Expert on domestic worker rights to give ILR lecture Oct. 15

McGill University law professor Adelle Blackett, will deliver the Industrial and Labor Relation's annual Cook-Gray Lecture, Oct. 15 at 4:30 p.m.

Coors forum highlights free speech in age of ‘cancel culture’

Journalist Masha Gessen and linguist John McWhorter discussed free speech in the age of cancel culture as part of The Peter ’69 and Marilyn ’69 Coors Conversation Series, Oct. 1.

A&S webinar Oct. 19 to discuss polling and its impacts

In “Between the Polls: How Voters Decide,” a webinar scheduled for Oct. 19 at 7 p.m., a panel of experts will examine how we learn about voters and their decisions and how those data drive election forecasts.

Subsidized cars help low-income families economically, socially

Programs that help low-income families access and keep cars provide more than just economic benefits, according to new research by Nicholas Klein, assistant professor of city and regional planning.

Student group promotes peer voter registration by Oct. 9

Equipped with Zoom rooms and social distancing tools in the age of COVID-19, a group of students is demystifying the mechanics of voter registration and casting a ballot.

Four Cornellians tapped for NYS climate advisory panels

Four Cornellians have been appointed to three climate advisory panels that will inform the NYS Climate Action Council to draft a plan toward a zero-carbon state economy by 2050.

Experts: Acknowledge uncertainty in COVID communication

Sarah Kreps and Doug Kriner, professors of government, found that different presentations of scientific uncertainty influence attitudes about science and whether models of virus spread should guide public policy.

Gift supports A&S visiting journalist program, Cornell Tech

A $5 million gift from Jan Rock Zubrow ’77 and Barry Zubrow will support two vital university programs, one in the College of Arts and Sciences and the other at Cornell Tech in New York City.

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Newly discovered letters reveal professor’s impact on Ginsburg

Correspondences from late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54 to Milton Konvitz, Ph.D. ’33, a founding faculty member at the ILR School who also served on the Cornell Law School faculty, have been found.