The Reynolds Foundation has committed an additional $2.1M to support democracy-focused initiatives at Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy. This most recent investment includes renewed support for the School’s Center on Global Democracy as well as an expanded commitment to the Reynolds Leadership Scholarships.
On a Saturday morning in February – the coldest day yet of a cold winter – more than 350 students trekked to Statler Hall for an innovative new course on civics.
Tom Pepinsky, a professor of government who studies political and economic systems in Southeast Asia, says the ouster of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati is a particularly destabilizing move for the country.
Students who decide to pursue the B.A. in public policy will be admitted into the College of Arts and Sciences and take courses in both Brooks and A&S.
A Nov. 13 event sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences will feature reflections on the political and social context and consequences of the COVID epidemic.
Cass R. Sunstein, one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars, will lead a discussion of the past, present and future of free expression at American universities when he delivers the Konvitz Memorial Lecture, Oct. 30 in Myron Taylor Hall.
Vincent Intondi is an affiliated scholar at Cornell University who studies nuclear disarmament. He says many of Trump’s statements about other nations’ nuclear operations are not accurate, and he questions the president’s understanding of the full consequences of resuming nuclear testing.
