Law, Government & Public Policy

New York health commissioner touts reform during visit

Nirav Shah, M.D., New York State Health Commissioner, cited the success of health care reforms and proposed additional steps to be taken on campus Feb. 26.

First CEN event in Puerto Rico attracts more than 100

More than 120 people, mostly alumni, gathered in Puerto Rico for the program, “Cornellian Thought-Leaders Shaping the Future of Puerto Rico" Jan. 30.

Global communications and the mesh of civilizations

Sociologist Michael Macy's AAAS talk addresses social media, 20 years after publication of the Samuel P. Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations."

Pulitzer winner offers summer seminar on Vietnam War

Pulitzer Prize-winner Professor Fredrik Logevall will give a weeklong Cornell Adult University summer seminar, “America’s Vietnam: How Did it Happen?” July 6-12 on campus.

How 'broken windows' impact political activism

Political scientist Jamila Michener expands the "broken windows theory" - used by social scientists to explain bad behavior in bad neighborhoods: criminals feel comfortable there - to show how some people's discomfort with bad neighborhoods inspires good behavior.

Child abuse and neglect rise with income inequality

Increases in income inequality are associated with increases in child maltreatment rates, a Cornell survey has found.

Future tension: Mad enough to tax soda

Simply reading about a future marketing campaign – a plan to pitch sugary soda to kids – makes some adults mad enough to slap a tax on soda.

Powers' three volumes look inside Islamic legal thought

David Powers, professor of Islamic history and law in Near Eastern studies, has co-edited a three-volume series on Islamic legal thought through history.

Focusing on the undocumented hurts immigration debate

Michael Jones-Correa, professor of government, argues against falling into the “illegality trap” of focusing on undocumented U.S. residents deflects attention from larger immigration policy issues.