Patrick Reed, professor of civil and environmental engineering, comments on environmental changes in the Mekong River system and the dams that are widely seen as the culprits.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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David Bateman, professor of government, says that it might just take a few Republican members shifting their positions for conviction to be possible in the Senate.

Law and Policy

Arts and Sciences

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Lisa Kaltenegger, director of Cornell University’s Carl Sagan Institute and a professor of astrophysics, comments on the discovery of a gaseous disk around a white dwarf star.

Arts and Sciences

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Fernanda Duarte Amaral, a biologist specializing in reef environments and a visiting professor in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University, comments on a massive oil spill impacting Brazilian coastlines.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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As the snow continues to come down across the Northeast, two Cornell University experts, David Orr and Eugene Carroll are available for interviews on safe driving tips and the ‘unsung heroes’ who continue to keep roads safe during winter weather.

Industrial and Labor Relations

Agriculture and Life Sciences

New York State

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Mildred Warner, professor of city and regional planning, comments on the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference and the role of city and town leaders in building climate resilient communities.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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This week, Audi announced it would cut up to 9,500 jobs, roughly one in ten of its total staff, to focus more efforts and funding toward electric vehicle production. The company has also announced that it will add 2,000 positions in the areas of electric mobility and digitalization.  Thomas Jungbauer, professor of economics in the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, studies tech firms and high-skilled labor markets. He says that by changing its work force, Audi is attempting to create a competitive advantage within a highly disrupted industry.

International

Economics and Business

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

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Glen Dowell, a corporate sustainability researcher and professor of management and organizations at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, comments on a new United Nations report on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions.  

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Weather forecasters are warning of three major storms that will impact Thanksgiving travel. For the Northeast, it’s likely that only areas of northern New York and interior New England will keep snow on the ground for Thanksgiving. Jessica Spaccio, a climatologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-funded Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, offers snow predictions for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

New York State

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Natalie Mahowald says Mayor Bloomberg is on the right track for mitigating and adapting to climate change and will raise the profile of the topic now that he has entered the presidential race.

Law and Policy

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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