Cornell Expert Quotes
Cornellians weigh in on current events in the news
“The need for assistance [in Puerto Rico] is now so dire it is impossible to ignore – to do so would precipitate a humanitarian disaster even greater than the one already in progress.”
Steven C. Kyle
associate professor, macroeconomics policy expert
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"One thing that is notable, and somewhat new, is that the government is framing this as a public safety concern. Certainly migrant worker housing is in general substandard and rife with health and safety concerns. However, upgrading the quality of housing by no means necessitates the evictions and dispossession that have marked this campaign."
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
202-434-8049
Related Tip Sheet:
Beijing mass evictions reveal regime’s moral vacuum (11/28/17)
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“Keep your pet from chewing or ingesting ornaments, holiday lights, electric wires, and ribbons to prevent gastrointestinal obstructions and electrocution."
Media:
Lindsey Hadlock
lmh267@cornell.edu
607-269-6911
Related Tip Sheet:
Tips to keep pets happy and healthy this holiday season (11/29/17)
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“Unless Congress acts, hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients stand to lose their deportation relief and work authorization on March 5, 2018, the date that DACA is set to expire."
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
202-434-8049
Related Tip Sheet:
Dreamers communities stand to lose in DACA bargain (11/30/17)
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“With the rescission of DACA, the President and Attorney General have needlessly stripped these immigrants of this critical support, putting the well-being of these immigrants, their families, and their communities in danger. The same is true for the Temporary Protected Status program that Trump is dismantling piece by piece."
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
202-434-8049
Related Tip Sheet:
Dreamers communities stand to lose in DACA bargain (11/30/17)
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“Large volcanic eruptions, such as Mt. Pinatubo in 1991, and perhaps Agung in 2017 if it is large enough, cool the planet for a year or more by putting sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere where it forms sulfate aerosols that reflect sunlight.
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
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"The recent involvement of high school students in Florida in the national debate on gun violence is reminiscent of the role played by high school and college-age youth activists during the civil rights movement in the South during the early 1960s."
Media:
Rachel Rhodes
rer252@cornell.edu
202-434-8036
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“Industry advocates and sympathetic legislators have subsequently sought ways to make the program more useful. Unfortunately, this has proven very difficult in the process of negotiating toward a new Farm Bill — simply because any changes that make the program more helpful necessarily make the program more expensive. Without specific approval to spend more money on MPP-Dairy, the agriculture committees had no room to improve the program.”
Media:
Lindsey Hadlock
lmh267@cornell.edu
607-269-6911
Related Tip Sheet:
Bipartisan Budget Act goes sour for dairy (02/14/18)
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The racist focus on border militarization and no holds-bar deportation follows no logic of security, and is terrorizing immigrants and their families across the country and threatening the economic stability, educational opportunities, and mental and physical health of the communities in which they live and work.
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
202-434-8049
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“We need to better understand why specific weeds occur in certain cropping and landscape systems and focus research and efforts in trying to disrupt this close crop-weed relationship. In other words, we must understand the cause of the problem rather than simply addressing the symptom by increasing herbicide use.”
Media:
Lindsey Hadlock
lmh267@cornell.edu
607-269-6911
Related Tip Sheet:
Forget glyphosate, to battle weeds understand root problem (02/13/18)
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“Silver medalists naturally focus on something they didn’t achieve, the coveted gold, whereas bronze medalists focus on what they did achieve — a medal.”
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
Related Tip Sheet:
For athletes in Pyeongchang, bronze may be the key to happiness (02/07/18)
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