Internet trackers are more likely to follow people who visit popular health sites, such as WebMD.com and mayoclinic.org, to other types of sites, a Cornell Tech study has found – suggesting that advertisers might be more likely to target people based on sensitive health information than previously understood.

The study was led by Helen Nissenbaum, an Einaudi faculty member, and Ido Sivan-Sevilla.

“Justice Alito used sweeping language in his majority opinion upholding Congress’s efforts to limit due process for arriving immigrants. While not necessary to the precise holding in the case, the Trump administration is sure to use such language to justify its broader efforts to restrict asylum seekers,” Stephen Yale-Loehr said.

Yale-Loehr is one of the Einaudi Center's migrations faculty fellows.

Two Einaudi faculty members won this year's Junior Faculty Champion Awards, part of the Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards. 

Ifeoma Ajunwa (IAD) is an associate professor of labor relations, law and history, and Sabrina Karim (PACS) is an assistant professor of government.

Migration shapes all of our lives. It is a challenge we need to meet.

Alex Flecker, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is working with Carla Gomes to understand how and where hydroelectric dams could be placed in the Amazon River basin to deliver the highest possible benefits with the least environmental downsides.

“This is like the Frankenstein of all anti-asylum regulations,” said Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law practice at Cornell Law School. “It puts everything together in one big package.”

Einaudi faculty member Alexander Livingston writes: "Establishment pundits love to cite Martin Luther King as a way to delegitimize militant protests and shame unruly protesters. But King wasn’t a proponent of passive, compliant protest — to him, nonviolent action was about forging a powerful collective force that could coerce ruling elites into conceding to demands for justice."

Gustavo Flores-Macias, associate vice provost of international affairs, writes in the LA Times about Mexico and immigration.

"We are ashamed of the injustices that are perpetrated in our country, every day, against people of color."

The American Democracy Collaborative series continues through November, examining election-year politics and threats to U.S. democracy.