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Johnson School

Complex incentives shape worker effort, for better or worse

Johnson School professors used data to examine how workers respond to complex pay structures.

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Johnson School

AI chatbots can effectively sway voters – in either direction

A short interaction with a chatbot can meaningfully shift a voter’s opinion about a presidential candidate or proposed policy in either direction, new Cornell research finds.

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Johnson School

Video-call glitches can have serious consequences

Video call glitches — even without disrupting conversation — can break the illusion of being face-to-face and feel uncanny, Cornell-led research finds

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Dyson School

Warming climate, not herd size, is biggest threat to rangelands

Researchers found that while larger herds can slightly reduce rangeland productivity in Mongolia from year to year, weather and climate have a much bigger effect

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Johnson School

For platforms relying on gig workers, bonuses can be a double-edged sword

Cornell researchers find that in the gig economy, bonus effectiveness depends on labor availability.

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SC Johnson College

SC Johnson College announces its 10 Under 10 Notable Alumni for 2025

Meet the 2025 10 Under 10 honorees — remarkable young alumni from the SC Johnson College whose leadership and impact are shaping industries and communities.

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Dyson School

As farm jobs decline, food industry work holds steady

Study finds farm jobs shrink as nations grow wealthier, but food industry work holds steady — with better pay and wider gender gaps.

Nobel Prize-winning economist and former Cornell professor Richard Thaler, left, speaks on stage with Thomas Gilovich, the Irene Becker Rosenfeld Professor of Psychology, in the Statler Auditorium.
Johnson School

Nobel laureate Richard Thaler delights in the human side of economics

Richard Thaler, a Nobel laureate who was a professor at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management from 1978 to 1995, spoke Oct. 17

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Johnson School

Cornell expands MSBA program with new NYC-based options

Cornell’s MSBA program is expanding to include two new in-person options in NYC