Global Reach

Students study responses to flooding in new course

A new course by Shorna Allred, associate professor of natural resources, is helping students study the social impact of flooding at home and abroad.

Foreign policy experts assess U.S. power at D.C. panel

At a Washington, D.C., panel April 1, Cornell faculty and alumni experts considered whether U.S. power is in decline.

Economist identifies useful education reforms in India

Economist James Berry studied previous education reform efforts in India and identified reforms that produce results.

Defense official to speak on WMDs March 27

Defense Department official Andrew C. Weber '82 will speak on campus March 27 on “Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction.”

Panelists: A new Cold War over Ukraine is unlikely

Whether or not Vladimir Putin gains Crimea, he’s effectively lost the Ukraine, panelists agreed March 14 at the campus event, “Ukraine, Putin and the New Cold War,” at which Julia Ioffe, a senior editor at The New Republic, gave a keynote address.

Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative launches

The initiative, a project of the Cornell Institute for European Studies, will provide a multidisciplinary platform for the study of the Ottoman Empire. Inaugural events begin March 14.

Economists: How to slow the growth in disability claims

Broken by years of unsustainable growth and Congressional tinkering - and nearly broke, probably by 2016 - America’s program of Social Security Disability Insurance ought to keep partially impaired workers on the job, economists recommend.

Panel will address Putin and crisis in Ukraine March 14

Political and foreign relations experts including Russian-American journalist Julia Ioffe will explore the crisis in Ukraine at a public panel discussion March 14 in Uris Auditorium.

Grad student helps Chinese city foster an identity

Graduate student Arielle Levy took part in a design "camp" to help the Chinese city of Shenzhen develop an identity through design.