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Bloomberg

Rick Geddes, director of Cornell’s program in infrastructure policy comments on how to best fund an overhaul of America’s infrastructure.

CNBC

Mabel Berezin, a professor of sociology at Cornell University and an expert on populism and fascism in Europe, said that "no matter what, the outcome of the Italian elections will not be good."

The Washington Post

Jeremy Wallace, professor of government at Arts and Sciences, writes about the extended term limit for China’s president, which allows Xi Jinping to continue his rule beyond 2023.

Australian Broadcast Corporation

Kate Manne, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University and the author of Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, argues that rather than conceptualizing misogyny from the point of view of the accused, it might be far more productive to think of misogyny instead from the point of view of its targets or victims.

The Wall Street Journal

Olivier Elemento, director of the Caryl and Israel Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, pens this op-ed about a regulatory decision due Wednesday from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that “could undermine the care delivered to the more than 1.6 million Americans who are diagnosed with cancer each year.

Hong Kong Free Press

Political scientist Jessica Chen Weiss, author of Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China’s Foreign Relations, comments on the angry backlash from Chinese netizens against companies that make political missteps in the country.

Reuters

School of Hotel Administration professor Christopher Anderson says Aribnb is trying to figure out how to grow at the same levels that investors expect. "That comes down to more breadth of inventory," Anderson says.

Time

Kevin Gaines, professor of Africana studies, discusses the parallels between youth marching for gun control today and youth who marched for civil rights in 1964.

The New York Times

Todd Cowen, faculty director for energy at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, says large events like the Olympics face a challenge when trying to be sustainable because they require people to fly in from around the world. Jennifer Minner, assistant professor of city and regional planning, says Olympic cities often produce facilities for use only for the time of the Olympics and which are later left in disuse.

Business Insider

This feature of Cornell Tech quotes the dean of the school Daniel Huttenlocher, and head of the school's Startup Studio David Tisch. Huttenlocher explains the mission of Cornell Tech while Tisch discusses the hands-on Studio curriculum.

Discover Magazine

Chris Mason, a biomedical researcher at Weill Cornell Medicine, found that space travel can cause unique gene mutations in the body.

Newsday

“The current La Niña and long-term trends are tipping the outlooks to favor above-normal temps for March and spring for part of the Northeast,” said Jessica Spaccio, a climatologist with the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University.