Mabel Berezin is professor of sociology at Cornell University and author of “Illiberal Politics in Neoliberal Times: Cultures, Security, and Populism in a New Europe” and “Europe Without Borders.” Berezin says Marine Le Pen – who lost the race for the French presidency yesterday – has established the Front National as France’s opposition party, pitting French against each other.
Texas Senate Bill 4 – which bans sanctuary cities – is now the law in the Lone Star state, but it’s impact on public safety and the economy is a matter of brisk debate. Maria Figueroa, director of Labor and Policy Research at the Cornell University ILR School’s Worker Institute, says that SB4 will negatively impact key industries that depend on immigrant labor.
Biotia, a startup offering microbial surveillance for hospitals, is a joint venture between researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Tech, founded through the Runway Startup program at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech.
Mona Krewel, assistant professor of government at Cornell University, is an expert on elections and campaigning in Europe and author of the recently published book “Modernization of German Election Campaigns?” She says Emmanuel Macron will need more than a victory on Sunday’s elections to govern effectively.
Events this week include a local literary festival with events featuring faculty members; a free concert by the Cornell Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Glee Club; and a 3-D feature at Cornell Cinema.
An event for students interested in agriculture was held April 26 and brought together 220 high school students from 17 Finger Lakes-area school districts.
Geoffrey W. Coates, the Tisch University Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
The 40th anniversary of the Grateful Dead's famed May 8, 1977, concert in Barton Hall is being celebrated with a new book, audio releases and events including a Cornell Chimes concert.
Cornell researchers Kavita Bala, professor of computer science, and her team have created a way to make changes to a photograph by transferring the style and other elements from another photograph.
