Economists Eleonora Patacchini and Marco Battaglini found that federal appellate judges, who are randomly assigned to judicial panels, are more likely to hire women to court clerkships after serving on panels with female colleagues.
President Martha E. Pollack shared her thoughts March 17 on the many challenges Cornellians are facing around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Chloe Ahmann co-edited “Breathing Late Industrialism,” a special issue of Engaging Science, Technology, and Society, to focus not just on the wreckage of post-industrial landscape but also on the “radical potential” of how “late industrial systems might be put to life-affirming work.”
Amid uncertainty regarding COVID-19 related travel restrictions, the Office of Global Learning opened applications today for more than 20 centrally managed undergraduate study abroad programs for fall 2021.
The deadline is March 13 to apply for the annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial and Intercultural Peace and Harmony, endowed by trustee Thomas W. Jones '69.
Cornell’s endowment reached $7.3 billion, a new record, for the fiscal year ending June 30. Gains in real estate and equities led the performance. Over the past three fiscal years, the portfolio has grown 9.4%.
A new grant awarded to Cornell University Press by the National Endowment for the Humanities will support open-access scholarly publication and help offset the impact of COVID-19 on nonprofit university press publishing.