On Thursday, the Senate failed to pass a pared-down coronavirus relief package and the U.S. Department of Labor reported more than 857,000 workers filed new unemployment claims in the past week. Russell Weaver, an economic geographer with Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Buffalo Co-Lab says an increase in job losses are likely if appropriate actions are not taken to stimulate the economy.
The science continues to indicate that the university’s approach to an in-person semester is safe and that risk of infection is minimal when the community collectively follows public health guidance, according to Cornell leaders.
Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman, an expert on community resiliency and revitalization as well as local and regional food systems, says the coronavirus pandemic offers an opportunity to analyze weak points in the global food system.
One unsung aspect of Cornell’s success in managing the spread of COVID-19 on campus has been a commitment to analyze and learn, to pivot and adapt. As a result, the university will implement tweaks to its COVID-19 response plan this Spring semester.
Colleen Carey, professor of policy analysis and management, says President-elect Biden may be in a strange position with the pharmaceutical industry come January, as President Trump pursued policies unfavorable to pharmaceutical companies, even as those same companies drive the development of a coronavirus vaccine.
The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source will partially restart operations in June to conduct research related to treatment of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Students working with faculty and staff in the Department of Performing and Media Arts have created nine short films exploring life at Cornell in the time of COVID-19. “Off-Campus/On Screen” will be shown online Dec. 18-20.
Rob Scott, director of Cornell Prison Education Program, has organized 14 New York colleges and universities to provide masks for every person incarcerated in the state – nearly 43,000 people.
As the world grapples with the financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, Cornell has reaffirmed its financial aid commitment to current and future students, and their families.
Student workers at the Einaudi Center for International Studies play important roles in the center's mission, and those jobs have helped them prepare for careers in international relations, academia and other areas.
