Bryn Rosenfeld, assistant professor of government at Cornell University, says that despite attempts to bolster supporter turnout, the Law and Justice party appears to have both lost its parliamentary majority, and low turnout for their referendum invalidated it.

International

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Frank Pasquale, professor at Cornell Tech, is an expert on the law of artificial intelligence, algorithms and machine learning. He said New York City is good to be engaging with AI responsibility on this level.

Cornell Tech

New York City

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Pharmacy chain Rite Aid has filed for bankruptcy amid declining sales and opioid lawsuits. The company said it plans to close some underperforming stores in 17 states.

Law and Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology and a faculty fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for Sustainability, comments on the Biden administration's newly announced hydrogen regional hubs — to be supported with $7 billion in federal funds.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas conflict is flooding social media, in particular Elon Musk’s platform X, where users have been sharing false and misleading claims about the assault. The following Cornell University experts are available for interviews.

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Uriel Abulof is a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department and a professor of politics at Tel-Aviv University. Abulof says the sense of collective shock in Israel is larger than than the surprise attack which started the Yom Kippur War.

Foreign Policy

International Reach

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Amazon is launching two satellites into orbit this week as part of its space-based internet mission known as Project Kuiper. The aim is to beam internet to nearly anywhere in the world using thousands of satellites orbiting Earth.

Engineering

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As French authorities face widespread reports of a bedbug infestation in Paris, Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, a Cornell University entomologist whose work focuses on reducing pest risks, provides some tips of what to look for and how to salvage exposed belongings.

International

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Yesterday, Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his role as Speaker of the House, a move made successful by eight hard-right members of McCarthy’s own party, but despite Gaetz and company being the immediate cause of McCarthy's removal, this event was long in the making says Cornell University professor Mabel Berezin.

Law and Policy

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Esta Bigler, the Co-Chair of the Cannabis Workforce Initiative and Director of Cornell’s ILR Labor and Employment Law Program, comments on how the SAFER Act would impact NYS businesses.

New York State

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