Kimberly Kopko, senior extension associate in Cornell University's College of Human Ecology, is an expert in child development and parenting as well as family processes. She applauds efforts to ban smartphones in schools in an effort to combat the impact of social media.

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Steve Reiners, professor of horticulture at Cornell University, shares key steps you can take immediately to help your garden vegetables survive this heat wave.

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Esta Bigler, the Co-Chair of the Cannabis Workforce Initiative and Director of Cornell’s ILR Labor and Employment Law Program, comments on how the SAFER Act would impact NYS businesses.

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Allison Koenecke, assistant professor of information science at Cornell University, studies fairness in algorithmic systems and says this is a good first step.

Laura Harrington, professor of entomology specializing in vector-borne diseases, says she is closely monitoring the invasive Asian longhorned tick as it pushes into New York state. She also shares tips on keeping yourself safe while outdoors.

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Elizabeth Lamb is an ornamentals specialist and senior extension associate with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s New York State Integrated Pest Management program. She says you are going to want to look for a tree early this year.

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Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer says allowing migrants to work is an important part of alleviating the crisis. Stephen Yale-Loehr says that problems caused by the recent influx of migrants to New York can be resolved without the courts.

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Michael Hoffmann, an emeritus professor at Cornell, says curriculum related to climate change is needed in New York classrooms.

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Cornell University experts weigh in after Governor Kathy Hochul announced an indefinite delay to congestion tolling in New York City, weeks before the first-in-the-nation system was set to launch.

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Gregory Peck says although some orchards saw significant damage from a late spring frost, other orchards were minimally impacted.

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