Michael Kotlikoff, provost of Cornell and professor of molecular physiology; Emmanuel Giannelis, vice president for research & innovation and professor of engineering; and Glenn Altschuler, professor of American studies, write this opinion piece arguing for a paradigm shift in how research universities approach innovation. They emphasize the need for an “affirmation of the centrality of discovery,” recognition of “the role of the marketplace in driving innovation” and the implementation of discovery and commercialization engines.  

Experts from the Lab of Ornithology discuss the vast amount of information audio data provides and how machine learning machine learning has aided in analysis. 

Jason Judd, senior extension associate in the ILR School, talks about why finding workers to speak without fear would be his biggest concern if he was asked to investigate Xinjiang. 

Robert Howarth, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, says that “We need independent verification and monitoring of” emissions from fossil fuels. 

Jonathon Schuldt, associate professor of communication; Peter Enns, professor of government; Katherine Zaslavksy, PhD student in sociology; and Byungdoo Kim, PhD student in communication, write this opinion piece about their research finding that “awareness of anti-Asian bias actually declined between June and October 2020, and only returned to previous levels in late March 2021.” 

“Many climate impacts scale almost linearly with warming, so reducing emissions as fast as possible has to remain a key sustained motivation for this and future administrations, irrespective of a particular warming target,” says Flavio Lehner, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences.

“If people say ‘because the system worked [here] there’s nothing to fix,’ that’s a moral obscenity. That’s a terrible mistake,” says Joe Margulies, professor of law. “The bigger question is why do we have this kind of friction and tension between so many police departments and communities of color?”

Valerie Hans, professor of law, says, “The Chauvin trial was different from previous police use-of-force cases that also seemed strong in that multiple police officers testified persuasively that Chauvin's conduct was unlawful.”

“If it was just about the birthrate and it was just about American women having more children and there weren't other layers there with respect to racism and poverty, we would see a very different approach in some of these other policy arenas,” says Jamila Michener, government professor.

Glenn Altschuler, professor of American studies, writes this opinion piece about why President Joe Biden is going all-in on infrastructure. 

Alex Colvin, dean of the ILR School, says that Amazon used mandatory meetings and constant messaging to its advantage, running a better campaign than the union.

Natalie Mahowald, professor of engineering in earth and atmospheric sciences, says, “I would not be surprised if this one bit of software changes many people’s minds about the scale of the impact of humans on the environment.”