Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Bret Stephens, New York Times White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs and ProPublica investigative reporter and Pulitzer finalist Keri Blakinger ’14 will appear at Cornell this spring.
The four-day event, co-sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, is expected to attract nearly 1 million participants this year, providing a global snapshot just before migration.
For much of the postwar era, the global economic system was built around a reassuring idea: that shared rules, open markets and international cooperation would smooth shocks, spread prosperity and reduce conflict. Maybe not.
The Reynolds Foundation has committed an additional $2.1M to support democracy-focused initiatives at Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy. This most recent investment includes renewed support for the School’s Center on Global Democracy as well as an expanded commitment to the Reynolds Leadership Scholarships.
Cornell will honor longtime volunteer Beth Harrington on Feb. 5 for her work to make the Town of Caroline more resilient in the face of emergencies, with support from a team of graduate students.
Joachims, professor of computer science and information science and director of the Cornell AI initiative, will coordinate AI across research, education and operations.