TikTok has signed a deal to spin off its U.S. business, bringing to a close a lengthy debate on the popular social media app. Nearly 50 percent of the assets will be held by three American companies – Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX.

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Social psychologist Tom Gilovich, director of the Judgment and Belief Lab and co-author of “The Wisest One in the Room,” suggests adding one more item to that list: the very capacity to experience gratitude, the benefits of which extend far beyond personal happiness.

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Ginger Allington, a professor in the department of natural resources and the environment, says the boom in cheap cashmere is accelerating ecological damage across Central Asia.

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Lindsay Anderson is a professor in environmental engineering and interim director for the Cornell Energy Systems Institute. She comments on the EPA decision to change the language on some of its web pages, removing the fact that human activity is causing climate change.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Tom Pepinsky, a professor of government who studies political and economic systems in Southeast Asia, says that Thailand and Cambodia have long had fraught relations.

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A federal vaccine committee has decided to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.

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Ken Roberts, a professor of government with a specialization in Latin American politics at Cornell University says since the end of the Pinochet regime, Chile has been seen as one of Latin America's strongest democracies.

International

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Art Wheaton is an expert on transportation industries and serves as director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He says Trump’s pivot comes with short and long-term implications for carmakers.

Economics and Business

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Trent Preszler is a professor of practice and director of the Thoreau Planetary Solutions Initiative at Cornell University. He recently published a book, Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America, about the natural history of the tree and its future in America.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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The Trump administration has frozen immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries. The following Cornell experts are available to discuss developments. 

Law and Policy

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