“Having shade and growing in high altitudes means the bean develops very slowly,” says Miguel Gómez, associate professor at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. “The bean accumulates all the aromas of the particular terroir and the particular variety.”

Robert Hockett, a professor at Cornell University Law School, discusses potential Federal Reserve legislation that would ease regulations on all but the biggest banks in America.

"Proving that this was possible was a major contribution to computer science," says Emin Gün Sirer, a computer science professor at Cornell University. "Satoshi opened the door to revamping the entire finance industry.” Now, however, “Satoshi has been outclassed in every imaginable way. And for the issues we still face, [Satoshi’s writing] provides no solution."

“Since our political processes have become so unpredictable, and somewhat dysfunctional, they are watching even more closely than they have before,” says Allen Carlson, director of the China and Asia Pacific Studies program at Cornell University. The Chinese are less concerned with the combative turn in U.S. rhetoric than with the Trump administration’s unpredictability. 

The initial aid package "had political motivations," says Andrew Novaković, a professor of agricultural economics at Cornell University. But "I think there was a genuine understanding that these actions exacted a real cost on folks who were important supporters of the long-term agenda."

“This year really stands out to me as interesting, because everything is so patchy,” says Taryn Bauerle, a plant science professor at Cornell University. “Some trees are green and some are not. It’s really kind of a wildcard. We’ve had some crazy weather and it’s making all kinds of repercussions in the ecology of animals and plants.”

Foreign capital can also be overrated as a source of growth. Emerging economies benefit from it only after they pass a certain threshold of institutional quality, suggests research Eswar Prasad, a trade policy professor at Dyson. 

Studies by Alexander Colvin, interim dean and professor at the ILR School, have found that, in arbitration, “employers get better results and lower chances of really large damage awards” to plaintiffs. “One of the biggest motivating factors for employers is avoiding big jury awards,” Colvin says.

A team of researchers at Cornell University, including Lab of Ornithology research associate Aaron Rice and technician Kristin Hodge, found that dolphins in the Western North Atlantic modified their whistle calls in response to high noise levels caused by ships, possibly hindering their ability to talk to each other.

A paper released last month, co-authored by Michael Lovenheim, associate professor of policy analysis and management at the College of Human Ecology, found that students have worse job outcomes and increased risk of defaulting on student loans when they attend for-profit institutions.

Op-ed from Amanda Rodewald, a professor and senior director of conservation science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. “Of course, barley — let alone beer — is among the least of our worries when it comes to climate change. Nevertheless, the new research underscores how far-reaching, and sometimes surprising, the consequences might be,” Rodewald says.

Op-ed from Adam Anderson and Eve De Rosa, co-directors of the Affect & Cognition Lab in the Department of Human Development and Human Neuroscience Institute at Cornell University. They says, “With the unemployment rate lower than it's been in 18 years, most Americans are hard at work, yet they still have a paucity of savings.”