While recreational cannabis laws have significantly reduced arrests for cannabis possession and sales, racial disparities in arrests still exist, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and the University of Texas at Austin.
Distinguished Visiting Journalist Keri Blakinger ’14 will host an in-depth look at capital punishment April 23 with a screening of her Oscar-nominated documentary “I Am Ready, Warden” and a faculty panel.
A lecture featuring sociologist Steven Yearley on carbon sinks and climate policy will launch the Trevor Pinch Memorial Lecture Series on April 22 – Earth Day.
The Cornell Prison Education Program has launched two national initiatives to address the data and research challenges facing programs that provide higher education in prisons.
Pamela Herd, a prominent sociologist from the University of Michigan, will come to Cornell at the end of this month to detail the broader public implications of administrative burden—from policy spaces to public understanding—including what it means to be a public sociologist who directly engages policy to make government better.
Kevin Corinth, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, will give a talk, “Living Standards Across Generations: Are Younger Americans Falling Behind?” April 20 at 5:30 p.m. in 198 Statler Hall.
ILR School’s Buffalo Co-Lab has played a vital role in western New York, working in partnership with business, union, government, education and community organizations.
As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, courses across campus educate students about democracy – what it is, how to participate in it and how to support it.
A team from Cornell University’s Sloan Program in Health Administration earned first place at the Cornell Sloan Program in Health Administration National Case Competition hosted by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.