CAU offers summer seminars on crime and punishment

Law and order, crime and punishment will be explored in depth in two summer programs offered by Cornell's Adult University July 10-16 and July 24–30.

Cornell student actors bring prisoners' writings to life

Bruce Levitt, professor of performing and media arts, directs four Cornell students in a production of work by prisoners in Auburn Correctional Facility April 14-16.

Economy drives the 2016 presidential election, alum says

Seth Harris ’83, a former acting secretary of labor under President Barack Obama and Distinguished Scholar at Cornell's ILR School, said the American economy will determine who voters choose March 22.

Scholar details emergence of police-state tactics

City University of New York professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore delivered the Krieger Lecture at Cornell March 2 on "Organized Abandonment and Organized Violence: Devolution and the Police."

Engineering graduate programs rate highly again

For the third year in a row, U.S. News & World Report ranks Cornell's graduate engineering program among the nation's best, with six disciplines rated in the top 10 of all U.S. universities.

New book sheds light on high U.S. incarceration rate

In his new book, “Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became the Most Punitive Democracy in the World," Peter Enns sheds new light on the high U.S. rate of incarceration.

Legacy of Cornell-led diplomacy detailed at Carnegie Hall

More than 500 people came to hear about Cornell's historical and current role as an educator of diplomats and influencers of foreign policy, March 8 in New York City.

Cornell in Turin cited for study of 'model' community center

The Cornell in Turin program was recognized in an Italian newspaper for students' work with community centers in their research studies of migration and services for immigrants in Italy.

Panel envisions future of the death penalty post-Scalia

A Feb. 29 Cornell Law School panel, featuring professors Joe Margulies ‘82, John Blume and Valerie Hans, discussed the future of the death penalty in light of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death Feb. 13.