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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“I expect Angela Merkel’s visit to Trump to be very different from Macron’s visit this week. The distinct protocolar frameworks in which these two back-to back visits with Europe’s most important leaders take place are very telling. They point to the much more difficult relationship Trump has with Merkel compared to his relationship with the French president."
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
202-434-8049
Related Tip Sheet:
Merkel to navigate difficult road in DC — without the pomp (04/26/18)
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“Without a Castro formally at the head of the Cuban government, a younger leader without the legitimacy of the revolution will have to navigate the island’s many domestic and international challenges, from resolving Cuba’s problematic dual currency system to weathering President Trump’s return to a Cold War antagonism in U.S.-Cuba relations.”
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
202-434-8049
Related Tip Sheet:
No more Castro: Cuba’s change of guards starts a day early (04/16/18)
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This local New York story resonates deeply as it travels in multiple directions in a world in which the garment trade is global. Its echoes reverberate in the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh and elsewhere around the globe.
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
202-434-8049
Related Tip Sheet:
Triangle fire of 1911 still echoes in NYC and beyond (03/19/18)
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For me, ‘A Brief History of Time’ was not only an introduction to some of the most fascinating topics in physics, but also a window into the father I never got to know and the brilliant mind I was supposed to inherit.
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
Related Tip Sheet:
Remembering Stephen Hawking: a personal story (03/14/18)
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"Tillerson’s ouster is a sign of continued turbulence in U.S. foreign policy. A potential silver lining is that the State Department will fare better under someone who has Trump’s ear."
Media:
Media Relations, Media Relations Office
mediarelations@cornell.edu
(607) 255 - 2059
Related Tip Sheet:
Tillerson ouster may mean more of the same for China, Asia (03/13/18)
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"The number pi (3.14159265...) has intrigued scientists and mathematicians for thousands of years. It is defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (the same amount, no matter how big or small the circle!) but has eluded easy computation."
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
Related Tip Sheet:
Pi Day: 10 trillion digits and counting (03/07/18)
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“That idea of promoting justice through the pocketbook has been a powerful force in American history, and the expanding boycott against the NRA is just the latest example.”
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
202-434-8049
Related Tip Sheet:
NRA boycotts lay bare US consumers' economic leverage (03/01/18)
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As a founding member of the European Community, Italy has always been in Europe, but not completely of Europe. (...) The Euro crisis and attendant austerity followed by the refugee crisis have produced convergences across Europe where none had existed in the past. With the dissolution of the left and the emergence of an intense nationalism, Italy is becoming European, and not in a good way.
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
202-434-8049
Related Tip Sheet:
Italy is finally European, but not in a good way (02/27/18)
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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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“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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