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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

To connect with a Cornell faculty member or expert, please contact the Media Relations Office.

Labor expert: Extending immigration policy into hospitals is a bad idea

September 16, 2024

Shannon Gleeson is a professor in Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She says the push to extend immigration enforcement powers to state and local officials is increasingly targeting “safe spaces” such as schools, churches, and hospitals.

Law, Government & Public Policy
Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Industrial and Labor Relations

Cornell experts on Walgreens going private

March 7, 2025

Walgreens has struck a deal with private-equity firm Sycamore Partners that would take the struggling drugstore chain off the public market for around $10 billion. 

Labor Relations & Human Resources

Heat waves increase risk to both outdoor and indoor workers

July 16, 2024

Nellie Brown is an industrial hygienist and director of workplace health and safety programs for Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She says it’s long overdue for OSHA to update heat regulations.

Industrial and Labor Relations

Bible-based curriculums drawing pushback from teachers’ unions

November 21, 2024

Lee Adler is an expert on employment law and unions at Cornell University. Depending upon the substance of the directives, he says teachers without any protections inside their collective bargaining agreements will need to be on alert.

Industrial and Labor Relations
Labor Relations & Human Resources

Cornell experts on EPA regulations rollback

March 13, 2025

Sheila Olmstead, Talbot Andrews, and Art Wheaton comment on steps to roll back environmental regulations at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Electric vehicles are ‘double-edged sword’ during natural disasters

October 8, 2024

Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and says EV’s are a “double-edged sword” in a disaster

Economics and Business
Law, Government & Public Policy
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Tesla faces ‘major problems ahead’

May 3, 2024

Art Wheaton is an expert on transportation industries and serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR). He says he has major questions about the direction the company is headed.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Industrial and Labor Relations

Walmart’s exit underscores difficulties in retail healthcare

May 1, 2024

John August, program director of healthcare labor relations at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, said he expects the healthcare consolidation trend to continue.

Industrial and Labor Relations
Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Economics and Business

UAW organizing down South is picking up speed

April 4, 2024

Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor

Industrial and Labor Relations
Economics and Business

Anheuser-Busch workers poised to strike

February 28, 2024

Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) and says the potential strike by Teamsters at A-B is a story told in nearly all Union negotiations.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Industrial and Labor Relations

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