States are trying to find ways to keep child-care centers afloat after billions in pandemic-era funding is set to run out this month, prompting worries that facility closures could impact workforce participation and limit children’s access to early education. Justine Modica, an expert on the history of childcare labor in America, and Cathy Creighton, co-author of a 2022 report on New York State’s child care industry, are available for interviews.

Law, Government & Public Policy

Labor Relations & Human Resources

Industrial and Labor Relations

Arts and Sciences

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David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis. He says Putin’s turn to North Korea is a sign of the resource intensive nature of the war in Ukraine.

International Reach

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Social media platform X plans to collect user biometric, employment, and education data as a matter of policy. 

Computing & Information Sciences

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Engineering

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Raymond Craib, professor of history at Cornell University with a focus on modern Latin America, is author of The Cry of the Renegade: Politics and Poetry in Interwar Chile. He says the search for remains isn’t the only effort underway by the Chilean state.

Arts and Sciences

International

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Nicolas van de Walle is a professor of government with special focus on the democratization of Africa; and the politics of economic reform. He notes the coup is surprising given that Gabon has been a stable civilian dictatorship since independence, with firm control over the military. 

International Reach

Arts and Sciences

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Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner whose research focuses on climate adaptation and land use policies in hurricane prone regions of the country, comments on Hurricane Idalia and climate planning in Florida.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Architecture, Art and Planning

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Rebecca Brenner, a disaster policy expert and senior lecturer in the Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University, comments on disaster communications policy as Hurricane Idalia nears Florida.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law, Government & Public Policy

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The Biden administration announced today the first 10 prescription drugs to be subject to price negotiations between Medicare and manufacturers, a major step in its effort to lower drug prices says Brooks School of Public Policy professor Nick Fabrizio. 

Law and Policy

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Vanessa Bohns, social psychologist and professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University, says downplaying the position Luis Rubiales put Jenni Hermoso in is consistent with previous research on consent. Kate Manne, associate professor of philosophy with a focus on feminist philosophy, is available to discuss the nuances of Rubiales’ actions and responses within the context of the #MeToo era.

Arts and Sciences

Industrial and Labor Relations

International

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Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer says allowing migrants to work is an important part of alleviating the crisis. Stephen Yale-Loehr says that problems caused by the recent influx of migrants to New York can be resolved without the courts.

New York City

New York State

Law, Government & Public Policy

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