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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Cornell Tech expert on Apple headset launch

January 18, 2024

Apple is set to begin taking orders for the Vision Pro on Friday. The base configuration of the headset will cost $3,499.

science

Cornell experts on SCOTUS ruling in social media dispute

June 26, 2024

The Supreme Court has sided with the Biden administration over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts. The following Cornell University are available to provide comment.

Law and Policy
Law, Government & Public Policy

Cornell expert on SCOTUS decision to review state regulation of social media

September 29, 2023

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear challenges to laws in Texas and Florida that would limit the ability of platforms like Facebook, YouTube and X to moderate content.

Skeptical but unpersuaded: SCOTUS hears online speech cases

February 28, 2024

The Supreme Court heard a pair of cases that will influence the future of online speech and the limits of future tech regulation.

Law and Policy
Cornell Tech

Fusion ‘breakthrough’ is big, but more efficient methods needed

December 13, 2022

Gennady Schvets, an expert on fusion and plasma physics, comments on the first ever fusion reaction to generate more energy than used to start the reaction.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

New heat shield test a ‘major step’ for future Mars missions

November 10, 2022

NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator technology demonstration, or LOFTID, launched and landed this morning. The experimental heat shield technology is needed for any future crewed missions on Mars.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
science

Ford, UAW deal signals ‘in-house’ EV work with consistent terms, conditions

October 26, 2023

Cornell University labor and electric vehicle transition expert, Ian Greer, comments on a tentative deal reached between Ford and the United Auto Workers Union and its implications for workers and EV manufacturing.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Industrial and Labor Relations
Economics and Business

First Solar U.S. expansion likely to nudge other producers stateside

August 31, 2022

Fengqi You, a professor of energy systems engineering and an expert on the life cycle of solar panels, comments on First Solar's announced expansion in the U.S., and Max Zhang, a sustainable energy systems expert, discusses what it can mean for solar panel reuse and recycling.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Menlo Micro’s plans have ‘terrific synergy’ with Cornell semiconductor research

July 11, 2023

Krystyn Van Vliet, vice president for research and innovation at Cornell University, says Menlo Micro's plans to move into Tompkins County align well with Cornell’s commitments to the goals of the CHIPS and Science Act.

New York State
Economics and Business

How a ‘just’ EV transition hinges on a looming labor strike

September 14, 2023

Ian Greer, a research professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), comments on a looming autoworker strike and its significance for the U.S. transition to electric vehicles.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Industrial and Labor Relations