Cornell University

Cornell University Agrees to Pay $60 Million and Accept Federal Oversight to Restore Research Funding

2025-11-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Cornell University announced a $60 million settlement with the Trump administration to restore more than $250 million in federal research funding that had been withheld amid investigations into alleged civil rights violations related to antisemitism. The agreement requires Cornell to pay $30 million …

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Facebook Emotional Contagion Experiment Revealed

2014-06-28 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Facebook conducted a massive psychological experiment on 689,003 users without explicit consent, manipulating their news feeds to study emotional contagion. Researchers Adam Kramer, Jamie Guillory, and Jeff Hancock published findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, revealing …

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