Comparative Covid Response (Compcore) study co-led by Stephen Hilgartner

Click on this link to be taken to the CompCoRe website. Here you can read more about one of the largest qualitative comparative projects investigating national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project was conceived by Professor Stephen Hilgartner (Cornell) and Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard Kennedy School).

Students save man from frigid lake after fishing mishap

“I’ve been a swimmer for 15 years, so I didn’t hesitate to jump in," said Alexander Chung '21.

Steve Hilgartner: Was “science” on the ballot?

Steve Hilgartner, along with Sheila Jasanoff and Ben Hurlbut, published a Policy Forum in this week’s Science: “Was ‘science’ on the ballot?” They argue that when disagreements are about who should decide policy issues, labeling dissent “anti-science” is bad social science and bad politics. They also propose ways to improve the relationship...

Three A&S professors named Milstein Faculty Fellows

Andrew Moisey, assistant professor of history of art and visual studies; Malte Ziewitz, assistant professor of science & technology studies and Tao Leigh Goffe, assistant professor of Africana studies and feminist, gender, & sexuality studies, have been chosen as new Milstein Faculty Fellows in the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity.

Cornell renaming Goldwin Smith Professorships

Trevor Pinch has been appointed the Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Science and Technology Studies. This new named chair follows a University-wide campaign by the Goldwin Smith Professors to have the name of their professorships changed. Although Smith (1823-1910) was an eminent Oxford and Cornell scholar and played a critical role...

Rethinking Vulnerability: Structural Inequality as National Insecurity

In the latest H-Diplo | ISSF Policy Series, Jason Ludwig (PhD candidate, STS) and Prof. Rebecca Slayton write on structural inequality in America.Read the full article

Hilgartner co-leads new COVID-19 policy research

A comparative analysis of COVID-19 policies across 18 countries, led by researchers from Cornell and Harvard University, reveals that different countries reacted to the pandemic with a variety of policies – resulting in widely varied public health and economic outcomes linked to underlying characteristics of each society.

Lund Critical Debate to examine global policing, social justice

Students find academic home in Study Away

International Study Away students are based at a partner university in their home country or region.

Students' creative work on climate change, COVID chosen for journal

“The main takeaway that I got from this class was how interconnected we are with the Earth."