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Professor reimagines the Psalms, with the Holocaust in mind

January 22, 2025

Menachem Rosensaft, adjunct professor of law, wrote new psalms from the point of view of those who survived the death camps, like his parents, and those who didn’t, like his brother.

Arts & Humanities

Law, Government & Public Policy

Inclusion and Belonging

‘Devil in the details’ of AI safeguards deal

July 21, 2023

The White House has announced leading artificial intelligence companies in the U.S. have agreed to voluntary commitments regarding the technology’s development.

Law and Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

Law School

Higher NYS minimum wage would boost spending, create jobs

March 12, 2024

Raising New York state’s minimum hourly wage to $21.25, as proposed in the NYS Raise the Wage Act currently before the state Legislature, would help nearly two-thirds of workers earn a living wage, according to data from the Cornell ILR Wage Atlas.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Law, Government & Public Policy

NYS Impact

Satellite images of plants’ fluorescence can predict crop yields

May 1, 2024

Cornell researchers and collaborators have developed a new framework that allows scientists to predict crop yield without the need for enormous amounts of high-quality data – which is often scarce in developing countries, especially those facing heightened food insecurity and climate risk.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Food & Agriculture

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Global Reach

Law, Government & Public Policy

Author and anti-slavery activist to speak on cobalt mining in the Congo

November 9, 2023

Siddharth Kara, award-winning author and anti-slavery activist, will discuss the immense toll cobalt mining has had on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at noon on Friday, November 10.

Law, Government & Public Policy

Around Cornell

Building deconstruction, reuse would benefit NYS jobs, climate

October 3, 2024

Transitioning to a circular construction economy in New York state could unlock economic activity, create green jobs and advance climate goals, according to a Cornell-led white paper that provides policy recommendations.

Architecture & Design

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law, Government & Public Policy

NYS Impact

News & Events

Public Engagement

NYS solar work: Good for climate, but are they good jobs?

April 26, 2024

A report from the ILR School’s Climate Justice Institute finds significant issues in New York state’s solar construction workforce, including transience, uncertain benefits and racial pay disparities.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law, Government & Public Policy

NYS Impact

News & Events

New York City

Public Engagement

Students head across globe thanks to Summer Experience Grant funding

August 21, 2023

Summer Experience Grants in the College of Arts & Sciences helped 139 students to take minimally-paid or unpaid summer positions this year.

Arts & Humanities

Computing & Information Sciences

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Law, Government & Public Policy

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Inclusion and Belonging

Around Cornell

Brooks School Tech Policy Institute focuses on intersection of national security and tech policy

April 22, 2024

We live in an era in which rapid technological change shifts the global security balance in real time. No one knows that better than Sarah Kreps, director of the Brooks School Tech Policy Institute (BTPI), and John L. Wetherill Professor in the Department of Government in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Law, Government & Public Policy

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