Public Events

The Berry Center sponsors major public speakers that engage the Cornell community in discussions regarding economics, business, and public policy.

Click here to see what is coming up during the 2010-2011 academic year.

In the Berry Center's inaugural year of 2006, we hosted Nobel Laureate Robert Solow, who helped launch the Berry Center in October 2006. The Berry Center ended the academic year hosting an applied economics seminar featuring prominent young economists Jesse Shapiro and Emily Oster, both of the University of Chicago. On April 22, 2008 the Berry Center welcomed one of the country's leading economists, Professor Kevin Murphy of the University of Chicago. Murphy is the George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, the Graduate School of Business, at the University of Chicago.

In 2008-2009, the Berry Center hosted five public events, including former congressman Tim Roemer, a series of speakers on national security, a panel discussion on the current financial crisis, Yulia Demyankyk from the Federal Reserve and an Economics Symposium, "Human Health and Economic Development: Lessons from Africa," which featured Jane Fortson and Erica Field.

In 2009-2010, the Berry Center hosted eight public events, including Cornell University Professor of Economics Robert Frank, a series of speakers on national security, a panel discussion on health care policy, an education policy symposium and Chris Hanson, the lead attorney trying the Americans for Civil Liberties Union case against Myriad Genetics for patenting the "Breast Cancer Gene."

If you are interested in nominating a speaker for an upcoming lecture, please contact Jamie Waldron.