Lilly Jan, a food and beverage management expert, says the drink has become a seasonal ritual that blurs the line between consumer tradition and retail strategy.

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Jura Liaukonyte, a professor of marketing at Cornell University, says Parton turned her name, songs and Appalachian roots into a master class in brand-building.

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Democratic leaders in San Francisco are expected to voice their opposition today to a tax on California billionaires, breaking sharply with the progressive ballot measure in a city where Democrats otherwise hold near-total sway.

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Christine A. Leuenberger is a senior lecturer in science and technology studies who looks at the social impact of borders and barriers, and the social studies of cartography. She says Lake Ontario shows US-Canadian cooperation.

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Karan Girotra is a professor of operations, technology, and innovation at Cornell Tech, as well as a professor of management at the SC Johnson College of Business. 

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Lee Humphreys is a Cornell University professor who studies the social uses and perceived effects of communication technology. 

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As use of Meta’s AI-powered smart glasses increases, so do privacy concerns, particularly as many women report being covertly recorded in public. But what legal protections exist, and where are their limits?

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Karl Pillemer, professor of human development and author of “Fault Lines: Fractured Families and How to Mend Them,” offers insight into the family dynamics that may help explain the Sussexes' unexpected move.

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Several U.S. states now bar registered voters from using student IDs to verify their identity at the polls. As younger generations place less emphasis on getting a driver’s license, those restrictions could become a major obstacle to voting for this key demographic, according Cornell University professor Neil Lewis, Jr.

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Lake Powell water levels hit records lows this weekend, highlighting a growing threat to water and electricity supplies for millions of people in the American Southwest. Cornell University experts Patrick Reed and Flavio Lehner have been monitoring the driving causes behind the water drop, and how bad it could get in the coming decades.

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