voters – in either direction
Two new papers – with experiments conducted in four countries – demonstrate that chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) are quite effective at political persuasion, moving opposition voters’ preferences by 10 percentage points or more in many cases.
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