Dozens of mayors from across North America, including at least 36 U.S. cities are expected to sign an agreement on Tuesday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and meet the commitments laid out on a global scale in the Paris Climate Accord. The Chicago Climate Charter, to be signed at the North American Climate Summit in Chicago, signals an important step towards reducing emissions and creating jobs of the future, according to sustainability researchers at Cornell University.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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Mona Krewel, assistant professor of government at Cornell University, comments on Angela Merkel's visit to the White House this week and the tough issues she is likely to discuss with president Trump.

International

Law and Policy

Arts and Sciences

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In honor of National Dental Health Month, Bethany Wright, licensed veterinary technician with Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine’s dentistry and oral surgery, provides some suggestions to set you and your pets up for a bright smile.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Medicine

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In the wake of a tragic school shooting in Parkland, Fla. high school students have emerged as powerful activists in the effort to improve gun control measures in the United States. Kevin Gaines, professor of Africana Studies and expert in African American history, says that high school students in Florida demanding that politicians rethink gun control are walking in the footsteps of student activists during the Civil Rights Movement.

Arts and Sciences

Law and Policy

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Aija Leiponen, professor at Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, says that the the Trump administration's proposal to nationalize the 5G network will likely not restore the technological leadership that the U.S. has lost. 

Law and Policy

Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

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Geoffrey Abers is a geophysicist at Cornell University who uses the tools of earthquake seismology to understand the forces, material cycles, and deep structure of the Earth. He says the proximity of the Cocos plate to large population centers made Tuesday’s earthquake especially damaging.

Engineering

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Keith Tidball is the assistant director for disaster education at Cornell Cooperative Extension and a faculty fellow at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University. He has experienced multiple disaster response and recovery deployments, including work in post-Katrina New Orleans, in New York and New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy, and in Joplin, Missouri, following the devastating tornado of 2011. It’s not clear yet if Jose will make landfall in the United States, but he says individual preparedness is still very important.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Sarah Kreps,professor of government and international relations at Cornell University, comments on president's possible stance on foreign policy during next week's State of the Union address.

Law and Policy

Arts and Sciences

International

Foreign Policy

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Marvin Pritts, a horticulture professor at Cornell University, explains how recent weather conditions have made this year promising for fruit growers.

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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As Dorian continues to make its way up the East Coast this week, agriculture producers are warned extreme weather and flooding could devastate crops. Two Cornell University experts – David Wolfe and Harold van Es – explain the impacts Dorian could have on crop harvest and the soil in the Southeast, as well as preventative measures farmers are taking to combat damage from these reoccurring destructive storms.

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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