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The Washington Post

Mostafa Minawi, associate professor of history, says that the current climate in Turkey “might be economic and political, but the tools are cultural identity.” 

Forbes

“Juno has provided a complete overhaul of our understanding of Jupiter,” says Jonathan Lunine, department chair and professor of astronomy. “It has remarkable storms and atmospheric circulations and an intricate magnetic field.”

Bloomberg

Eswar Prasad, professor of applied economics and policy, discusses cryptocurrency oversight.

Reuters

Alexandra Lahav, professor of law, comments on the multidistrict litigation alleging ear plugs made by 3M Co caused hearing loss for more than 200,000 veterans. 

Bloomberg Law

Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research at the ILR School, says that corporate employers will often try to distract from charges filed against them by ignoring agencies and then declaring them “corrupt, boars, and illegitimate.” 

Financial Times

Eswar Prasad, professor of applied economics and policy, writes this opinion piece about the challenges decentralized finance poses for regulators.

Modern Farmer

“There are good reasons for regulators and policymakers to encourage these up-and-coming technologies,” says Mario Herrero, the study’s co-author and scholar at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability. “Politicians must remain aware [of] unintended negative consequences and commit to mitigating changes that are ethically concerning, including harms to disadvantaged workers and hard-hit local communities and small producers.” 

The Washington Post

Coverage of research about how global warming affects dairy cows by Joseph McFadden, associate professor of animal science. 

South China Morning Post

“The two countries are trying to signal very clearly that they’re in the pro-democracy camp, and they don’t want to be aligned with countries that are seen as acting in opposition to democracy,” says Sarah Kreps, professor of government and law.

The Hill

“Right now, we have a relatively good handle on saying when there’s a heatwave, we know how much worse this was compared to a world where we wouldn’t have had any climate change, and things like that,” said Flavio Lehner, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences. 

Voice of America

“Taiwan-based TSMC is the biggest world producer of chips, and China and the rest of the world need TSMC semiconductors. Hence, I don’t expect China to target electronic exports,” said Lourdes Casanova, director of the Emerging Markets Institute and senior lecturer of management. 

The Hill

Andrea Stevenson Won, an assistant professor and director of the Virtual Embodiment Lab, comments on Meta's purchase of virtual reality company Oculus in 2014.