Bradford Bell is a professor in strategic human resources and director of Cornell’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies. He says the cooling of the job market has created an opportunity for employers to push back against working from home.

Labor Relations & Human Resources

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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Semida Silveira, a professor of practice in systems engineering and former sustainability expert at the Swedish Energy Agency, comments on a newly announced Climate Finance Action Fund (CFAF), being developed as part of a COP29 "action agenda."

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Republicans claim the Biden administration has not done enough to secure the border, but the Biden administration issued tough restrictions on asylum seekers in June, causing unlawful border crossings to plunge to a four-year low says Cornell Law professor Stephen Yale-Loehr. 

Law and Policy

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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

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TikTok appeared in federal court on Monday, aiming to block a new law that will ban the popular video app in the United States early next year. 

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Cornell University researchers are studying extreme heat from a range of disciplines, writing policy memos on challenges like addressing extreme heat in schools — and are actively engaged in improving response plans.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Manoj Thomas is a professor of marketing at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and an expert in consumer behavior. He says it’s not uncommon for companies to evolve their brand names to better reflect an expanded portfolio of offerings.

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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Fengqi You, a professor of energy systems engineering, comments on an anticipated meeting between White House officials, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other artificial intelligence leaders. The meeting is expected to focus on high energy demands of AI and how to sustainably support its rapid expansion.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Nearly 50 million Americans have had coverage in the Affordable Care Act marketplace since 2014, according to tax data published by the Treasury Department today, but we aren’t likely to hear former President Trump call for the repeal of ACA during tonight’s debate says Cornell Brooks School senior lecturer Nick Fabrizio. 

Law and Policy

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The House of Representatives will vote this week on a stopgap funding bill that will include the SAVE Act, but the bill is purely political and seeks to solve a problem that does not exist says Cornell Law School professor Stephen Yale-Loehr.

Law and Policy

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