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Fortune

Brooke Erin Duffy, associate professor of communication, suggests that many influencers come from a privileged background, saying, “It takes more than pluck and luck to succeed in such a saturated marketplace.”

CNN

Kate Bronfenbrenner, senior lecturer at ILR, discusses the labor movement.

Bloomberg

This Bloomberg opinion mentions research by Cristobal Young, professor of sociology, which suggests that "embeddedness" is a significant factor for wealthy individuals when they move.

The New York Times

Daniele Visioni, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, says, “There is absolutely no doubt that we would be all better off in the short term if we didn’t have to breathe in as many dangerous aerosols. From a health perspective, it makes sense to reduce pollutants.”

The Washington Post

Natalie Mahowald, professor of atmospheric science, explains how the shape of microplastics can determine how far they are transported.

New Atlas

This article details the VRoxy system, a project led by Cornell students Hyunju Kim, Ruidong Zhang, Mose Sakashita, and François Guimbretière, professor of information science.

Associated Press

In this article, Alexander Colvin, dean of ILR, and Cathy Creighton, director of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, discuss the support and successes of unions.

The Wall Street Journal

Vanessa Bohns, professor of organizational behavior, discusses the benefit of attending to productive tasks during a commute, saying, “You are going to feel more satisfied because you planned ahead rather than just reacted to unpleasantness.”

Newsday

Rick Geddes, professor at the Brooks School, discusses challenges to infrastructure changes, saying, “Over time, I’ve come to realize that there are so many stakeholders in a large project that could hold up or delay or prevent a project, with enormous cost to the final bill for the project, that it makes sense to include these … just to reduce that resistance.”

The Guardian

Katharine Phillips, professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, explains body dysmorphic disorder.

Wired

In this article, findings of new Icefin research by Peter Washam, research associate, which shows that the undersides of deteriorating glaciers are not flat are discussed. Peter Washam says, “It paints this really neat picture of what we see with the ocean circulation being mirrored with the ice morphology.”

NPR

Article mentions OpenEvidence, which is led by scientists at Cornell, Harvard, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and uses AI to read through the latest medical research studies.