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‘Omnipresent surveillance’: Facial recognition may transform schools into prisons

February 10, 2020

Stephen Wicker, an expert in information network privacy issues, comments on Lockport City School District becoming the first district in New York state to adopt facial recognition technology to monitor who is on school grounds.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Oscar newcomers benefit from lower expectations

February 6, 2020

Heeyon Kim, an expert in how social status, reputation and market identity affect the behavior of people in creative industries, says newcomers don't need to beat industry giants to reach Oscar status, they just need to beat expectations. 

Social & Behavioral Sciences

‘Not a local affair’: Evanston reparations could harm national movement

March 23, 2021

Olúfémi Táíwò, professor of Africana studies, and Noliwe Rooks, director of American studies and professor of Africana studies, comment on the city of Evanston approving a reparations program.

Law and Policy
Arts and Sciences

Procedural questions to shape impeachment trajectory

December 5, 2019

David Bateman, professor of government, says that it might just take a few Republican members shifting their positions for conviction to be possible in the Senate.

Law and Policy
Arts and Sciences

2019 brings best pumpkin crop, unique gourds

October 10, 2019

Steve Reiners, professor of horticulture at Cornell University and a New York state vegetable industry expert, says the 2019 season has some of the best quality pumpkins he’s ever seen.

Food & Agriculture

To reform its image, Uber ends privacy-invasive app feature

August 29, 2017

Uber Technologies Inc. is expected to announce the end of an app feature that allows the company to track riders for up to five minutes after a trip. Karen Levy, professor of information science at Cornell University, studies how law and technology interact to regulate social life, with a particular focus on social and organizational aspects of surveillance.

Computing & Information Sciences

While significant, CFAP aid doesn’t resolve dairy demand destruction

April 19, 2020

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). Agricultural economist Andrew Novakovic says while it’s helpful the CFAP will provide assistance for farmers, massive demand destruction still remains as an underlying problem.

Food & Agriculture
Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Agriculture and Life Sciences

Instagram bets on AI-human collab to stop bullying

October 6, 2020

Natalie Bazarova, professor of communication and director of the Cornell Social Media Lab, comments on Instagram's new tools to stop cyberbullying. 

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Surveillance for health: Safeguards needed as CDC turns to personal data

April 2, 2020

Sarah Kreps, professor of government and expert in surveillance systems and cybersecurity, comments on efforts within the federal government to use data and surveillance to control the spread of the new coronavirus.

Arts and Sciences

Britain’s ambitious shift to electric vehicles poised to have dramatic health, environmental impacts

February 6, 2020

Oliver Gao, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of Cornell’s Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health, comments on Britain's plan to ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars beginning in 2035.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

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