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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Trump's plan for government-operated 5G network is illogical and irrational

January 29, 2018

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

Jose on the way, East Coast residents need to prepare today

September 18, 2017

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

Despite rhetoric, no foreign policy shift in sight at State of the Union

January 25, 2018

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

Willing weather brings beautiful blueberries, superb strawberries this year

June 22, 2017

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

Splits in GOP base make tax plan dead-on-arrival

November 1, 2017

Elizabeth Sanders, professor of government at Cornell, studies economic regulations and political parties’ alignment. She says that disagreement on tax reform – as in the case of health care reform – is an indicator of how the Republican Party is split between two distant bases and headed toward a significant shift.

Arts and Sciences

Bundle up: Winter Storm Grayson to keep temps at record lows

January 3, 2018

Cities along the eastern U.S. are preparing for blizzard conditions with Winter Storm Grayson. Mark Wysocki, a meteorologist who specializes in forecasting and weather analysis at the Northeast Regional Climate Center, details the major winter storm to impact the East Coast over the next 72 hours.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Agriculture and Life Sciences

NYS maple producers can look forward to a sweet season

February 26, 2018

In 2017, New York state maple producers made over 750,000 gallons of maple syrup, making New York the second largest maple producing state. With this year’s maple season underway, Stephen Childs, the Cornell Sugar Maple Program Director and a New York state maple specialist, says producers can look forward to a great 2018 season.

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Food & Agriculture
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Dorian slams Southeast at peak harvest season: soil and crops at risk

September 5, 2019

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

Keep it green: Pick, then plant this year’s Christmas tree

November 22, 2019

As people gear up for the holiday season, picking the perfect Christmas tree is high on many families’ to-do lists. But as awareness of climate change and its impacts has increased, some may be wondering about how to honor a beloved tradition while still reducing its overall carbon footprint. Cornell University experts, Daniel Weitoish and Brian Eshenaur, offer tips on how to strike a balance by picking and planting, the right tree.

Agriculture and Life Sciences
New York State

Trump-Erdogan is an oft-repeated summit between rivals

May 16, 2017

Today’s scheduled meeting between Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Trump at the White House will take place amid a general chilling of relations between the two countries.

Arts and Sciences

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