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Next Week! Cynthia Miller-Idriss (@milleridriss), a public sociologist, political commentator, scholar of extremism & radicalization, and Cornell Alumna, returns to present this University Lecture.
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.@CornellSoc prof Cristobal Young sees "no to very little tax migration" in response to taxing the rich: "Our experience taxing millionaires at the state level has been successful…you get extra revenue and people aren't really moving away."
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Today is #InternationalDayofFriendship -> learn about the associations between social connections to others and mortality rates after the loss of a spouse: bit.ly/3y8jLQe
By @IthacaCornwell @windyqu1
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New Contexts article 'DIY Faith' by Landon Schnabel, @HorwitzIlana, Peyman Hekmatpour & Cyrus Schleifer (2026) shows how youth are redefining spirituality and community. 🎧 Listen to co-author @LandonSchnabel
talk about the research findings. @ASAnews journals.sagepub.com/page/ct…
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Americans are obsessed with toxins — a rare point of consensus. @CornellSoc professor Alex Nading tells @voxdotcom: “There is a nostalgia or at least a veneration of a pure environment that doesn’t really have, necessarily, always a party attached.”
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The richer get richer: Social connection is as disparate and unequal as income in the U.S. – and the two reinforce each other, @CornellSoc researchers argue in a new book. @CambridgeUP @CornellCAS @CornellBPP news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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Congratulations to the doctoral candidates who've received research funding from the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures to "pursue innovative and creative projects."
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Millionaires don't move out of state because of increased tax rates, sociology Prof. Cristobal Young found in a recent analysis -- findings important to the proposed NYC tax hikes for top earners.
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“Simply put, most people do not join ideologically opposed groups that align with their opinions; rather, they acquire opinions that align with ideologically opposed groups," Macy says. "That is how deep structural divisions can be ideologically shallow.”
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Social networks, intended to bring people together, can actually increase polarization – because while the links in the network may be plentiful, they’re probably weak, @CornellSoc professor Michael Macy finds: research in @PNASNews
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Receiving the 2026 Morgan Chia-Wen Sze and Bobbi Josephine Hernandez Distinguished Teaching Prize: @CornellSoc associate professor @LandonSchnabel, known for creating classroom environments that are intellectually demanding, inclusive and responsive to diverse ways of learning.
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Join us June 23 for the third and final event in our Drug Courts Webinar Series. The webinar is hosted by DEPC @OhioStateLaw, @Glenn_College, and @CornellSoc. Speakers: Sadé Lindsay and Judge Jodi Thomas
Learn more and register: bit.ly/49fbOYM
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to raise income taxes on New York City’s millionaires. Although past tax hikes haven't made millionaires move, there could be a breaking point, @CornellSoc professor Cristobal Young tells @nytimes.
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Millionaires have low migration rates, @CornellSoc professor Cristobal Young says on @CNN: Tax flight is not a myth, but only about 15% of millionaires who move wind up with a lower tax bill.
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Rachel Krug '04 did not realize, when she arrived at A&S, that in addition to an education, her @CornellSoc major would prepare her to navigate ambiguity, build resilience, and remain confident under pressure.
She writes about it in @WeCornellians.
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“For many religious Americans, faith leads and politics follows," @CornellSoc professor @LandonSchnabel sayd in @Independent . "When a president posts himself as Christ, he asks believers to start with political loyalty and backfill the theology.”
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“Conservative Catholics who have supported Trump may now feel the need to decide between him and the pope,” says @CornellSoc professor @LandonSchnabel in @USATODAY coverage of Trump's feud with Pope Leo XIV.
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The appointment of the first woman as Archbishop of Canterbury tests "whether institutions built by and for men can open their highest offices to women without fracturing in the process," says sociologist @LandonSchnabel .
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Although research says the superrich don't move to avoid state taxes, “there’s a different kind of anxiety in the air” over a proposed CA wealth tax, @CornellSoc prof Cristobal Young tells @TheAtlantic. “There’s a lot more at stake and a lot of unknowns.”
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Billionaire relocations and asset management may be symbolically powerful but not immediately consequential for Silicon Valley companies: @CornellSoc professor Cristobal Young provides perspective in @politico
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