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BBC

Josh Twining, postdoctoral associate, examines the benefits of the Eurasian lynx being reintroduced to Ireland.

Gothamist

Edwin Cowen, professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, discusses the impact of flooding in New York City.

The New York Times

Ben Furnas, executive director of the 2030 Project, notes that there are strategies to direct the excess flood water away from sewer systems and waterways.

Inside Higher Ed

Details of a report out of the Center for Teaching and Learning that suggests instructors adopt one of three policies regarding AI use in the classroom—prohibit, allow with attribution, or encourage generative AI use.

Wired

Brooke Erin Duffy, associate professor of communication, notes that influencers and creators “recount feelings of angst about stepping away—even for a short time. Experiences of burnout and exhaustion are rife among creators and streamers.”

Science

Courtney Murdock, associate professor of entomology, says, “There are some temperatures that you experience that are too cold, and some temperatures that are too bloody hot. And there’s the temperature that you’d like to hang out at, usually around 75°[F]. It’s kind of the same thing for mosquitoes and for the parasites that they transmit.”

USA Today

Harry Katz, professor of collective bargaining, talks about cost of living adjustments and inflation.

Business Insider

William Michael Lynn, professor of services marketing at the Nolan School, explains the five reasons why we leave a larger gratuity.

Associated Press

Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, says, “It severely hits the dealerships, and it hurts the customers who purchased those very expensive vehicles in good faith. You just told all your customers, 'Hey we can't fix those $50,000 to $70,000 cars we just sold you because we can't get you the parts.'”

Bloomberg

Kate Bronfenbrenner, senior lecturer at ILR,  joins Bloomberg Markets to explain the difficulty of negotiating between striking autoworkers and manufacturers.

Agence France-Press

“We now think that we have observational evidence that the carbon we see on Europa’s surface came from the ocean. That's not a trivial thing. Carbon is a biologically essential element,” says Samantha Trumbo, research associate at the Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science.

Axios

Cathy Creighton, director of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, discusses the impact of the loss of pandemic-era funding on the childcare industry.