Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann is a Cornell University entomologist based on Long Island whose work focuses on integrated pest management. Although it’s still early in the season to know the full extent of mosquito trends this year, she advises New Yorkers to take steps now to protect themselves from the risks of mosquito-borne illnesses.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Jeff Niederdeppe, associate professor of communication at Cornell University, studies the mechanisms and effects of mass media campaigns, strategic health messages and news coverage in shaping health behavior. He says the potential restrictions highlight how flavored e-cigarettes are directly targeted toward young people.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Law and Policy

New York City

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Drew Pascarella, lecturer of finance at Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, comments on Spotify’s unorthodox NYSE listing.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

New York City

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Johnson Graduate School of Management

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Glen Dowell, leading corporate sustainability researcher and associate professor of Management and Organizations at Cornell University, says business leaders have a powerful role to play in addressing climate change.

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

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Airport workers in New York City’s main airports are mobilizing to support a bill that will increase employees’ pay to nearly $18 an hour. New York lawmakers are expected to vote on the legislation before the end of the current legislative session.

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Warren Brown is a senior research associate at Cornell University, where he directs the Program on Applied Demographics and is the research director of the New York Census Research Data Center. Brown says it’s unclear if the Puerto Ricans in-migrating to the U.S. will be able to economically integrate into their new communities.

Human Ecology

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Cornell University’s Shannon Gleeson, a professor of labor relations, law and history at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on Trump's highly anticipated budget proposal will include $23 billion devoted to building a border wall along Mexico’s border and increased investment in immigration enforcement.

Law, Government & Public Policy

Industrial and Labor Relations

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Cornell in DC

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Art DeGaetano is the director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC), professor of earth and atmospheric sciences and an expert on climate data at Cornell University. He says Cape Cod and parts of Long Island will see tropical storm conditions, including heavy rain and hazardous surf.

Engineering

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Professor Alex Susskind is an expert on consumer behavior and satisfaction at the Hotel School at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. Just as Danny Meyer’s organization, the Union Square Hospitality Group, has moved toward a no tipping policy in its restaurants – Susskind says Uber should not change course.

School of Hotel Administration

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The Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s animals will host its annual pet adoption event, Adoptapalooza, at Union Square Park this Sunday. Dr. Elizabeth Berliner, the director of Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine as well as a consultant and lead veterinarian for the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association’s Field Services program, which facilitates mobile spay/neuter and preventive medicine clinics in rural areas of the U.S. to communities without access to routine veterinary care, reviews her recommendations for any family considering the adoption of a shelter pet.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

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