Seth Harris ’83, a visiting professor at the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, will join the National Economic Council as deputy assistant to the president for labor and economy.
New research finds a generation of federal school reform hasn’t addressed the primary drivers of racial gaps in achievement and attainment: economic inequality and segregated schools.
John Cawley, a health economist at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, will help lead an international organization of health economists. As a member of the Board of Directors of the International Health Economics Association, Cawley will help the group apply economics to health and health care systems while also assisting young researchers at the start of their careers.
Citing the urgent need for more effective and equitable health communication, Cornell and two other universities are collaborating on a unique research endeavor that will quickly identify developing public health issues, address conflicting messages and counter misinformation.
Top private and public sector leaders, academics, experts, and practitioners will meet for a workshop at Cornell Tech focusing on new methods of infrastructure delivery. The issue is especially timely because of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill signed into law by President Biden.
Speaking to trustees, alumni volunteers and university leaders, Dean Colleen Barry described ambitious, public-minded goals for the new Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell Leadership Week.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul outlined plans for rebuilding the state’s infrastructure Feb. 10 at a New York City event sponsored by Cornell’s Institute of Politics and Global Affairs.
This year’s Lund Critical Debate, “Migration in the Age of Pandemics,” on February 16 will explore ways to promote the best public health outcomes worldwide and protect human rights, as waves of people cross national borders.
The first event of the 2021 Peter ’69 and Marilyn ’69 Coors Conversation Series will feature Princeton’s Robert P. George and Union Theological Seminary’s Cornel West.
Courtney Schneider (r) took a selfie with U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, one of many memorable moments at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. Three students in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy participated in the conference, known as COP27.