News & Updates
Find out the latest about the Lab and Professor Warner's projects and research.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
Professor Warner comments on the proposed water system privatization in Jackson, MS
The Huffington Post covered the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, referencing the findings of a 2022 study co-authored by Professor Mildred Warner, and including her comments about the problems privatization could bring.
AUGUST 2, 2022
Levy Engaged Teaching and Research Award
Professor Warner won the 2022 George D. Levy Engaged Teaching and Research Award for her work to promote age-friendly communities and public health in Tompkins County, New York. This award recognizes exemplary and sustained community-engaged projects done by a faculty member.
JUNE 1, 2022
Students present at the NYSMA 2022 conference
Students in the Economic and Community Development Workshop (spring 2022) presented at the NYSMA 2022 conference. Their work explored how local governments are addressing equity through new investments in topics like water and sewer, broadband, child care, comprehensive planning, and education. See reports here.
April 28, 2021
New study to explore rural communities and inequality in the United States
A research project at Cornell aims to provide the most comprehensive analysis of the role state and local government policies play on the economic growth and well-being of rural communities in the United States.
November 12, 2020
Mildred Warner on New Paradigms in Social Policy Planning
On November 7, Warner received the ACSP Margarita McCoy Faculty Award for the advancement of women in planning in higher education through service, teaching, and research. Warner discusses her career, priorities, and pressing concerns.
September 28, 2020
Panel: Planning, Public Health, and Responses to COVID-19
Professor Warner and Postdoctoral Associate Xue Zhang were part of the panel organized by the Department of City and Regional Planning,