The first round of Brazil’s elections on Oct. 2 will see former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva face off against right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. The following Cornell University professors are available to discuss the implications for Brazil and South America.
Cornell experts have launched the Aging and Climate Change Clearinghouse to promote research, policies and activism addressing the need to protect vulnerable older adults in the face of climate challenges.
For her breadth of scholarship on racism and bias, Jamila Michener has been named the inaugural director of the university’s new center aimed at developing just and equitable public policy.
The Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy will present “Scalia/Ginsburg,” a one-act comedic opera about the unlikely friendship between U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54 and Antonin Scalia, on Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Room of Willard Straight Hall.
Paul Lushenko and Sarah Kreps are experts in military drone policy. In a newly published article, they have reviewed the arguments about the impact drones have on combat. They find a middle ground between those who say drones represent an evolutionary step in warfare hardware and those who contend drones will revolutionize conflict.
Former members of Congress Max Rose and Fred Upton will discuss steps for countering political extremism and restoring civil discourse. Rose, a Democrat from New York, and Upton, a Republican from Michigan, will speak Tuesday, March 21 at an on-campus event open to all.
The first JFI-Brooks Fellowships scholars will research regulatory frameworks for artificial intelligence and the long-term impact of welfare reform-era policy changes on recipients and their children.
President Joe Biden is expected to announce an additional $800 million security assistance to Ukraine today following a similarly sized measure earlier this month.
