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Sep 30, 2026 The “Hidden Curriculum” podcast features “Replication and transparency practices with Lars Vilhuber (AEA Data Editor)” in Episode 57. Link on Apple Podcasts (general landing page)
Jul 27, 2026 Abowd, Vilhuber Win 2026 PET Award — ILR School news on the Caspar Bowden PET Award for work on reconstruction from the 2010 Census.
Jul 13, 2026 Vilhuber weighs in on Commerce memo rolling back privacy protections — Talking Points Memo on the Commerce Department memo barring the Census Bureau’s differential privacy protections.
Jul 01, 2026 On June 12, 2026, ILR Dean Alex Colvin sent me a nice letter: Based on a vote of the faculty of the Department of Economics, I was recommended to be appointed to the title of Research Professor effective July 1, 2026. And thus I am. In case this seems strange to folks, my title previously (and since I joined Cornell back in 2007) was Senior Research Associate. The title of Research Professor didn’t exist at ILR until 2021 (link).
Aug 29, 2019 Lars Vilhuber Spearheads Policy Change at AEA — ILR School news on the AEA’s revised data and code availability policy.
Jul 30, 2017 NSF-Census Research Network honored with Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and Government (SPAIG) Award from American Statistical Association Read more