Yangyang Cheng, a particle physicist and postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University, reflects on the legacy of Stephen Hawking and what his work meant to her personally.

Arts and Sciences

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Sarah Kreps and Rebecca Slayton, experts on digital governance and cybersecurity at Cornell, comment on the launch of China's global data security initiative.

International

Law and Policy

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Allen Carlson, associate professor of government at Cornell University and an expert on Chinese politics, says the shadow of SARS is haunting China as it wrestles to bring under control yet another infectious disease outbreak within its borders.

International

Arts and Sciences

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The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded Tuesday to a Canadian-American cosmologist and two Swiss scientists for their work in understanding how the universe has evolved from the Big Bang and the discovery of the first known planet outside of our solar system. Cornell University experts are available to discuss the impact their work had on our understanding of the cosmos. 

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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A U.S. national security advisor is expected to meet with a top Chinese diplomat in the first high-level talks between the two countries since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began. The meeting comes as Russia has allegedly asked China for military and economic aid – a claim both deny.

Foreign Policy

International

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Esteban Gazel, associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Cornell University, comments on news that the Katla volcano in Iceland is emitting large volumes of carbon dioxide.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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Maria Fitzpatrick, says the decision to allow children to shed their masks is a difficult one for parents.

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Uriel Abulof says the dissolution measure proposed by Israeli lawmakers is puzzling given that Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is simultaneously blamed by Israelis for mishandling the pandemic but also doing well in polls.

Law and Policy

International

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Mason Peck, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University and former NASA Chief Technologist, comments on a SpaceX launch of 60 Starlink internet satellites.

Engineering

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Max Kapustin, expert on interventions to improve life outcomes of disadvantaged youth and adults, says while there is not enough data to know the impact of “ghost guns,” the measures are a step in the right direction.

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Law and Policy

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