Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Australia defamation ruling lays responsibility on media outlets

September 8, 2021

Drew Margolin says that this recent ruling indicates that some jurisdictions are willing to lay the responsibility of monitoring harmful speech to media platforms themselves — a potentially significant trend in how we view future cases.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

White House internet plan won’t help most remote households

May 9, 2022

Todd Schmit, professor of applied economics and policy, and Peter Fiduccia, doctoral student in development sociology, discuss the effectiveness of a new White House program designed to bring internet to underserved communities. 

Law and Policy

Musk plan to take Twitter public again raises questions

May 4, 2022

Drew Pascarella and Drew Margolin weigh in on Elon Musk's plan to take Twitter public again in a few years.

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Economics and Business

Cornell immigration experts available on farmworkers, DACA

March 18, 2021

Cornell University experts available to weigh in on immigration legislation up for a vote in the House of Representatives.

Law and Policy
Agriculture and Life Sciences

Facebook hate speech algorithm overhaul ‘too vague’ for public confidence

December 3, 2020

Nathan Matias, an expert on the role of digital technologies in advancing or hindering the public interest, comments on Facebook's plans to overhaul its hate speech algorithms.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

$68.9M for new USDA facility to create ‘epicenter of grape research’ in NYS

February 26, 2019

Sen. Chuck Schumer announced today $68.9 million in funding to build a new laboratory for the federal Grape Genetic Research Unit at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York. The Grape Genetic Research Unit provides critical information to grape growers across the country through a variety of innovative research programs, including cold tolerance and improved resistance to crop-killing disease.

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Food & Agriculture

Fall colors contend with changing climate as season gets underway

October 1, 2021

Arthur DeGaetano is director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center, professor of earth and atmospheric sciences and an expert on climate data.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Farmworker legislation a major step toward stabilizing ag labor

March 16, 2021

Richard Stup, agricultural workforce specialist, says growth of American farms is constrained due to demand for farm labor not met by the domestic population and passing the Farm Workforce Modernization Act would be a major step in stabilizing the agricultural workforce.

Law and Policy
Food & Agriculture
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

US battles with election anticipation in era of instant communication

November 5, 2020

Drew Margolin, professor of communication at Cornell University, comments on the atypical state of flux Americans find themselves in as they await for election results.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Scientists call for migratory bird protections, end of Trump rule

February 25, 2021

Amanda Rodewald, senior director of the Center for Avian Population Studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, comments on migratory bird protections and the Biden administration's review of a Trump-era restriction to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Lab of Ornithology
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Agriculture and Life Sciences