Cornell Votes hails 2020 rise in student voter turnout

Throughout the fall 2020 semester, students in Cornell Votes registered hundreds of voters at weekly workshops hosted in partnership with the Cornell Democrats, Cornell Political Union and Cornell Republicans.

Brooks Dean Colleen Barry elected to National Academy of Social Insurance

Brooks School of Public Policy Dean Colleen Barry has been elected to a prestigious and influential national organization that seeks to enhance public understanding of Social Security, Medicare, Workers’ Compensation, and Unemployment Insurance and other social insurance programs as well as related policy areas.

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Cornell Tech professor tells Congress crypto can go greener

Blockchain technology expert Ari Juels testified Jan. 20 before a Congressional subcommittee that digital currency – a notorious energy guzzler – can be validated in greener ways.

Water crisis increased Flint children’s lead exposure

As many as one in four children in Flint, Michigan – far above the national average – may have experienced elevated blood lead levels after the city’s 2014 water crisis, finds new research by Jerel Ezell, assistant professor in the Africana Studies and Research Center.

Researchers from ILR, MIT Sloan win grant for worker study

“Achieving Greater Worker Voice, Equity, and Mobility: A Multi-Industry Study of Organizing Efforts and Their Outcomes,” will be led by Labor Education Research Director Kate Bronfenbrenner and MIT Professor Thomas A. Kochan.

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Brooks School work-family expert receives prestigious award

Dr. Kelly Musick, a Brooks School of Public Policy work-family researcher, has won a prestigious award for an article she co-authored that analyzed earnings patterns after the birth of a child. 

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Action Research Collaborative aiming for results – now

Professors Neil Lewis Jr. ’13 and Tashara Leak are leading the new Action Research Collaborative, which will serve as an institutional hub for cross-campus action research collaborations between Ithaca and New York City, and elsewhere.

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Economic sanctions evolved into tool of modern war

Economic sanctions have long been considered a nonviolent deterrent, but ironically they have become a tool of modern warfare, according to a new book by Nicholas Mulder, assistant professor of history.

Gillibrand visits CVM to promote pandemic legislation

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) visited the College of Veterinary Medicine on Jan. 7 to discuss bipartisan legislation proposing to establish centers of excellence for pandemic response and prevention.