Scholars Cornel West and Robert P. George discussed “Truth-Seeking, Democracy, and Freedom of Thought and Expression” Sept. 9 in the fourth meeting of Civil Discourse: The Peter ’69 and Marilyn ’69 Coors Conversation Series.
In new research, Associate Professor Virginia Doellgast of the ILR School examines the role unions played in the aftermath of a wave of employee suicides starting in 2007, during restructuring at France Telecom.
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.
More than half of the respondents to a survey of fashion models said they do not have enough money to cover essential needs if they are unable to work during the next three months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Political analyst Jonah Goldberg will examine divisiveness in U.S. politics and discuss possible solutions in his talk, “Suicide of the West,” Nov. 29.
Cornell doctoral students Mary Kate Long and Jiwon Baik have received Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education.
The Yang-Tan Institute in the ILR School has secured a $646,000 gift from K. Lisa Yang ’74 to launch the Autism Transition to Adulthood Initiative, aimed at helping students with autism achieve success after high school.
In a new book, Joseph Margulies ’82 proposes tools including neighborhood trusts to empower low-income residents to fight the threat of gentrification.
Chiara Galli, one of six members of the Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowships inaugural cohort, researches the U.S. asylum process, specifically the experiences of unaccompanied minors.
The Yang Tan Institute’s Kelly Clark and Thomas Golden used Faculty Fellows in Engaged Learning funding to develop a new course on law and theory related to employment for people with disabilities.