Cornell Policy Review student-authors take on Ukraine culture, cybersecurity and more

The Cornell Policy Review is an independent publication, produced by students in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy. Editor-in-Chief Julia Selby MPA '23 says the publication "offers students, faculty, alumni, and community members the opportunity to publish phenomenal work in a respected, student-run journal."

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Lund Debate to bring democracy experts into conversation

Expert panelists Thomas Garrett and Damon Wilson will examine the threats democracies around the world are confronting, and what governments and citizens can do to fight back, on April 24.

2023-24 academic year to feature free expression theme

The significance, history and challenges of free expression and academic freedom will be explored as a featured theme throughout the 2023-24 academic year, President Martha E. Pollack will announce April 17.

New faculty award celebrates community engagement across Cornell

The award was created to recognize novel approaches to community engagement in each college that haven’t historically been honored.

Maureen Waller will study driver’s license suspensions as an Access to Justice Scholar

Maureen Waller, a professor in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and the Department of Sociology, will study racial and economic disparities in driver’s license suspensions through her selection as Access to Justice Scholar. Waller will examine people’s lived experiences with having a suspended license as well as recent and potential reforms in New York to end “debt-based” suspensions.  

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Cornell program tackles Ukraine infrastructure needs

Former U.S. Senator Rob Portman will be one of the panelists at an event on Ukraine infrastructure reconstruction, held at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. and sponsored by the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.

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Former congressmen offer strategies for overcoming polarization and performative politics

Max Rose, a former U.S. representative, was joined by former representative Fred Upton at a Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy event focusing on strategies for restoring civil discourse in the face of performative politics. Rose, a Democrat, and Upton, a Republican, said Congress has actually been relatively productive despite the degree of political polarization.  

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Service-learning helps students help communities

College students – who have the time and energy to serve as well as the desire to learn – are well positioned to advance their education while helping communities prepare for potential disasters, according to a new book co-edited by a Cornell researcher.

Whole-message AI communication seen as more useful

Employing AI to write full messages in an arena where personal correspondence is crucial – representative government – appears to be more effective than using AI to generate individual sentences, according to new Cornell research.