Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy

The Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy harnesses the university’s wide-ranging expertise in public policy teaching, research and engagement into a shared academic home.

"....We can work together in new and different ways to make our world safer, healthier and more prosperous for everyone," said Dean Colleen Barry at a recent reception celebrating the school’s launch.

Decades in making, public policy school now a reality | Cornell Chronicle The newly launched Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy will help shape a better world, university leaders and the school’s inaugural dean said at a Sept. 15 reception in Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.

Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced two initiatives intended to chart the future of the social sciences at Cornell: the formation of the Cornell School of Public Policy and enhanced super-departments for scholars in the disciplines of economics, psychology and sociology.

Provost announces School of Public Policy, superdepartments | Cornell Chronicle The new school and superdepartments in economics, psychology and sociology are expected to elevate Cornell’s excellence and impact in the social sciences.