Drew Margolin, professor of communication at Cornell University, comments on possible regulation of social media companies.

Computing & Information Sciences

Law, Government & Public Policy

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Swedes will go to the polls on Sep. 9 to elect a new parliament in a historic contest characterized by the rise in popularity of the Sweden Democrats, a nationalistic anti-immigrant party. Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology, says that long held nationalism in Sweden explains the rise of the far-right Sweden Democrats.

International

Law and Policy

Arts and Sciences

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Gustavo Flores-Macias says that the bilateral approach to the new trade deal weakened the Mexican negotiating position and signaled victory for Trump.

International

Law and Policy

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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Thomas Jungbauer, assistant professor of strategy and business economics at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, comments on news that Google is testing a censored search engine for the Chinese market.

Computing & Information Sciences

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Johnson Graduate School of Management

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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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