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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Middle East deal underscores foreign policy chasms in region

September 15, 2020

Alexandra Blackman, assistant professor of government at Cornell University, comments on the Middle East deal signing Trump will be presiding on Tuesday.

International

Law and Policy

Arts and Sciences

Attacks upon cultural heritage are “attacks upon a people”

October 14, 2021

The International Court of Justice is hearing a case brought by Armenia accusing Azerbaijan of racial discrimination.

International

Bloomberg’s campaign to raise profile of climate innovations

November 25, 2019

Natalie Mahowald says Mayor Bloomberg is on the right track for mitigating and adapting to climate change and will raise the profile of the topic now that he has entered the presidential race.

Law and Policy

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

‘Imagine the feel’ of Martian winds — InSight reports weather from red planet

February 19, 2019

Don Banfield, a research scientist at Cornell University and lead on weather science for NASA's InSight lander, comments on the first weather report from Mars.

Arts and Sciences

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Pfizer vaccine for kids may play ‘critical role’ in return to normalcy

March 31, 2021

Issac Weifsue, medical epidemiologist at Cornell University, says this new data could signal a shift in efforts to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

Big Tech’s self-regulation has failed users

September 30, 2021

Facebook’s global head of safety faced questions from senator’s about concerns that the photo-sharing app has caused mental and emotional harm. Brooke Erin Duffy, says Big Tech’s self-regulation mechanisms continue to fail users.

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Water bill must be coupled with education campaigns to achieve faith in public water

April 30, 2021

Jerel Ezell, professor of Africana studies and an expert in health disparities and social inequality in post-industrial communities, comments on the Senate approval of a bipartisan, $35 billion bill to upgrade the country’s water infrastructure.

Arts and Sciences

Trump administration chooses oil exploration at expense of sage grouse

December 6, 2018

John Fitzpatrick, director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and an expert on conservation biology is available for interviews to discuss federal government plans to drastically reduce habitat protections in Western states for the sage grouse.

Lab of Ornithology

Energy, Environment & Sustainability