Ifeoma Ajunwa, associate professor in the ILR School, writes this opinion piece about why organizational antiracist training programs may fail and what organizations can do better.

The article features a Q&A with Kate Manne, associate professor of philosophy, on male entitlement.  

“The recession is really taking hold,” says Erica Groshen, senior labor-economics adviser. “Nonprofits are now worried about whether they’re going to get the donations. Manufacturers are worried about whether anyone is going to buy their machine tools. Builders of industrial plants are worried about whether they’ll have any new construction projects.”

Sarah Kreps, professor of government, says the two key factors driving improved numbers of contact tracing app downloads in Finland can be attributed to the fact that people are less likely to view the apps as scary, more as an essential tool, and European apps have prioritized privacy by housing the data in third-party data centers, not the government.

“What we may be seeing now is those voters that are already registered might not be being reached out to, and that's reflected in the polls,” says Sergio García-Ríos, assistant professor of government and Latino studies. “It doesn't seem like [Democrats] see the Latino electorate as a key demographic to pursue.”

Daniel Williams Hooker, a senior lecturer at Cornell University’s Food Industry Management Program, says food prepared at demo station is safe, but cautions unsupervised bowls, trays and troughs of food are “not great.”

“If the mission were to fail midway through the winter, all data would then be lost,” says Don Banfield, principal research scientist in astrophysics and planetary science. “My suspicion is that we [will] find it makes sense to radio data back, even at the cost of some energy.”

“The risks definitely outweigh the benefits for some of these folks,” says Alex Susskind, director of the Food and Beverage Institute. “And if they need the money, they may be able to find other types of work that may be less risky.”

“I understand the spirit of wanting to call it a strike because it sounds more militant than boycott,” says Ileen DeVault, professor in the ILR School. “It feels more in tune with the Black Lives Matter movement, which it is. But it’s difficult to define.”

Mark Wysocki, senior lecturer in earth and atmospheric sciences, says that the market for the commercial weather industry will continue to grow as climate change makes weather models more uncertain and extreme weather becomes more frequent and costly.

Maria Figueroa, senior extension associate at the ILR School says Uber “will have to still be making sure that the franchisees comply with all of the quality standards that they want to maintain to protect their brands, and that implies a certain level of control over how the work is performed. That’s where they run the risk of being perceived as or being classified as a joint employer, and that’s what they’ve been fighting to the death.”

Diego Diel, associate professor of population medicine, says that though the coronavirus is zoonotic it causes a fundamentally human disease and notes that if the virus posed a significant threat to animal health, we would know by now. The piece also notes that the vet lab at Cornell and other schools confirmed lions at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for coronavirus.