Adam Seth Litwin, professor of industrial and labor relations at Cornell University, says the unregulated, informal nature of the gig economy is maintaining – if not increasing – the pay gap.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Industrial and Labor Relations

Law and Policy

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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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Ilana Lauren Brito, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Cornell University, comments on the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria in the United States.

Engineering

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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Drew Pascarella, lecturer of finance at Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, comments on Spotify’s unorthodox NYSE listing.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

New York City

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Johnson Graduate School of Management

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Riché Richardson, associate professor of African-American literature, and Robert L. Harris Jr., professor emeritus of African American history and former director of the Africana Studies and Research Center, reflect on the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr.

Arts and Sciences

Arts & Humanities

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Andrew Mertha, who studies Chinese political institutions and the inner workings of the Chinese Communist Party, comments on yesterday’s unprecedented meeting between North Korean’s leader Kim Jong-un and China’s president Xi Jinping in Beijing.

Arts and Sciences

Foreign Policy

International Reach

Global Reach

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Natalie Bazarova, associate professor of communication at Cornell University and director of the Social Media Lab, comments on the controversy surrounding Facebook's data policies.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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The United States Department of Commerce announced this week that it will include a question on citizenship status in the 2020 decennial Census. Kathleen Weldon, director of data operations and communications at the Roper Center, says that adding a question about citizenship to the Census is concerning to the polling community.

Law and Policy

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Robert L. Harris Jr., professor emeritus of African American history at Cornell University and former director of the Africana Studies and Research Center, reflects on the death of Martin Luther King Jr. and what it meant for his own life and career.

Arts & Humanities

Arts and Sciences

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Steven Osofsky, the Jay Hyman Professor of Wildlife Health and Health Policy at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine comments on the death of the last remaining male northern white rhino.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Veterinary Medicine

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

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