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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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New Twitter reporting tool may threaten legitimate voting information

April 24, 2019

Drew Margolin, professor of communication at Cornell University, and Shawn Mankad, professor at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, comment on Twitter's new reporting tool, designed to stop the spread of misinformation.

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Social & Behavioral Sciences

Tesla’s reliance on ‘computer vision’ adds to self-driving car challenge

April 22, 2019

Bart Selman, professor of computer science at Cornell University and an expert on artificial intelligence safety issues, comments on Tesla's efforts to develop fully-autonomous vehicles.

Computing & Information Sciences
Engineering

Census citizenship question threatens Latino voting power

April 22, 2019

Matthew Hall, professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University and faculty affiliate of the Cornell Population Center, says that research has indicated that the proposed citizenship question for the 2020 census may reduce voting power in Latino communities. 

Law and Policy
Human Ecology

Building emission caps to radically change NYC energy footprint

April 18, 2019

Timur Dogan, an architect, building scientist, and a faculty fellow at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University, comments on New York City legislation that would set greenhouse gas emission caps for buildings.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Architecture, Art and Planning

Macron as modern Vespasian, rebuilding the nation’s holy site

April 17, 2019

On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to rebuild the Cathedral of Notre Dame within five years, in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics. While some experts have raised doubts that timeline is feasible, Barry Strauss, professor of history at Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences, says that Macron’s approach mirrors that of Roman emperors who, since ancient times, have been conscious of the symbolic – and political – power of holy sites.   

International
Arts and Sciences
Arts & Humanities

Democracy, political participation on display in Indonesian elections

April 17, 2019

Tom Pepinsky, professor of government at Cornell University and an expert in South East Asian politics, says the 2019 Indonesian election is an important opportunity for citizens of the fourth most populous democracy to exercise political power.  

International
Law and Policy

Tragic Notre Dame fire may have consumed relics, great works of art

April 15, 2019

As the world watched on Monday afternoon, a large fire broke out at the historic Notre-Dame Cathedral, causing the spire to collapse onto the roof. Laurent Ferri, the curator of the pre-1800 Collections in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at Cornell University, the former “conservateur du patrimoine” at the French National Archives, says the destruction of religious relics and rare works of art is a loss for all of the world.

Architecture, Art and Planning
Architecture & Design
Arts & Humanities

Interest waning: NYC auto show evolves, fails to attract top companies

April 15, 2019

Art Wheaton, auto industry expert and director of the Western NY Labor and Environmental Programs at the Worker Institute, says BMW’s absence from the auto show in New York City is indicative of a major shift in the industry.

Economics and Business

Are farmers in trouble? Ag Census to highlight farm sector health

April 11, 2019

The USDA is expected to release the results of the 2017 Census of Agriculture on April 11 at noon, which Jennifer Ifft, assistant professor of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University and former member of the USDA’s Economic Research Service, says will offer insight into how farms have adjusted to economic stress imposed by lower commodity prices and higher labor costs.

Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Food & Agriculture
Law and Policy

Drug-resistant fungus a ‘public health emergency’

April 11, 2019

Guillaume Lambert, a professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics at Cornell University, comments on an outbreak of a drug-resistant fungus known as Candida auris.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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