Yangyang Cheng, a particle physicist and postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University, reflects on the legacy of Stephen Hawking and what his work meant to her personally.

Arts and Sciences

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Earlier today, Trump announced he would replace current Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo as the country’s chief diplomat. Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of government at Cornell University and expert in Chinese foreign policy, comments on this development and what it means for the Asia Pacific.

Law and Policy

International

International Reach

Arts and Sciences

Cornell in DC

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Colombia is gearing up for congressional elections on Sunday, which may result in a split congress where no party obtains a majority.

Law and Policy

International Reach

Foreign Policy

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Johnson Graduate School of Management

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Charles Greene, professor of oceanography at Cornell University, comments on endangered North Atlantic right whales and the dangers they face in migrating further north.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Engineering

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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Ravi Ramakrishna, professor of mathematics at Cornell University, comments on the significance of pi, as Pi Day nears.

Arts and Sciences

Computing & Information Sciences

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On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its monthly job report. Since the end of the Great Recession, the labor market improved steadily and analysts will be looking at the numbers in the job report for clues on how much longer that expansion will last, says Erica Groshen. Goshen is a visiting senior scholar at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.   

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Law, Government & Public Policy

Law and Policy

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Lawrence Glickman, professor of history at Cornell University and author of “Buying Power, a history of consumer activism in America”, comments on recent boycotts against companies that work with the NRA.

Law and Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

Arts and Sciences

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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Lisa Pincus, an expert in seventeenth-century Dutch art and a visiting assistant professor of art history and visual studies at Cornell University, comments on a two-week intensive study of the 1665 painting, "Girl With a Pearl Earring."

Arts & Humanities

Arts and Sciences

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On Sunday, Italians will go to the polls to choose their next parliament. Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology at Cornell University and an expert on the history and development of populism and fascism in Europe, weighs in on this momentous election. 

Law and Policy

International

Arts and Sciences

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In 2017, New York state maple producers made over 750,000 gallons of maple syrup, making New York the second largest maple producing state. With this year’s maple season underway, Stephen Childs, the Cornell Sugar Maple Program Director and a New York state maple specialist, says producers can look forward to a great 2018 season.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Food & Agriculture

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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