With the coronavirus pandemic challenging the wellbeing of people and countries around the world, global financial institutions face the tremendous task of coordinating economic policies and offering relief for the most vulnerable countries. Such effort will be on display this week, as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank hold their annual spring meetings. Cornell University experts, including Kaushik Basu, Victoria Beard and Muna Ndulo are available to discuss the gravity of this week’s deliberations as well as their hope for what should be accomplished.

International

Economics and Business

Law School

Arts and Sciences

Architecture, Art and Planning

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

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Robert Howarth is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University and an expert on the atmospheric implications of methane. While some researchers have concluded that cows and cattle are the cause of the increase, he says shale gas and shale oil are the most likely reasons behind the steep climb.

Arts and Sciences

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Drew Margolin, professor of communication at Cornell University, discusses Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Kremlin-sponsored propaganda and misinformation on social media platforms during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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This week, Facebook launched an advertising campaign in the U.K. seeking to help the public discern fake news online. The move, which precedes parliamentary elections in Britain, is seen as an attempt to curb the spread of false stories over Facebook ahead of critical political events.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Maria Cristina Garcia, professor of history and Latino studies at Cornell, says that the U.S. government’s strict definition of ‘bona fide relationship’ runs contrary to what many around the world consider family.

Arts and Sciences

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Cornell experts weigh in on the Biden administration's immigration bill, released in concert with Congressional leaders this week.

Law and Policy

Arts and Sciences

Industrial and Labor Relations

Human Ecology

Law School

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Kate Harding, the assistant director of the Cornell University Women’s Resource Center and author of Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture—and What We Can Do About It, says the bull statue belongs to a different era and a different New York.

Arts and Sciences

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Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann is a Cornell University entomologist based on Long Island whose work focuses on integrated pest management. Although it’s still early in the season to know the full extent of mosquito trends this year, she advises New Yorkers to take steps now to protect themselves from the risks of mosquito-borne illnesses.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Harry De Gorter and Gustavo Flores-Macias comment on the status of the NAFTA negotiations and what they mean for the countries involved and the global economy. 

Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

Arts and Sciences

Law, Government & Public Policy

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The Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s animals will host its annual pet adoption event, Adoptapalooza, at Union Square Park this Sunday. Dr. Elizabeth Berliner, the director of Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine as well as a consultant and lead veterinarian for the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association’s Field Services program, which facilitates mobile spay/neuter and preventive medicine clinics in rural areas of the U.S. to communities without access to routine veterinary care, reviews her recommendations for any family considering the adoption of a shelter pet.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

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