Steven Squyres, the scientific Principal Investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover Project, Don Banfield, a senior research associate specializing in planetary sciences, and Mason Peck, professor of aerospace engineering and former NASA Chief Technologist, are available for interviews about the Opportunity rover — in a state of hibernation since being swept up in a dust storm on Mars.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Arts and Sciences

Engineering

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Robert Howarth, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University and faculty fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, comments on the Trump administration's proposed plan for coal emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Law, Government & Public Policy

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Sarah Kreps, professor of government and international relations, says that drones like those Venezuelan authorities say were used to target President Nicolas Maduro are less lethal than other assassination methods, but are accessible and effective at terrorizing both civilians and political leaders.

Law and Policy

International

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Max Zhang, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University and fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, comments on the Trump administration's plan to freeze fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks in 2020.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Engineering

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Jonathan Lunine, director of the Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science at Cornell University, comments on newly discovered evidence of a liquid water lake below the surface of Mars.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Arts and Sciences

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Jonathan Lunine, director of the Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science at Cornell University, comments on NASA’s first mission to fly directly into our sun’s atmosphere.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Arts and Sciences

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Blue-green algae is returning to New York waterways and poses a deadly risk to humans as well as animals. Karyn Bischoff, toxicologist at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, explains the dangers and advises livestock and pet owners to be vigilant in avoiding contaminated areas.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Tom Schryver, visiting lecturer at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University and an experienced entrepreneur, served as a startup founder and senior finance executive of high-growth companies and says that startup activity declines in times of economic growth as entrepreneurs have access to other jobs.

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Marvin Pritts, a horticulture professor and small fruit specialist at Cornell University, says a later winter combined with cooler weather in April produced a strawberry crop that is smaller than in years past, but that same cool weather set up the blueberry and raspberry crops for a remarkable season.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Food & Agriculture

New York State

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Mason Peck, former NASA Chief Technologist and Cornell University aerospace engineering professor, comments on space debris and President Trump's directive to address the problem.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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