Professor of Psychology Melissa J. Ferguson discusses the election in an article published in Scientific American. She analyzes the question: Can presidential candidates get a second chance to make a first impression? Studies have shown that the voters' first impression of the candidates are important when voters cast their ballots, so is it possible for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, both of whom have a high unfavorability rating, to get voters to like them? Explicit attitude is what we easily feel and report to others, while implicit impressions are those that we aren't always conscious of and they often predict decisons and behaviors. Her lab's recent work has found that first impressions, although difficult to modify, can still be changed.
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Semiconductors are at the core of the economy and national security. Their importance makes them a target. Sarah Kreps, director of the Tech Policy Institute in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, discusses how Cornell is helping to keep the semiconductor supply chain safe.
A party in the Temple of Zeus for retiring Zeus manager, Lydia Dutton. Left to right: A.R. Ammons, Cecil Giscombe, Dutton, David Burak, Phyllis Janowitz, James McConkey and Tony Caputi.
