data journal at cornell

offering data-driven perspectives on current events, academics, politics, and beyond.

Campaign Trails

Each election cycle, candidates campaign in various states to appeal to voters from all over the country. Does that actually matter?

Nikhil Chinchalkar

Ella Sanchez

Natalie Miller

Shashank Kalyanaraman

Vivian Guo

The Elegant Geometry Behind Rwanda’s COVID-19 Pooled Testing Strategy

Drawing inspiration from multidimensional geometry, scientists from the University of Rwanda have a devised a method to dramatically increase the nation's COVID-19 testing capacity.

Eric Chen

Medha Bulumulla

Megan Rochlin

On Strangers and Loneliness

We analyze sentiments of loneliness on Reddit and research on the impact of Familiar Strangers as a key aspect of connectedness that we do not even realize we have lost.

Dana Gong

Megan Rochlin

Open Roads & Free Exchange

Through interviews and survey data of New York motorcycle clubs, we take a look at the complexities of motorcycle culture in pandemic America.

Annie Fu

Liying Wang

Odyssee

Back in March, the shiro team invited 50 people from across the world to record their experiences—their activities and their feelings—for 30 days during the (first) peak of the pandemic.

Shiro Team

The Effects of Climate Change on Migratory Birds

Meet the Wood Thrush. Smaller than a Robin, the Wood Thrush makes its home throughout the forests of the Eastern United States. Due to climate change, in recent years, the species has been forced to settle further North than ever before.