Voters in more than 60 countries are heading to the polls to elect new leaders in this record-breaking “super election” year. In many of those countries, democracy itself is on the ballot.
Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy Colleen Carey is taking a unique approach to her sabbatical year, traveling to Washington D.C. to take up a part-time advisory role as Fellow at the Centers[CC1] for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Cornell Nolan School professor David Sherwyn engages Paul Wagner, chief financial officer of Stokes Wagner, and Holly Lawson, Noble Hotels and Resorts’ senior vice president of human resources, in a discussion corporate DEI programs.
A new outdoor exhibit of 6-foot-high interactive portraits, “Stories of Belonging,” on display on campus Sept. 16-20, will explore the history of migrant workers’ struggles to attain American citizenship.
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.
Sabrina Karim is an assistant professor of government at Cornell University and studies police and peacekeeping in post-conflict states. She notes that the U.N.-backed mission, led by Kenya, must have full understanding of the local context before engaging in any political or police action.
Together, Matt Hall, Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue, and their faculty colleagues at the Cornell Population Center are pushing the traditional limits of their disciplines to find creative ways to meet a generation that could be defined by major population transformations. This includes leveraging demographic and big data tools to analyze how older populations navigate their communities, how racial diversity shapes patterns of marriage and childbearing, and how accelerating migration may undermine repressive political regimes.
