Cornell social scientists have shown how to reduce wide variability for monetary judgments when juries are awarding plaintiff's for pain and suffering. It all comes down to getting the gist.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Professor Fredrik Logevall will give a weeklong Cornell Adult University summer seminar, “America’s Vietnam: How Did it Happen?” July 6-12 on campus.
The Cornell Law School welcomed four panelists on Nov. 17 to discuss how drones may influence privacy law in the United States and how wars are conducted.
New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger spoke on campus Nov. 10 about foreign policy in the Bush and Obama administrations and the future of modern warfare.
Jennifer Lawless, a nationally recognized expert on women in politics, examined the reasons for the underrepresentation of women in politics in the final Making of the President Series talk Nov. 14.
In the latest Empire State Poll, asking about trust of local police, about 23 percent of black New York state residents reported a low level of trust, compared to only 12 percent of Caucasians.
Adam Levine spoke to a standing-room only crowd in McGraw Hall Nov. 10 as faculty and students joined his American Political Campaigns class for a 2016 election recap.
Asian American Studies Program students and staff gathered Nov. 9 in Rockefeller Hall for a catered Indian lunch and a talk on the U.S. election results with program director Derek Chang, associate professor of history.
Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School announced Oct. 27 the launch of a Master of Laws degree in law, technology and entrepreneurship at the Cornell Tech campus in New York City. Enrollment will begin in 2016.