Grateful to be together: Meet the extraordinary class of 2022
Hear about the Cornell experiences of some of the amazing students in our graduating class.
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Assessing the consequences of policies that affect equality
Research
The Center for the Study of Inequality (CSI) serves as the intellectual hub for inequality scholarship and research at Cornell. It supports research and knowledge that is evidence-based and systematic, whether it is “basic” research that develops formal models of the social processes that underpin inequality or “applied” research that assesses the intended or unintended consequences of policies that affect equality of opportunity.
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Women want to work, despite workforce precarity
Despite persistent gaps in workforce participation, when it comes to wanting to work, the gender gap has all but disappeared over the last 45 years, according to Cornell sociologist Landon Schnabel.
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A&S sophomore earns spot in summer program in D.C.
Mar’Quon Frederick, a government major, will spend the summers of 2022 and 2023 in the Institute for Responsible Citizenship's Washington Program.
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Alumni gift to A&S supports doctoral students in the humanities
A $5 million alumni gift will help to support doctoral students in humanities fields within the College of Arts & Sciences.
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Nexus Scholars Program applications now open
The program connects undergraduates in A&S with opportunities to work side by side on research with Cornell faculty from across the College.
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Declining birth rate reflects difficulty of combining work and child rearing
Prof. Vida Maralani comments on the declining birthrate in the U.S.
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Infrastructure bill comes amid all-time high distrust of water
Africana Prof. Jerel Ezell comments on Pres. Biden's infrastructure bill.
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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.
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Advancing research for the future
In 2016, CSI was honored to have received a 10 million dollar grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies, created by Charles F. Feeney ’56. The funding was designated to advance inequality research at Cornell University. Read the full story here.