Arthur DeGaetano, director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, and climatologists Jessica Spaccio and Samantha Borisoff are available for interviews about Hurricane Florence and can discuss landfall probabilities, past similar storms, and anticipated impacts.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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Flavio Lehner, a climate scientist and assistant professor of earth and atmospheric science at Cornell University, comments on the the upcoming launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite that will measure Earth's sea level rise.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Stephen Wicker, engineering professor, says that by repealing net neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission empowers a small number of already large firms to control how and at what cost consumers access internet content.

Engineering

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Esteban Gazel, an expert on the processes inside the Earth that produce magma and volcanoes, comments on threats posed by volcanoes such as Taal in the Philippines.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Civil and environmental engineering professor Edwin Cowen is Faculty Director for Energy at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University. He says storing power in so-called “nanogrids” is a critical step in building resilient communities.

Engineering

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Bart Selman, professor of computer science at Cornell University and director of the Intelligent Information Systems Institute comments on a White House summit dedicated to the future of artificial intelligence.

Computing & Information Sciences

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Computing & Information Sciences

Engineering

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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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COVID-19 presents challenges not only to public health but also to the way our societies function. Social distancing, remote work and businesses closures are changing the way we communicate with each other and posing important questions about how to protect under served populations and overall mental health. 

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Eilyan Bitar, assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, comments on a partnership between wind turbine maker Vestas, and battery manufacturer Northvolt.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Engineering

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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Rick Geddes, founding director of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy and expert on infrastructure, says congestion pricing has proven successful in other cities around the world and could be beneficial to New York City on many levels.

New York City

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