Luis Schang says the benefits of returning to a more open society now outweigh the marginal risk of vaccinated people not wearing masks and distancing.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

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Sarah Kreps, a surveillance systems and cybersecurity expert at Cornell University, comments on a new system designed to link national COVID-19 tracing apps across the European Union.

Arts and Sciences

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The colors of the 2018 fall foliage season will be delayed and less vibrant, predicts Taryn Bauerle, Cornell University associate professor of plant science, whose research focuses on how plants communicate water stress.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

New York State

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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The following experts are available to discuss holiday shopping.

Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Colleen Carey, an expert health care economics and federal regulations of health care policy, says vaccine developers will likely follow FDA guidance despite the White House’s efforts to block it.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

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Douglas Kriner and Sarah Kreps recently published a study in JAMA Network Open showing that if an initial COVID-19 vaccine is about as effective as a flu shot, uptake by the American public may fall far short of the 70% level needed to achieve herd immunity.

Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Elizabeth Demmings, a food safety expert with the Institute for Food Safety at Cornell University, offers the following guidance for preparing holiday foods safely.  

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Sabrina Karim, assistant professor of government at Cornell University, visited Rohingya refugee camps in January of 2020, where she is conducting a large-scale survey on the educational needs of the Rohingya and local host population in Bangladesh.

International

Arts and Sciences

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Drew Margolin, professor of communication, comments on a controversial decision from Facebook to block news feeds in Australia.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Tropical Storm Harvey continues to wreak havoc on southeastern Texas, and made a second landfall in Louisiana early Wednesday morning.  Charles H. Greene is a professor of Earth and Atmospheric sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, a fellow at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and a leading expert in effects of global climate change on ocean ecosystems and extreme weather.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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