Students reflect on Marsalis visit: ‘He really touched my soul’
Wynton Marsalis visited campus Nov. 1-6 as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large.
President Pollack shares community updates
President Martha E. Pollack shares some updates from across the Cornell community.
New A&S program expands undergrad research opportunities
The Nexus Scholars program will leverage the student-to-faculty ratio and the vibrant research enterprise in A&S to expand opportunities for students, while also enhancing the culture of collaborative scholarship at Cornell.
New moral psychology minor takes on challenging questions
The curriculum will offer students interdisciplinary engagement with moral psychology theory and research as well as hands-on experience applying moral psychology to practical ethical issues.
Francis Fukuyama talk launches new series on global crises
Celebrated public intellectual Francis Fukuyama ’74 will be the first speaker in the Center for the Study of Economy & Society’s new fall lecture series, “The American State in a Multipolar World.”
Center links economy and society to study changing world
The development of regional knowledge economies is one of several primary areas of research focus for the center’s Economic Sociology Lab, supported by graduate researchers and undergraduate assistants.
‘More inspired than ever:’ Cornell students start their journeys in law, med school
Cornell students successfully navigated the application process despite the COVID-19 pandemic and are headed to some of the country’s top professional schools this fall.
Decades in making, public policy school now a reality
The Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy creates a home for policy-oriented faculty to study and teach, and for students to learn, about effective, thoughtful policymaking, analysis and management.
Natalie Wolchover named A&S Zubrow Visiting Journalist for Spring 2022
The program brings accomplished journalists to Cornell each year to interact with faculty, researchers and students.
New Faculty: Chen Qiu
Chen Qiu, Economics
New Faculty: Suraj Malladi
Suraj Malladi, Economics
Applications now open for Klarman postdoc fellowships in A&S
Applications are now being accepted for the third cohort of the Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowships program in the College of Arts and Sciences. The deadline for submission is Oct. 15.
From the stage to the campaign trail, grants fund summer experiences
Summer experiences for 151 students in the College of Arts & Sciences were supported by Summer Experience Grants. The grants, which come from alumni donations and a grant from the Student Assembly, help students who have unpaid or minimally-paid positions to pay for summer living expenses.
NYC summer shapes Milstein students’ thoughts about future
Sophomore students in the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity spent their first summer in person at Cornell Tech.
Dear diary: Basu shares notes from policymaking’s front lines
Prof. Kaushik Basu's new book recounts his experiences in government, as India's chief economist and as senior vice president at the World Bank.
Marco Battaglini and Eleonora Patacchini awarded Best Article on Effective Lawmaking published in 2020
Marco Battaglini, the Edward H. Meyer Professor of Economics and Eleonora Patacchini, the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Professor of International Political Economy along with their coauthor Valerio Leone Sciabolazza were selected for the Best Article on Effective Lawmaking published in 2020 for their paper titled "Effectiveness of Connected...
Welcome New Economics Faculty and Post-Docs
The Department of Economics is delighted to welcome the following new faculty members and post-docs: Jamein CunninghamJamein Cunningham is Assistant Professor of Economics in the Brooks School of Public Policy. He held previous positions as an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Memphis and at Portland State...
ILR professor gets new kidney – from his colleague
On June 29, after approximately five years of waiting and of fading hopes, long-time ILR School professor Ron Ehrenberg received a kidney transplant.Wonderful news, yes – but that’s only half the story.The kidney came not from a stranger but from his friend and colleague at the ILR School, associate professor Adam Seth Litwin, who spent more...
Why long-term unemployment starts at 27 weeks
Another 444,000 Americans filed first-time unemployment claims last week, the lowest level since March 14, 2020. At the opposite end of the unemployment spectrum, 4.2 million Americans are long-term unemployed, meaning they’ve been jobless for 27 weeks or more, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.“When people are...
Congratulations, Cornell Economics Class of 2021!
Steve Yeh, Uri M. Possen Memorial Award, Summa Cum LaudeFavorite Memory: "Working late-nights on macroeconomic problem sets with Zebang Xu over at Rockefeller Hall."Who most impacted your experience as an Economics major? "Under the tutelage and guidance of Prof. Tommaso Denti, I learned how to think about interesting research questions in...
Ben Furnas ’06 Appointed to Top NYC Environmental Position
Ben Furnas, alumni of Cornell University '06, who was an Economics/Government major, was appointed director of the New York Mayor's Office of Climate and Sustainability. This office works on reducing New York City's negative impact on climate change, the use of fossil fuels, and furthering environmental justice."While Furnas has lived in some of...
2021 Job Market Placements
The Cornell Economics Community is proud to support and promote the work of our students who are seeking employment following the completion of their doctoral program. We are happy to announce the 2021 job market placements.The graduate program of study is designed to train for research careers as faculty in public policy programs, public health...
Cosimo Fabrizio '22 Wins Nationally Competitive Truman Scholarship
The Department of Economics is delighted to announce that Cosimo Fabrizio, an A&S junior from South Orange, New Jersey majoring in Economics and Government, is the latest Cornellian to win the nationally competitive Harry Truman Scholarship. The scholarship provides $30,0000 toward graduate school for juniors committed to careers in public...