A writers’ strike in Hollywood could shut down production of most TV shows if a deal is not reached before midnight. Austin Bunn, filmmaker, screenwriter and assistant professor in performing and media arts at Cornell University, is available to discuss how streaming has changed the industry and why writers could look at AI as a creative tool, not a threat. Cornell University labor expert Patricia Campos Medina is also available to talk about the pressures at play between labor and management and what a strike could mean for the industry.

Entertainment

Industrial and Labor Relations

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In an effort to rein in a two-month banking crisis that has disrupted the finance world, federal regulators seized control of First Republic Bank today, selling it to JP Morgan Chase, but this is just the beginning of a banking crisis say Cornell Law professor Robert Hockett. 

Law and Policy

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Mabel Berezin is a professor of sociology at Cornell University and an expert on international populism and fascism, she says the French right wing is the real beneficiary from Macron’s sliding approval ratings.

International

Labor Relations & Human Resources

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Law, Government & Public Policy

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John Blevins, guest lecturer in Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business, focuses on technology-driven market changes, strategic management and leadership in the tech sector.

International Reach

Economics and Business

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Computing & Information Sciences

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The U.S. Senate is set to vote today on a measure that could allow the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to be added to the U.S. Constitution, changes that are needed and long overdue says Cornell University professor Riché Richardson.

Law and Policy

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David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University where he specializes in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis. In addition to sending a message to North Korea, he says the subs also represent a tightening circle around China.

International

Washington D.C.

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Thomas Jungbauer is a professor of strategy and business economics at Cornell University, he says the move puts a significant dent in Microsoft’s plans to take a unanimous leadership in the cloud-gaming market.

Economics and Business

Law and Policy

International

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New legislation in the United Kingdom will ban people from receiving money or free goods for writing positive reviews. 

science

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Louis Hyman historian of work and business at Cornell University’s school of Industrial and Labor Relations, argues that, like previous technological advances, AI offers potential spur innovation, while also making workers more productive, and is more likely to free up workers to do more challenging and important work. At the same time, Hyman notes, AI can also be used to automate existing jobs and exacerbate inequality.

Economics and Business

Labor Relations & Human Resources

Cornell Tech

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Russell Weaver, economic geographer with the ILR School Buffalo Co-Lab, and David Shmoys, professor of operations research and information, are available to discuss the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission's vote on the final Assembly map proposal.

New York State

Law, Government & Public Policy

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