“China views semiconductors as a strategic resource. Therefore, it wants to become self-sufficient in all aspects of advanced chip design and manufacturing,” says Lourdes S. Casanova, director of the Emerging Markets Institute. “These funds are meant to build China’s capabilities towards this goal.”

This piece references a report by researchers from Cornell and University of Massachusetts Boston finding that GE moved jobs assembling military engine parts from Massachusetts and New York to countries including Romania, Poland and South Korea.

“Selling an asset that is a financial instrument … is not the same thing as selling sneakers,” says Charles Whitehead, professor of business law. “All these celebrities who are running around and doing these sorts of sponsorships should stop and ask a securities lawyer.”

“It’s a big milestone, but NIF is not a fusion-energy device,” says Dave Hammer, professor of nuclear engineering. 

“If you receive a present at Christmastime, a new toy, you want to be able to use it. Well, this is kind of the same thing for a number of law-enforcement agencies,” says Sabrina Karim, an assistant professor of government.

“Apple would not be the company that it is today without China as a manufacturing base,” says Eli Friedman, associate professor in the ILR School. “It’s not going to entail a decoupling from China – there’s going to be Apple products that are made in China for a very long time.”

Brooke Erin Duffy, associate professor of communication, writes this opinion piece about how the uncertainty of social media impacts vulnerable creators.

Steven Carvell, professor of finance, puts the current rate hikes into a historical perspective and talks about the homeowners that will suffer from interest rate hikes.

“If they can show that the workers there trust the union, then other battery plants may have more pressure to follow suit,” says Art Wheaton, senior extension associate with ILR Buffalo Co-Lab.

“The deep field image fills me with wonder and hope,” says Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor of astronomy and director of the Carl Sagan Institute. 

“If you have lower income and then pool together, it might feel like a lot more money, whereas if you have two really affluent people and you pool together, you’re still super rich,” says Emily Garbinsky, associate professor of marketing. 

This piece on efforts to address the food desert in Buffalo’s East Side mentions a partnership between High Street Market and Cornell Cooperative Extension which will provide fresh fruit and vegetables to the area as well as allow kids to plant and cultivate gardens.