AI chatbots can effectively sway voters – in either direction

A short interaction with a chatbot can meaningfully shift a voter’s opinion about a presidential candidate or proposed policy in either direction, new Cornell research finds.

New strategies for addressing sexual harassment at work to be webinar topic

A panel of experts will discuss current thinking and innovative strategies for how unions and workplaces can address sexual harassment and the effects of intimate partner violence in the workplace during a webinar on December 11 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

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Mulvaney addresses future of politics and populism at Brooks School event

Director Mick Mulvaney, the 2025–26 Nixon Distinguished Policy Fellow, delivered a keynote on the rise of populism in America to a full lecture hall of Cornell students, highlighting shifts in U.S. politics and engaging in wide-ranging discussion on contemporary policy challenges.

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Talk examines Civil Rights Act’s unintended consequences

Legal scholar Gail Heriot will describe a chain of unintended consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 in her talk "Why We Walk on Eggshells," Dec. 8.

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CHPC engages business leaders to help inform research initiatives

The Cornell Health Policy Center organized its first Business Leaders Roundtable in New York City last week with the aim of engaging senior industry leaders from the health care sector with existing and upcoming research on topics like Medicare Advantage, Medicaid reform, and prescription drug pricing.

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Five questions for: James Grimmelmann

An August article by Grimmelman, co-authored with A. Feder Cooper, Ph.D. ’24, was cited in a landmark European court ruling against OpenAI on Nov. 11. 

Toolkit helps job seekers with records pursue second chance

The Criminal Record Online Toolkit helps individuals understand their rights and how to ensure records' accuracy when applying for jobs in New York and four adjacent states.

Cornell Brooks School partners with Service to School

The Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy has partnered with Service to School (S2S), a nonprofit founded and led by veterans, which provides free college and graduate school application counseling to service members and veterans.

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Celebrating the 50th Startup Cornell podcast at Eclectic Convergence

This episode features speakers and attendees recorded live during the Oct. 31 conference at Cornell Tech in New York City.

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