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Economists uncover hidden influence of top campaign donors

The death of a top donor during an electoral cycle decreases the likelihood that a candidate will be elected by more than three percentage points, according to an innovative new study by Cornell economists and colleagues.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
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Brooks School, Weill Cornell Medicine launch center to improve health policy

Weill Cornell Medicine and the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy have established the Cornell Health Policy Center to serve as the locus for health policy impact, research and training across Cornell.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine
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Certifying AI models important signal in copyright battle

January 17, 2024

A nonprofit group, Fairly Trained, plans to certify artificial intelligence models that ask permission to use copyrighted material.

Law, Government & Public Policy

Mathematician and redistricting expert joins Brooks School as radical collaboration hire

A mathematician and public policy expert who has advised numerous U.S. states on redistricting and whose lab has been at the forefront of an emerging discipline that merges data science and elections has joined Cornell as a member of the  Brooks School faculty, the Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences and is affiliated with the Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society as part of the provost’s Data Science Radical Collaboration initiative.

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Making beneficiaries pay for new power lines is fair strategy

Using the “beneficiary pays” principle for new power infrastructure will encourage investment in the grid without causing disputes over cost-sharing, new research shows.

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New book charts a novel course for India’s social safety nets

A new book authored by researchers at the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) argues that India needs to rethink its social safety nets in order to address these issues and realize its full potential.

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HR tool helps job applicants with criminal records land jobs

Human Resources plans to pilot Restorative Records, an online tool developed by the Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative that job applicants with criminal records can fill out to provide context about their past and details about education, rehabilitation and good conduct.

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Cornellians at COP29 advocate for research, collaboration, climate ambition

A small delegation of Cornell faculty, staff and students attended COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan in November, where they advocated for cross-cutting partnerships to help countries achieve climate goals.

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Microbe atlas could reveal how to mine critical metals sustainably

A Cornell-led team will use a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop a “microbe-mineral atlas,” a catalog of microorganisms and how they interact with minerals, key for mining critical metals used for generating sustainable energy.

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The Digital CoLab: Elevating skills, building community

Home to Cornell University Library’s Digital Scholarship Services, the Digital CoLab on the 7th floor of Olin Library stimulates innovation in research and teaching while building connections among scholars across campus. It follows one simple formula: “People over projects.” 

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