Cornell experts, including some attending COP30, comment on the US decision not to send high-level representatives to the gathering.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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Drew Harvell, a professor emerita of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University and Steven Mana'oakamai Johnson, assistant professor of natural resources and the environment, comment on the die-off of warm-water coral reefs.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Wendong Zhang is an associate professor of applied economics and policy and the co-author of Economic Impacts of the 2025 Trade Wars, a policy brief detailing how U.S. tariffs could drive global trade realignments and welfare redistribution.

International

Economics and Business

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James Carter is an assistant professor of organizational behavior and examines diversity and discrimination in organizations. He says that many consumers, and people of color in particular, feel betrayed by corporate flip-flopping on social issues.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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Uriel Abulof, a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department and a professor of politics at Tel-Aviv University, published a case study in the journal Politics and Policy:  Nuclear Diversion Theory and Legitimacy Crisis: The Case of Iran

Foreign Policy

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Scott Yonker, professor of finance at Cornell University, has researched the effects of corporate board diversity on company performance, innovation, stock price volatility and other dimensions.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Diversity

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Jura Liaukonyte, professor of marketing at Cornell University, says in today’s fragmented media landscape, advertisers struggle to reach large, diverse groups of consumers all at once.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Economics and Business

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

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Landon Schnabel, a Cornell University sociologist who studies religion, says that while proponents of the proposed Texas state curriculum frame it as culturally enriching, the move raises questions about the politicization of religious education.

education

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Google is pausing the ability for its Gemini AI to generate images of people, after the tool was found to be creating inaccurate historical images. 

Computing & Information Sciences

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Following another weekend of deadly clashes between police and demonstrators, Bangladesh’s army chief announced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned. Sabrina Karim, associate professor of government, says what stands out about this historic day is the role of the military, which was divided on the use of repression.

International

Arts and Sciences

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