2022 Cornell Economics Commencement Ceremony
Information regarding the 2022 Cornell Economics Commencement Ceremony in Bartels Hall, Ramin Room on Saturday, May 28 from 4:30-6:30pm.
First cohort of A&S Nexus Scholars chosen for summer research positions
Fifty undergrads in the College of Arts & Sciences will take part in paid research projects in Ithaca this summer with faculty from throughout the College.
Ask our ambassadors: How to get involved in campus clubs
Erir offers some advice on joining one of the many clubs on Cornell's campus.
Francesca Molinari Wins Willard G. Manning Memorial Award
Francesca Molinari, H.T. Warshow and Robert Irving Warshow Professor in the Department of Economics, was recently awarded the Willard G. Manning Memorial Award along with her co-author Charles Manski, Board of Trustees Professor at Northwestern University, for their paper "Estimating the Covid-19 infection rate: Anatomy of an inference problem," published in the Journal of Econometrics.
Report: Ithaca economy shouldn’t return to business as usual
Economist Michèle Belot and the ILR School’s Ithaca Co-Lab recommend workforce strategies to reduce racial disparities, remove barriers to work and prioritize living-wage jobs.
Kaushik Basu receives Humboldt Research Award
Basu plans to use the Humboldt Research Award for economics to work on moral philosophy and game theory, and on law and economics.
Travel Grants Help Graduate Students Conduct Research Across the Globe
The Graduate School awarded over 100 Research Travel Grants totaling $204,196 in 2021-22, the largest group of grants awarded since the pandemic began interrupting travel.
'We lobbied Tompkins County to support a housing program for formerly incarcerated people'
Cosimo L. Fabrizio is an Economics & Government major.
'BlackGen Capital is my proudest accomplishment'
Alec Dinwiddie is an economics major.
'The ability to come at a problem from multiple angles is valuable'
Perri Thaler is an Astronomy and Economics major.
'The hardest part of doing anything new is deciding to do it'
Anna Aki McDougall is an economics major.
Colleen Barry named inaugural dean of public policy school
Colleen L. Barry, a professor and department chair at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, has been named the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy’s first dean, effective Sept. 15.
'With some grit and fearlessness, I can learn and succeed at almost anything.''
Anna Effenberger is a stats and econ major.
Gift endows, names Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
The major gift from the Brooks family, whose Cornell roots span three generations, provides an early boost to help the university’s newest school achieve world-class excellence.
Self-fulfilling rankings boost agencies’ power, influence
Cornell researchers developed a theoretical model that suggests an explanation for ratings produced by firms like Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch, or the World Bank.
Humanities students present diverse research projects
Humanities students studying an array of topics presented their work at the A.D. White House.
Persistence and a little bit of luck: Finding a job during the pandemic
Members of the Class of 2021 are showing their resilience, graduating with exciting offers and embracing the next part of their journey.
Bartels lecturer speaks out on rising threats to democracy
"Home may have become a dangerous place for democracy to flourish now," said Nobel prize–winning economist Amartya Sen, this year’s Bartels World Affairs Fellow. His May 5 lecture was hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.