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International graduates honored at Global Learning reception

<p>With more than 5,000 international students, Cornell is a vibrant global community. The <a href="https://globallearning.cornell.edu/">Office of Global Learning</a> honored international students’ achievements May 2, sending the Class of 2019 off in style.</p><p>Wendy Wolford, center, vice provost for international affairs, congratulates international graduates.</p>

Merrill Scholar thanks her high school teacher

Merrill scholars honor their mentoring teachers, professors

<p>The arc of educational continuity and inspirational teaching was celebrated May 22 at the 31st annual Merrill Presidential Scholars convocation in Willard Straight Hall. Thirty-four seniors – among the very best of the Class of 2019 – honored beloved, guiding-light high school teachers and inspirational Cornell faculty members.</p>

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Early adopters of Canvas share lessons learned

<div><div><p>Nearly 30 faculty members gathered recently to share what they’ve learned about teaching in Canvas, Cornell’s new learning management system.</p><p>Many of the reasons Cornell chose to switch from Blackboard to Canvas – its streamlined interface, student-centered design and ease of integrating outside tools – were highlighted in faculty presentations as well as a student panel, held May 15 in the Biotechnology Building.</p></div></div>

Amina Kilpatrick at the African American history museum

History comes to life in Smithsonian internship

<p>Amina Kilpatrick '21, a government and economics major in the College of Arts & Sciences, spent her summer interning at the National Museum of African American History and Culture and was one of the 117 students in the College who won summer experience grants to help with living and travel expenses. Find out more about her adventures in D.C.:</p>

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Two alumni are among new faculty in Arts and Sciences

<p>This school year, 23 new faculty members join the College of Arts and Sciences, enhancing Cornell’s strengths in areas such as media studies, behavioral economics, moral psychology and African American literature.</p>

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NYU prof. shares insight on game theory economics

<p dir="ltr">The economics department will welcome Ariel Rubinstein for its annual George Staller Lecture Oct. 28. </p><p dir="ltr">“Ariel Rubinstein is one of the world’s most prominent economic theorists, with seminal work in game theory,” said Kaushik Basu, C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics. “What makes him special is the philosopher’s touch that he brings to his writings.” </p>

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Eight faculty members receive Weiss teaching awards

<p>Cornell has recognized eight members of the faculty for excellence in teaching undergraduate students and contributions to undergraduate education at the university.</p><p>The Stephen H. Weiss Awards were announced Oct. 18 by President Martha E. Pollack in a report to the Cornell University Board of Trustees. The eight awardees were unanimously recommended by a selection committee composed of six faculty members and two students, who considered 37 distinguished nominees in all.</p>

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Robert Hutchens

Robert Hutchens is a Professor in the Department of Labor Economics at Cornell’s ILR School. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin in 1976, specializing in labor economics, public finance, and econometrics. His teaching focuses on labor economics and on the economics of government tax and transfer programs. His early research dealt with the economics of government transfer programs, with an emphasis on social security, unemployment insurance and Aid to Families with Dependent Children. More recently his research has concentrated on the labor market for older workers. As part of this research focus, he recently completed a survey of employers that examined employer policies toward phased retirement.

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The Arts Quad in the summer

Grants seed social science research, conferences

Studies exploring the effects of disadvantaged neighborhoods, a reimagined school recess and customized avatars were among a slate of faculty projects receiving grants this fall from the Cornell Center for Social Sciences (CCSS).

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Jörg Stoye

Jörg Stoye is the Ta-Chung Liu Professor of Economics and also a member of the Graduate Minor Field of Data Science. He works on microeconometric methods, especially as they interact with microeconomic theory. Current research is on inference under partial identification, on the statistical testing of Revealed Preference conditions, and on statistical decision theory (e.g., on treatment choice as a decision problem). Other recent work is on COVID-19 and on statistics-informed questions in pure theory (e.g., axiomatic foundations for the Minimax Regret decision criterion). Among other outlets, his research has been published in Econometrica, the Econometrics Journal,Econometric Theory, the Journal of Econometrics, the Journal of Economic Theory, Quantitative Economics, the Review of Economic Studies, and the Review of Economics and Statistics.

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Center for Social Sciences names 2020-21 faculty fellows

<p>Climate change, school segregation and online interaction are among the topics to be investigated by the <a href="http://socialsciences.cornell.edu/">Cornell Center for Social Sciences</a>’ newest group of faculty fellows.</p>

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More than rate cuts: The coronavirus demands a coordinated global policy response

<p>However the COVID-19 epidemic unfolds — even if it is soon brought under control globally — it is likely to do much more economic damage than policy makers seem to realize, wrote Kaushik Basu, professor of economics, in an <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/more-than-rate-cuts-the-coronavirus-demands-a-coordinated-global-policy-response-2020-03-09">opinion piece in Marketwatch</a>.</p>

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Nicolas Ziebarth

Nicolas R. Ziebarth is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department for Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University. He holds a PhD in Economics from the BerlinInstitute of Technology (TU Berlin), where he graduated in 2011.

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Sharon Tennyson

Sharon Tennyson is a Professor at Cornell University in the Department of Policy Analysis and Managementand Director of Graduate Studies for the Field of Public Affairs.She is a faculty Fellow of the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and faculty coordinator of the Mario Einaudi Center's Working Group on Disasters.

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Nicholas Sanders

Nicholas Sanders’ research focuses on environmental policy and regulation, environmental quality, health, and human behavior.

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Opinion: Let us not underestimate the pandemic’s economic fallout

<p>The world has changed over the last three months in ways that no one anticipated, writes Kaushik Basu, professor of economics, in this <a href="https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/opinion-let-us-not-underestimate-the-pandemic-s-economic-fallout-11586105517117.html">opinion article in LiveMint</a>. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread around the world, he points out, and we have to wait for global health experts to analyze the full extent of the virus.</p>

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David Sahn

David E. Sahn is an International Professor of Economics in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and the Department of Economics. Since 2015, he has been a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany. In 2017, he became a Senior Fellow at the Fondation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI) in Clermont-Ferrand, France. From 2011–2015, he was Chaire d’Excellence at Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), l’Université d’Auvergne, France. He received a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Master’s of Public Health from the University of Michigan. His main academic interest is in identifying the solutions to poverty, malnutrition, and disease in developing countries, as well as the determinants of human capital and the role of cognitive and non-cognitive skills in labor market outcomes. In addition to teaching and mentoring of graduate students, he devotes considerable efforts to training and capacity building of research institutions in Africa and working with government officials and international organizations to integrate research findings into policy. Before coming to Cornell in 1988, Professor Sahn was an Economist at the World Bank, and prior to that, a Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute. He has been a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund, a visiting researcher at both the Département et Laboratoire d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, École Normale Superieure (DELTA) and Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Paris, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique in Paris, and a visiting professor at Kenyatta University in Nairobi. He has also worked extensively with numerous international organizations, such as the Hewlett Foundation, the African Development Bank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Union, and several UN agencies such as UNICEF, the UN Development Programme, the Food and Agricultural Organization, the United Nations University, and the World Health Organization. He has also worked as a consultant for various governments in Asia, Africa, and transition economies in Eastern Europe. Dr. Sahn has a long list, numbering over 140, of peer-reviewed books, chapters, and journal articles dealing with issues of poverty, inequality, education, health, nutrition, and related economic and social policy. This body of literature includes both research focused on the impact of economic policy on household welfare, such as his widely cited books on the impact of economic reforms in Africa,Structural Adjustment Reconsidered(Cambridge University Press), Economic Reform and the Poor in Africa(Oxford University Press), as well as issues of health and nutrition, including the edited volumes,The Socioeconomic Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa(Cornell University Press),The Fight Against Hunger and Malnutrition(Oxford University Press), andHealth, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction(University of Nairobi Press).

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