Inaugural Dean Colleen Barry offers a celebratory toast as the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy marks its first anniversary with a party at the Statler Hotel, attended by more than 300 students, faculty, staff and friends of the school.
New research shows that the reason children show more progress on math exams than on English exams partially stems from incentives embedded in the way standardized tests are designed.
The Yang-Tan WorkABILITY Incubator, recently launched through the ILR School’s Center for Applied Research on Work, will support innovative applied research projects and collaborations.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Britain could send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda to be resettled, in an attempt to stem the flow of migrants across the Channel.
Cornell legal experts will review the fundamentals of free expression during a Sept. 7 panel discussion kicking off the university’s theme year, “The Indispensable Condition: Freedom of Expression at Cornell.”
What do the White House, the U.S. Justice Department Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and the Senate Majority Leader’s office have in common? Cornell students have worked at each institution through Cornell in Washington (CIW), a semester-long engaged learning program founded in 1980 and housed at the Brooks School for Public Policy.
Community leaders and Cornell experts discussed issues such as childcare, remote and hybrid work, and housing and demographic trends at the Regional Town-Gown Conference, held April 18 at the Hotel Ithaca.
The Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies will welcome 25 of Africa’s most promising emerging public management leaders for a six-week Leadership Institute sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
Police bills of rights have been a legislative priority for police unions since the 1980s and, according to the National Urban League, they have been adopted by 19 states.
The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) has announced the election of Cornell economist Maria Fitzpatrick as a member. The honor recognizes her contributions in the areas of child and family policy, the economics of education, and retirement policy.
