Austin Bunn, associate professor of performing and media arts at Cornell University, says the decision to close cinemas across the country reflects a long-standing need to redesign the movie-going experience.

Arts & Humanities

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Doug Kriner, professor of government and an expert on presidential power, comments on President Trump's positive test for COVID-19. 

Law and Policy

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The Glass Fire has already burned over 55,500 acres and hot, dry, windy conditions threaten additional fire danger to California's Napa and Sonoma wine regions. Cheryl Stanley an expert in food and beverage operations, specifically the wine industry, says the California fires will have known and unknown financial impacts for regional wineries for years to come.

Economics and Business

Food & Agriculture

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Tens of thousands of airline workers could face layoffs on Thursday, after Congressional relief aid designed to help airlines, among other industries, expired without an alternative bill in place. Arthur Wheaton, an expert in auto and airline industries at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, is available for interviews following layoff announcements today.  

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Restaurants in New York City and other city centers around the country are making plans to reopen for reduced-capacity indoor dining. Lilly Jan, senior lecturer of food and beverage management at the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell, says that restaurant operators should find creative ways to resume indoor dining while considering maintaining viable options for outdoor dining as well.

Food & Agriculture

School of Hotel Administration

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Grocery stores and food retailers are stockpiling products to prepare for another widespread outbreak of COVID-19 cases amidst the already busy holiday season rush. Edward McLaughlin, professor of food industry management and an expert in the efficiency of food distribution systems says food companies, anticipating another potential wave of COVID-19, are putting previous demand buying models aside and are now sending staple goods to grocery stores, even without an order.

Food & Agriculture

Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

Economics and Business

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The latest monthly employment report to be released on Friday will help show how fast the U.S. economy is rebounding, amidst renewed discussions in Congress over a second stimulus check. Erica Groshen is senior economics advisor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She is a former commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and has written extensively on how economies can recover from recessions. 

Economics and Business

Industrial and Labor Relations

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On Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its monthly jobs report for September 2020. Russell Weaver, an economic geographer, says the September 2020 jobs report is likely to show small gains, but New York state is still lagging behind the rest of the nation.

Industrial and Labor Relations

New York State

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Steve Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School and co-author of a leading 21-volume immigration law series, compares what Trump paid in federal income taxes in 2016 with what undocumented immigrants pay. 

Law and Policy

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Alexandra Cirone, professor of government at Cornell University says there are many things people can do to protect themselves against the misinformation that floods social media in the aftermath of election-related events like presidential debates.

Law and Policy

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