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We need to recognize and remember the mark made by Dianne Feinstein says professor Elizabeth Sanders, but it’s also time for older politicians to begin considering the length of their careers.
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The center will connect and amplify the university’s research and scholarship around issues of racial injustice and inequality, and its work to develop more just and equitable public policy.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/09/michener-direct-new-center-racial-justice-and-equitable-futures
Students can now minor in ASL, take advantage of an expanded set of upper-level classes, participate in a number of ASL events on campus and be part of an active student club.
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Richard T. Clark comments on new Biden administration objectives for the World Bank.
Sarah Kreps: "Google's decision to require the disclosure of AI in political ads gestures toward the type of transparency and disclosure measures that research finds can backstop trust toward AI and those who use it."
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Eighty-four students have been selected as National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) fellows in 2023, comprising the largest group of new fellows Cornell has ever fielded in one year.
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Climate has gained priority, driven by bureaucrats who learn about its importance in highly vulnerable countries and then spread that knowledge.
Government Professor Nicolas van de Walle comments on the coup in Gabon, saying it's too soon to tell if it will undermine or help democracy.
/news/does-gabon-coup-hurt-or-aid-democracy-too-soon-tell
Climate justice will be a priority across the Einaudi Center this year.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/08/einaudi-center-welcomes-new-and-returning-program-directors
The grants helped 108 A&S students afford unpaid or minimally-paid summer positions.
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Domestic and Global Politics of Police Violence
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Rachel Bean, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor in the Department of Astronomy and senior associate dean for math and science, has been named interim A&S dean.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/07/dean-jayawardhana-named-provost-johns-hopkins
The College's Career Development staff have seen an increasing number of young alumni contacting career counselors for help.
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The professorships are possible because of generous gifts from alumni, parents and friends.
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Forty-three student scholars, including nine from Arts and Sciences, were honored at this year’s 35th Merrill Presidential Scholars ceremony on May 23.
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The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability’s Academic Venture Fund will support 11 new projects across nine colleges; three include Arts & Sciences investigators.
/news/cornell-atkinson-awards-16m-seed-grants
Popularized in 2022 by Open AI’s ChatGPT, generative artificial intelligence threatens to undermine trust in democracies when misused, but may also be harnessed for public good.
/news/kreps-generative-ai-holds-promise-peril-democracies
A&S faculty members will delve into questions ranging from quantum computing to foreign policy development and from heritage forensics to effects of climate change.
/news/25m-new-frontier-grants-supports-bold-projects
This summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
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Aditi Hukerikar is a government and comparative literature major.
/news/my-thesis-gave-me-chance-connect-my-own-heritage
Prameela Kottapalli is a College Scholar, government & feminist, gender and sexuality studies major.
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Researchers Sarah Kreps and Douglas Kriner surveyed residents of Italy who went unvaccinated, despite strong government policies and penalties.
/news/vaccine-campaign-research-highlights-power-individual-self-interest
Ideology in China is itself malleable, rather than a rigid cage that determines policy, government professor Jessica Chen Weiss writes in a New York Times opinion.
/news/even-china-isnt-convinced-it-can-replace-us
Angela Pan is majoring in government and China & Asia Pacific studies.
/news/international-student-union-was-critical-part-my-cornell-experience
Zhiyuan Zhou is majoring in history, Asian studies, government & College Scholar.
/news/you-will-find-your-life-full-possibilities
Alexandria Kim is a government and Asian American studies major.
/news/i-researched-disproportionately-low-voting-rates-asian-americans
Jacqueline Allen is majoring in psychology, philosophy and government.
/news/my-journey-across-humanities-social-sciences-and-life-sciences-has-equipped-me-variety
Yu Wen Lynn Hong is a government major.
/news/my-poetry-class-allowed-me-slow-down-minute-and-feel-wonder
Military historian David Silbey and Lt. Col. Paul Lushenko, doctoral candidate, comment on an alleged drone strike on the Kremlin.
/news/if-verified-drone-strike-against-putin-could-be-significant-turning-point
Morgan Baker is majoring in government and economics.
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Celia Shapiro is a government and American studies major.
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Prof. Rachel Beatty Riedl comments on the violence in Sudan.
/news/sudans-return-peace-hinges-re-empowering-civilian-government
The panel was the centerpiece of Andrew Morse’s residency as Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College.
/news/panelists-good-journalism-can-help-combat-divisions
Surveys of happiness and life satisfaction overstate the importance of psychological traits, but a methodological change – simply asking someone how they’re doing – enables a fairer comparison.
/news/circumstances-influence-happiness-much-personality
This flexible, on-campus summer internship gives students the chance to experience firsthand what is involved in becoming an acquisitions professional at a university press,
/news/partnership-expands-horizons-humanities-doctoral-career-possibilities
Two Arts and Sciences professors are among the 13 Cornell faculty members receiving Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards from the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement.
/news/new-faculty-award-celebrates-community-engagement-across-cornell
By expanding access to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges to immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, the Biden administration is taking an important step to expand access to healthcare for DACA beneficiaries, says professor Jamila Michener.
/news/no-one-wins-when-immigrants-cannot-readily-access-healthcare
Ajay Banga, expected to become World Bank president, could push the bank to tackle climate change more aggressively in three ways, but that each approach carries risk, says professor Richard T. Clark.
/news/3-ways-banga-may-push-world-bank-tackle-climate-change-more-aggressively
Consistent ‘severe’ threat levels speak to the strong and lasting appeal of narratives within Northern Ireland society.
/news/despite-lasting-peace-legacy-trauma-northern-ireland-remains
The Bouchet Society recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate.
/news/ten-inducted-bouchet-graduate-honor-society
Government scholar Sarah Kreps: The recent hearings on Capitol Hill and ongoing debates about a TikTok ban have shown how difficult it is to balance privacy concerns with core democratic principles of free speech.
/news/tiktok-fines-potentially-fruitful-alternative-bans-or-lack-regulation
Government scholar Paul Lushenko: U.S. political officials have learned from the incident of a Chinese high-altitude balloon able to gather intelligence.
/news/expect-swift-engagement-future-spy-balloons-enter-us-airspace
Professor Allen Carlson comments on a highly-sensitive diplomatic stopover in the United States by Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen.
/news/cornell-expert-beijing-trip-provocation-smacks-taiwanese-independence
Government professor David Bateman: "There is no historical precedent for one of the two major parties to nominate a candidate on trial or potentially convicted."
/news/enormous-consequences-loom-wake-trump-indictment
Cornell tech policy research: using AI to write entire messages in representative government appears to be more effective than using AI to generate individual sentences.
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"We are both honoring Justice Ginsburg’s legacy as a trailblazer for justice and gender equality, and also celebrating New York’s history as the birthplace of the women’s rights movement.”
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Distinguished alumni and Cornell faculty will explore whether media are helping or worsening the political divide and what can be done.
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Aaron Friedman '25 and Vivian Lewandowski '25 talk about their career prospects and academic experience in Washington.
/news/students-find-professional-academic-opportunities-through-cornell-washington-program
Government scholar Sarah Kreps comments on today's expected appearance of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on Capitol Hill amidst app-related national security concerns.
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A field experiment investigating how GPT-3 might be used to generate constituent email messages showed that legislators were only slightly less likely to respond to AI-generated messages than human-generated.
/news/lawmakers-struggle-differentiate-ai-and-human-emails