The U.S. Senate is expected to vote today to advance the House-passed package that includes a provision that could lead to a nationwide ban on TikTok. 

Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Cornell Lab of Ornithology filmmaker Gerrit Vyn has been documenting Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve’s birds and wildlife habitats for a documentary project, “America’s Arctic.” In the wake of a Biden administration announcement blocking oil and gas development in the region, images and video assets are available for media use.

Lab of Ornithology

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Allen Carlson is an associate professor of government at Cornell University, and an expert on Chinese foreign policy. Carlson says it’s crucial to note that President Biden’s tariff proposal is less about economics and more related to U.S. domestic politics.

International

Economics and Business

Foreign Policy

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Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) and says the deal amounts to a big victory for labor.

Economics and Business

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Meta’s oversight board is reviewing the company’s handling of two sexually explicit AI-generated images of female celebrities that circulated on Facebook and Instagram.

Cornell Tech

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David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University where he specializes in military history and defense policy. Based on the evidence, he says the Iranian attack seemed designed more for show, than an attempt to actually inflict casualties.

International

Foreign Policy

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Ukraine parliament passed a bill on Thursday overhauling mobilization rules. David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis. He says, “Large industrial wars like this one are as much about organization as they are about fighting, and this is a sign that Ukraine takes that lesson seriously.”

International

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Damian Helbling, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, who researches water quality as it relates to human and ecosystem health, comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's newly announced standards to limit PFAS levels in drinking water.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Engineering

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Maryland Governor Wes Moore will be lobbying on Capitol Hill today in an effort to convince Congress to support President Biden’s pledge to fully fund the replacement of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, providing the U.S. with the opportunity to  ‘bounce forward,' says Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy professor Rick Geddes. 

Law and Policy

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

Industrial and Labor Relations

Economics and Business

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