As the historic West Coast wildfires continue, the risk of smoke taint in vineyards across the region is rising. Gavin Sacks, a Cornell University professor of food science and an expert in enology and viticulture, says a surge capacity system will likely be needed for testing grapes or wines for smoke taint during difficult wildfire years.

Food & Agriculture

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Elaine Petro, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University and a former engineer at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, comments on Blue Origin's latest test launch of its New Shepherd rocket.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Joe Margulies, professor of law and government, says that possible charges brought against officers by the Louisville attorney general this week would not be enough to address the deeply flawed criminal justice system that led to Breonna Taylor’s killing.

Law and Policy

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Andrew Karolyi, an expert on investments and international markets and John Tobin, an expert on environmental and energy economics, comment on the European Union's plan to create 225 billion euros of green debt by increasing the number of available green bonds.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Economics and Business

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

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Jeffrey Chusid, an architect, planner, professor and department chair of city and regional planning, comments on devastating wildfires burning in the Western U.S. and how city codes have made urban environments safer from fires.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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A study in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday examines E. coli outbreaks linked to leafy greens in the United States and Canada from 2009 to 2018. Professors of food safety at Cornell University, Martin Wiedmann and Randy Worobo, who were not involved with the study, are available for interviews on the report.

Food & Agriculture

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The Federal Reserve is scheduled to wrap up its two-day meeting on Wednesday afternoon, when it will announce its latest policy decisions. While experts do not anticipate a significant shift in the central bank’s posture, many are looking for signs on how the Fed is planning for potentially high inflation in the near future. Cornell experts, Sarah Wolfolds and Shawn Mankind, weigh in on the Fed's likely posture. 

Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

Economics and Business

Johnson Graduate School of Management

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Alexandra Blackman, assistant professor of government at Cornell University, comments on the Middle East deal signing Trump will be presiding on Tuesday. 

International

Law and Policy

Arts and Sciences

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New York’s foliage season has begun with fall colors starting to appear in the North Country, Central New York, Mid-Hudson and Capital regions. Cornell University experts Taryn Bauerle and Daniel Weitoish offer a foliage forecast for New York.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

New York State

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Jonathan Lunine, an astrophysicist who studies the origin of life in exotic environments in space, comments on the discovery of the chemical compound phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Arts and Sciences

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