Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, says, “Shutting down Ford's Kentucky truck plant has started to ratchet up pressure on GM and Stellantis and they're starting to make progress.”
In this America at a Crossroads segment, Judy Woodroof interviewed President Pollack and Cornell students about the Freedom of Expression theme year and the importance of civil discourse on college campuses.
“People are desperate for information and social media context may actively interfere with people’s ability to distinguish fact from fiction,” says Gordon Pennycook, associate professor of psychology.
Coverage of Claudia Goldin ’67, who just won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, and the importance of her work in the male-dominated field of economics.
“We know from years of evidence that we need multiple things to come together to support healthy eating,” says Angela Odoms-Young, associate professor of nutritional science.
“I’m also curious if Amazon plans dual-use capabilities where government/defense will be a major client. This may result in the targeting of Kuiper like that of Starlink in Ukraine,” says Gregory Falco, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.
Sherri Kimes, professor of service operations management, and Alex Susskind, professor of food and beverage management, talk about utilizing robots in the wake of labor shortages.
George Hay, professor of law, notes that Amazon has an advantage in this antitrust suit filed by the government, “Amazon has had years—at least since Lina Khan came to the F.T.C.—to think about this lawsuit and how they’re going to defend against it.”
Megan Greischar, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, says, “Vaccines will not, on their own, meet the goal of malaria elimination, except perhaps in places like the US where transmission is already rare.”