Amanda Rodewald, professor and senior director of conservation science with Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology, comments on a new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule the excludes "incidental take" from Migratory Bird Treaty Act protections.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Lab of Ornithology

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that public schools will not fully reopen for the upcoming school year. New York City students will return to school on a limited basis with only one to three days a week of in-person education and remote learning the remainder of the days. Noliwe Rooks, expert in cultural and racial implications for education says Mayor de Blasio needs to immediately outline plans for supporting low-income Black and Latinx children, and their families, who will be greatly impacted by this plan.

New York City

Arts and Sciences

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Gustavo Flores-Macias, associate professor of government, says that for President López Obrador, economic benefits of the meeting at the White House will outweigh potential political risks.

Law and Policy

International

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Allen Carlson, professor of government, says that the Chinese national security law serves as a final nail in the coffin of the ‘one country, two systems’ principle that has governed interaction between Hong Kong and China.

International

Law and Policy

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On Thursday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release figures for unemployment in the month of June. Cornell experts Erica Groshen and Murillo Campello are available for interviews about the report and the challenges facing the U.S. job market.

Economics and Business

Industrial and Labor Relations

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

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Natalie Mahowald, professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, comments on a Saharan dust plume making its way into the Gulf Coast region.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer, professor of immigration law at the Cornell Law School, says that the decision of the Court stems from a need for the administration to consider alternatives to a policy upon which Americans rely.

Law and Policy

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Sergio Garcia-Rios, professor of government and Latino studies, and Maria Cristina Garcia, professor of History and Latino Studies, comment on the Supreme Court ruling in support of the DACA Program. 

Law and Policy

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Steve Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School, says that the Supreme Court decision on DACA offers Dreamers a temporary sigh of relief. 

Law and Policy

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Allen Carlson, professor of government and director of Cornell University’s China and Asia Pacific Program, says the tentative peace between China and India brokered in the 1990s may have cracked this week, potentially ushering in a new and stormy chapter to the relationship between countries

Law and Policy

International

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