Michael Dorf, professor of law, says that while he expects the Supreme Court Justices to evaluate standing, these types of considerations rarely delay proceedings if the majority wants to decide the legal merits. 

Visiting Assistant Professor Judith Hubbard says, “Every day that passes reduces the likelihood of another triggered event. However, that [risk] does not decay to zero — instead, it decays to the background rate. So while the hazard will be less elevated as time passes, it will never be nonzero — and in fact, in many areas, it will remain quite high.” 

“They have some more bargaining power, the labor market is strong, they feel they can use the strike weapon to get gains they think they deserve,” says Alex Colvin, dean of the ILR School. 

“The Biden administration is between a rock and a hard place,” says Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law. “Congress has failed to reform our broken immigration system, and more and more people are attempting to enter the United States for a variety of reasons, including persecution, gang violence, and climate change. The Biden administration hopes its proposed rule will survive a court challenge. I doubt it.” 

Glenn Altschuler, professor of American studies, celebrates the life of President Jimmy Carter. 

This piece references research by Virginia Doellgast, professor of employment relations and dispute resolution, on how workers who have tight controls surrounding how they perform their work are more likely to get burned out and find it more difficult to solve problems brought to them by customers. 

In this opinion piece, Glenn Altschuler, professor of American studies, details the benefits of police reform, as The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act awaits a vote in Congress. 

Murray McBride, professor emeritus, discusses the dangers the chemicals from the train derailment in Ohio pose to humans and the environment.  

“We found that specific nanoparticles — titanium dioxide and silicon dioxide — ordinarily used in food may negatively affect intestinal functionality,” says Elad Tako, associate professor of food science. “They have a negative effect on key digestive and absorptive proteins.” 

Alexander Colvin, dean of the ILR School, says stack ranking has “become a fairly common practice and it’s one that creates a pretty harsh workplace environment. People feel constantly under the gun.” 

New research by Britney Schmidt, associate professor of astronomy and earth and atmospheric sciences, on Antarctica’s Thwaites ice shelf examines the ways the glacier is melting and falling apart. 

Mark Sarvary, senior lecturer of neurobiology and behavior, discusses the findings of a survey he took of Cornell students in “Investigative Biology.” Sarvary wanted to know how best to work with students post-pandemic.