"This is really an opportunity to break out of our academic silos and learn from one another," said Kristin Roebuck, assistant professor of history and Howard Milstein Faculty Fellow in A&S. 

Roebuck’s work represents the historical piece of the laboratory, which also includes contemporary perspectives on law and labor relations from partners Chantal Thomas, associate dean for academic affairs and Radice Family Professor of Law in Cornell Law School, and Tristan Ivory, assistant professor of international and comparative labor in ILR.  Roebuck and Ivory are EAP core faculty members.

“One lesson that China is probably taking from the fallout is it remains vulnerable to financial, economic and technological sanctions,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of international trade policy and economics. 

Heritage, History, and Identity in Cambodia

Magnus Fiskesjö

Winter Session 2023

Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia

THURS, APRIL 28 | 6:00PM | G64 Goldwin Smith Hall, Kaufmann Auditorium

Open to members of the Cornell community only.

Memories of Underdevelopment (Cuba), LACS Film Series

In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Sergio (Sergio Corrieri), an affluent writer, chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Sergio is pessimistic about the revolution's promise to bring sweeping change to his country, and he squanders his days prowling the streets of Havana looking for female companionship. Trouble erupts when his fling with chaste Elena (Daysi Granados) nearly ruins him after her family accuses Sergio of rape.

“The desire of many reserve managers to diversify away from dollar-denominated assets might help to marginally bolster the yen’s share in the coming years,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy. 

“The already extensive disruptions to global supply chains are being exacerbated by the lockdowns in China, adding to inflationary pressures and difficulties in procuring a broad range of consumer goods,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy.

Mildred Warner, professor of global development and city & regional planning, says that local governments will need help from state governments to get federal infrastructure money. “What’s been happening in the last - I don’t know - 20 years is this cooperative federalism has become a little less cooperative. And I would call that an uncooperative federalism.” 

Eswar Prasad, professor of international trade policy and economics, discusses the impact China’s zero-COVID policy will have on its economy.

Sarah Kreps, professor of government, discusses sanctions and Russia’s assault on Eastern Ukraine. 

“The Fed is at real risk of losing control of the inflation narrative and could be forced to tighten even more aggressively than it has signaled, raising the risk of a marked slowdown in growth in 2023,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of international trade policy and economics. Prasad is also quoted on Marketplace about President Biden requiring infrastructure bill materials to be made in the U.S.