Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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By quitting Paris accord, Trump would open Pandora’s box

June 1, 2017

President Trump is expected to announce that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris climate accords, a global pact designed to fight climate change. The following Cornell University experts, including COP21 delegates, discuss the ecological, economic, health and political impacts of this move.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Veterinary Medicine

Soyuz rocket failure and emergency landing signals ‘mature’ spaceflight tech

October 11, 2018

Mason Peck, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University and former NASA Chief Technologist comments on the failure of a Soyuz rocket launch and emergency landing.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

Flexible ‘soft robots’ offer new possibilities for space exploration

May 9, 2019

Robert Shepherd, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University, comments on the benefits of soft robots for space exploration.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

‘Windshield effect’ taken to new extremes in U.N. biodiversity report

May 6, 2019

Scott McArt, a professor of entomology at Cornell University, comments on a new United Nations report, which says up to 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction due to human activity.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Not too late: UN report bleak for wildlife, but solutions remain to prevent extinctions

May 3, 2019

Steven Osofsky, professor of wildlife health and health policy at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, comments on an upcoming United Nations report which is expected to say that up to 1 million species face extinction as a result of human activity.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

PM Johnson’s hospitalization triggers concern of succession

April 6, 2020

On Monday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved into an intensive care unit after his coronavirus symptoms worsened. Alexandra Cirone, professor in Cornell University’s department of government and an expert in European politics, says that Johnson’s worsening condition poses the question of what an emergency leadership selection would look like for U.K.’s Conservative Party.

International

Arts and Sciences

Cornell physicists honored to play vital role in validating detection of gravitational waves

October 3, 2017

Cornell physicists, Saul Teukolsky and Lawrence Kidder, who played a vital role in validating the detection of gravitational waves, comment on the news and are available for interviews.

Arts and Sciences

NY’s Norway spruce ‘excellent choice’ for Rockefeller Christmas Tree

November 6, 2019

The 2019 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a Norway spruce from Florida, New York, will be cut down on Thursday and transported to New York City, arriving this Saturday, Nov. 9. Daniel Weitoish, an arborist at Cornell Botanic Gardens, says the Norway spruce is an excellent choice for the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

New York City

China’s electric car switch to rattle industry, drive up price of lithium

September 11, 2017

Arthur Wheaton, an automotive expert with Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, says that while the ban makes sense in a country plagued by pollution, obstacles remain.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability