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Vaccine campaign research highlights the power of individual self-interest

5/5/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Researchers Sarah Kreps and Douglas Kriner surveyed residents of Italy who went unvaccinated, despite strong government policies and penalties.

Large aircraft without a cockpit parked on a runway at sunset — Defense Visual Information Distribution Service An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle parked on a taxiway at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada

Government

Drones in modern war: evolutionary or revolutionary?

3/15/2023 Cornell Chronicle

According to two Cornell government scholars, armed drones are neither a “magic bullet” that wins wars nor an inconsequential tool with little impact on the battlefield.

About 20 people sit at long tables arranged in a horseshoe shape — Provided Participants in the Peace Games consider a nonviolent response to a simulated international crisis. Congressional staff members were invited to the event, sponsored by Institute of Politics and Global Affairs at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and by the U.S. Institute of Peace.

Government

Peace Games underscore options to war

3/8/2023 Cornell Chronicle

A unique Cornell University-sponsored event in Washington, D.C. brought together congressional staff to search for nonviolent solutions to a simulated clash between superpowers.

Person speaking at a podium; American flag in the background — Matt Fern/Phase 7 Jamila Michener, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, senior associate dean of public engagement in the Brooks School and co-director of the Cornell Center for Health Equity, speaking Feb. 22 at the White House

Government

Michener advocates ‘Broadening the Tent’ at White House

3/7/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Equity and effectiveness are enhanced when more voices contribute to policymaking, Prof. Jamila Michener said.

Person speaks to a group from a podium with a microphone: large windows in the background — irina island images Peter Enns, professor of government and public policy in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, speaks to a Cornell Tech audience about the Collaborative Midterm Survey.

Government

Experts assess innovative Cornell election study

1/24/2023 Cornell Chronicle

The researchers, including those from the government department, revealed the results from the Cornell-led 2022 Collaborative Midterm Survey Jan. 20 at an event at Cornell Tech.

Government

Results of innovative Cornell-led public opinion survey to be released Friday

1/18/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Peter Enns is the lead investigator on the 2022 Collaborative Midterm Survey, containing answers by more than 19,000 Americans to a wide-ranging survey about political views.

International relations

Public views drone strikes with other countries’ support as most legitimate

11/17/2022 Cornell Chronicle

A first-of-its kind survey reveals that Americans consider tactical strikes, used with the consent of other nations, to be the most morally legitimate or appropriate.

Headshots of three people — Cornell University file photo Just a few hours after the final votes are cast and long before they all are counted, professors Peter Enns, Steve Israel and Suzanne Mettler (l-r) will offer analysis of the 2022 midterm elections at an in-person event at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.

Election 2022

Experts will offer day-after election analysis

11/3/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The in-person event The Day After: What Happened on Election Night and What Happens Next will be held November 9 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Martha Van Rensselaer Hall Room 155.

Government

Book: Partisanship led to disastrous response to COVID-19

10/12/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Survey data shows how the Trump administration’s partisan response led ordinary citizens to prioritize what was good for their “team” rather than what was good for their country.

Desert land seen from above, showing a huge crater — NASA/Provided The famed Barringer Meteor Crater in the desert in northern Arizona. Two students affiliated with the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy's Tech Policy Institute will analyze public opinion on how governments should respond when asteroids and comets threaten the earth.

Graduate student research

Student team will seek public’s views on planetary defense

9/12/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The researchers will conduct public opinion surveys on how governments respond when asteroids and comets threaten cities, countries, or at the extreme, even the entire earth.

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Economics

Teachers critical to detecting and reporting child maltreatment

8/8/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Time spent in school and the resulting contact with teachers and other school staff leads to increases in reports of child maltreatment – cases that would not have been discovered otherwise.

protestors with signs — Jimmy Cawley/Provided Cornell in Washington participant Jimmy Cawley photographed protestors at the U.S. Supreme Court shortly after the court decision on abortion rights was announced.

Student experiences

Interns experience a memorable Washington summer

8/1/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Students completing internships in Washington, D.C. through the Cornell in Washington program are experiencing an in-person summer.

Government

Where red and blue meet: cancel culture, fair elections

5/24/2022 Cornell Chronicle

A new survey of American voters finds glimmers of hope that Democrats and Republicans can agree on steps needed to shore up an increasingly shaky democracy.

Report cover: "Bipartisan Policy Review" — Natalie Kimbrough/Cornell

Foreign policy

Bipartisan Policy Review spotlights U.S. foreign policy options

4/22/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… Government … The newly published Bipartisan Policy Review features the latest thinking on U.S. foreign … policy makers, analysts, and academics. The annual publication, now in its third edition, is produced by the …

Unmanned aerial vehicle parked on a runway — John Schwab/US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) at Beale Air Force Base, CA.

International relations

International OK shapes public perceptions of drone warfare

4/14/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… Government … Armed drone strikes earn more public support and legitimacy when they have international … and a professor in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy. The researchers cite as examples two drone strikes …

Government

Panel: Drone warfare is increasingly sophisticated, deadly

3/17/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Policymakers, legislators and military strategists must prepare for the consequences of other countries and actors such as the Islamic State using drones, according to panelists in a Cornell discussion March 14.

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Government

Ex-Ukraine ambassador offers gloomy view, sliver of hope

2/23/2022 Cornell Chronicle

At a Cornell event on Feb. 22, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor said Russian President Vladimir Putin appears intent on provoking a “horrific conflict,” but that he holds out hope for a diplomatic path that would avert all-out war.

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Government

Fact checks effectively counter COVID misinformation

2/16/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Journalistic fact checks are a more effective counter to COVID-19 misinformation than the false news tags commonly used by social media outlets, according to new Cornell research.