Lipsky professorship extends legacy of ILR School leader

A gift to establish a new dispute resolution faculty professorship was made through the estate of an inseparable couple who shared their hearts with generations of ILRies.

Students advocate for state policy solutions

Students in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy’s new State Policy Advocacy Clinic developed relationships with legislators, executive branch officials, nonprofit leaders, community members and researchers across the university to help advance policy goals.

$2.5M in A&S New Frontier Grants supports bold projects

A $2.5 million grant will fund 13 research projects across the sciences, social sciences and humanities for novel investigations ranging from quantum computing to foreign policy development and from heritage forensics to effects of climate change.

Government scholar compares founding histories of six modern states

Comparing Britain, the United States and France with the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany and the Islamic Republic of Iran, Richard Bensel uncovers a paradox at the heart of every modern state founding.

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Hospital-at-home programs lack standards, accountability

More research and oversight are needed before making permanent a pandemic policy that allows hospitals to treat acutely ill patients in their homes, according to new Cornell research.

New York’s fertility rate drops, average age of mothers rises

A decline in New York’s childbirth rate is showing no sign of reversing and many women are waiting longer to have children, according to newly compiled data from the Program in Applied Demographics in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.

Cornell economist co-edits PNAS issue focused on value of clean water

A new special issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, co-edited by Cornell economist Catherine Kling, advances the science of measuring the public benefit of clean water.

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Historian explores limits of justice for enslaved women in Virginia

In her new book, historian Tamika Nunley explores the personal stories of Black women and girls who struggled against enslavement and the limited justice that was available to them in early Virginia.

Incubator to support projects for work and social change

The Yang-Tan WorkABILITY Incubator, recently launched through the ILR School’s Center for Applied Research on Work, will support innovative applied research projects and collaborations.