Alumna earned congressional arguing chops on campus

Rep. Beth Van Duyne '95, who represents Texas’ 24th Congressional District, recently won re-election to her third term.

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Students help city of Ithaca earn LEED Gold certification

A Cornell University Sustainable Design student team worked with an array of municipal departments to assemble the extensive data needed to demonstrate that the city of Ithaca met the stringent requirements for LEED certification.

Law professor to discuss his post-Holocaust psalms

Menachem Rosensaft, adjunct professor at Cornell Law School, will read poems from his latest book, “Burning Psalms: Confronting Adonai after Auschwitz,” on April 21 at White Hall, room 110. A Q&A discussion will follow.

Hincapié wrestles with future of U.S. immigration policy in 2025 Nixon Lecture

The Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy welcomed Marielena Hincapié, John W. Nixon Public Policy fellow at the Brooks School, to Willard Straight Hall on Cornell’s Ithaca campus for the 2024 Nixon Lecture “From Crisis to Renewal: Immigration, Inclusion, and the Next 250 Years.”

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Symposium launches archive of Venezuelan migrant testimonies

On April 18, this collection of migrant experiences will be presented to the public in a daylong symposium at the A. D. White House.

Texans’ embrace of turbines may herald winds of change

Texans on average hold positive views about wind energy developments, welcoming turbines’ local benefits despite state and national leaders' efforts to disincentivize such projects.

Robinson-Appel Award recipients create community-engaged solutions to social challenges

Three Cornell undergraduates are being recognized for their dedication to tackling social challenges through innovative, community-engaged learning projects.

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Times’ David Sanger to discuss the ‘New Cold Wars’ in visit

David Sanger, White House and national security correspondent for the New York Times, has been named a second spring 2025 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Study of democracy’s decline offers roadmap for fighting back

The study of pathways to democratic backsliding provides clear examples of the risks currently posed to the U.S. system of government.