Research at risk: Life-saving heart pumps for babies | Cornell Chronicle
After receiving a stop-work order from the federal government, the future of a device to help children with heart defects is uncertain.
One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
07.05.2025 11:56
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Join the RRBM Junior Faculty Summit at Cornell Tech (NYC) on June 11!
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14.04.2025 20:30
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This slide deck from @yiqingxu.bsky.social and co-authors on issues with TWFE in Political Science based on their large re-analysis study that's conditionally accepted in APSR is really great. Key takeaways below. yiqingxu.org/papers/engli...
02.04.2025 17:12
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How Social Upheaval Shaped DEI Hiring Practices: Evidence from the Murder of George Floyd
Polarization has surged in America, impacting society in unprecedented ways, from election outcomes to protests on college campuses. Yet, many of its societal i
No, but I love that paper!
The graph is from a working paper with Aharon Mohliver: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Super interestingβIβd love to explore the spillover of Obamaβs DEI executive orders to private firms. Would be fascinating to compare that with Trumpβs reversals.
26.01.2025 23:02
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Would the rapid adoption of DEI initiatives also suggest decoupling?
If you graph DEI hiring (e.g., diversity managers) in SP500 and Fortune 500 firms before and after George Floydβs murder you see a huge spike. Curious if these are the same firms now rolling back?
26.01.2025 22:36
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Translating Stata to R
Learning R coming from Stata
Just a reminder that @gmcd.bsky.social and @kylefbutts.bsky.social have made an incredible public good describing how to use data.table and fixest to encourage moving from Stata to R!
stata2r.github.io
04.12.2024 00:14
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