Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Autoworker strike entering escalation phase—what’s next?

September 21, 2023

Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Buffalo Co-Lab.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Industrial and Labor Relations

How a ‘just’ EV transition hinges on a looming labor strike

September 14, 2023

Ian Greer, a research professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), comments on a looming autoworker strike and its significance for the U.S. transition to electric vehicles.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Industrial and Labor Relations

Wet summer in Northeast could be prime set-up for bright fall foliage

September 13, 2023

Art DeGaetano says if the next few weeks live up to expectations, we could be in for some good fall foliage in the Northeast.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Some New York orchards devastated by late frost

September 13, 2023

Gregory Peck says although some orchards saw significant damage from a late spring frost, other orchards were minimally impacted.

Food & Agriculture

Calculating corporate carbon emissions fraught with confusion, difficulty

September 13, 2023

John Tobin, professor of practice at Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business and a former Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability at Credit Suisse and Glen Dowell, a corporate sustainability researcher and professor of management and organizations at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, comment on a measure in California that would require corporations to disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Economics and Business

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Law, Government & Public Policy

iPhone standardization: EU regulations benefit US consumers

September 12, 2023

Apple is likely to announce its latest iPhone models will have a USB-C port instead of the standard Lightning connector. The change follows legislation in the European Union requiring the use of USB-C on all smartphones with a physical port sold in member countries.

Economics and Business

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Cornell experts available to discuss UAW contract impasse, strike implications

September 11, 2023

Alex Colvin, dean of Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), is an expert on issues related to collective bargaining, arbitration and dispute resolution.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Labor Relations & Human Resources

Industrial and Labor Relations

World Bank reforms central to Biden’s G20 trip

September 8, 2023

Richard T. Clark is a political scientist who studies policymaking at the World Bank. He describes the objectives as bolstering the Bank’s budget, reorienting lending to tackle climate change, and competing with China on infrastructure spending.

International Reach

International

Economics and Business