My article on democratic judgment is out in the Review of Politics! I theorize judgment as a situated political practice shaped by 'institutional charge' and describe judgment in ancient Athenian courts as anti-tragic...
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Announcing the new Brooks School Tech Policy Institute! It will offer unique opportunities for students & researchers in a critical field. The inaugural director is
widely respected, influential expert and educator Sarah Kreps news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/0… @cornellgovernment

It’s still “too early to know” what impact Democrats' legislative streak will have on the midterms, says Cornell Government's Rep. Steve Israel in Newsday

'The midterm doesn't really crystallize until the final weeks.”

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Performing Crisis? #Trump , #Populism and the GOP in the Age of #COVID19 - ow.ly/eZsm50KpZTL

- Kenneth M. Roberts (Cornell Government)

People are more likely to get a COVID-19 booster with cash incentives: A #Covid_19 update in USA TODAY links to a survey by Cornell Government professors Sarah Kreps Sarah Kreps and Douglas Kriner

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Home construction has stalled across China, after in-debt developers kept building anyway:
“They’ve taken on too many loans to build too many buildings that no one really wants to live in,”
Cornell Government professor Jeremy Wallace Jeremy Wallace said in Grid News
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It's unusual for the Justice Department to get involved in a case like the Breonna Taylor case, says Cornell Government professor Joseph Margulies in TIME
“Most cases of police shootings, even with multiple co-defendants, do not lead to federal charges.'

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Congrats to Cornell Government prof Bryn Rosenfeld!!

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'The Great Separation: Why American Politics Is Coming Apart at the Seams': Megan McArdle, The Washington Post opinion columnist, will talk about increasingly divided American life Sept. 14 at 5:30 pm, in Room 198 of Statler Hall. Also livestreamed.

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Join us & LACS on Sept. 16 at 4:30 for an on-campus conversation with Sir Hilary Beckles about the university sector and reparatory justice for slavery and colonialism.
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TWO WEEKS LEFT: Submit an application by 9/13 for the fall '22 Cornell Center for Social Sciences Grants round, open to #Cornell social science faculty! Research and conference grants, CCSS-Roper Center Grants, & Super-department & School of Public Policy Collaboration Grants! socialsciences.cornell.edu/funding-and-pr…

We're baaaack! Genealogy in the Humanities has a new program of in person and remote events for fall 2022. First up is Eraldo Souza dos Santos (@eraldo.bsky.social) at Cornell on 9/19 discussing his research on the global reception of Abe Fortas's Concerning Dissent and Civil Disobedience. events.cornell.edu/event/eraldo_s…

Recent targeting of Ayman al-Zawahiri has brought Al Qaeda back into the news. On WHCU Radio, Paul Lushenko, Senior Fellow @CornellTPL and Cornell Government scholar, discusses this extremist network in contrast to others: “Al Qaeda takes a longer term vision.”

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'Russia wasn't ready for these kamikaze drones' - Sarah Kreps in a 19FortyFive report: 19fortyfive.com/2022/08/switch… Cornell Government @CornellTPL

During the Graduate School Dean's Welcome on August 18, a panel of faculty and current graduate students offered insight to new students about how to be successful in graduate school. Read more: gradschool.cornell.edu/announcements/…

China has become Washington's central concern, argues Jessica Chen Weiss. But well-warranted alarm regarding Beijing's authoritarian streak risks morphing into a reflexive fear that could reshape American policy and society in counterproductive ways. trib.al/wkniso2

The Russian invasion of #Ukraine emphasizes the ever-present threat of nuclear war. Join us & the #ReppyInstitute on Sept. 1 for a discussion on the future of nuclear security policy, featuring Emma Belcher, Fiona Cunningham, Mariana Budjeryn, & Pavel Podvig.
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Government Prof. Steve Israel, former House Representative for NY, offers five takeaways from yesterday's primaries, though he says 'the ground remains shaky and unpredictable.'

Rep. Steve Israel Cornell Government

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Arts and Sciences invites early-career scholars to apply for the Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowships. Fellows pursue research in any discipline in the College, including natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and creative arts. Share this opportunity!
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