Research partnership supports NYS families fighting opioids

A grant extension will continue work by a team of Cornell researchers and community partners to reduce the risk of opioid abuse for low-income youth and families.

Library acquires Irene Castle collection

The archives of silent film icon Irene Castle have found a home in Cornell University Library's rare and distinctive collections.

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Modernization makes older adults feel rushed, too

Research led by Corinna Loeckenhoff, professor of human development, is the first to show that a sense of increased time pressure caused by “social acceleration” may affect older adults who are no longer working.

John Cawley to direct Cornell in Washington program

Professor John Cawley has been named the next director of the long-standing Cornell in Washington program, which will also move organizationally into the new Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy as he takes the helm July 1.

Cornell Atkinson awards $1.8 million to fund vital collaborations

Cornell Atkinson has awarded eleven Academic Venture Fund (AVF) seed grants for research by 40 faculty researchers representing eight Cornell colleges and 19 academic departments. The 2021 awards span 11 countries on five…

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Adolescents exposed to gun violence – new study finds sharp, ethnoracial and income disparities

Gun violence is pervasive in the lives of adolescents who were born in U.S. cities, and it affects poor and minority adolescents at higher rates than higher income or white adolescents, according to new Cornell-led research.

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Staff, faculty win SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence

Twenty faculty and professional staff members in four of Cornell’s state contract colleges have been selected for the 2020–21 State University of New York Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence.

Colleen Barry named inaugural dean of public policy school

Colleen L. Barry, a professor and department chair at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, has been named the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy’s first dean, effective Sept. 15.

Gift endows, names Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy

The major gift from the Brooks family, whose Cornell roots span three generations, provides an early boost to help the university’s newest school achieve world-class excellence.