Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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To the bargaining table: Work ahead for newly unionized workers

April 12, 2022

Workers voted to form unions at all three of Ithaca’s Starbucks, making it the first city to have all its locations unionized.

Industrial and Labor Relations

No surprises from first round of French election

April 11, 2022

Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election runoff on April 24.

International

Law, Government & Public Policy

JetBlue-Spirit acquisition not likely to benefit travelers

April 7, 2022

JetBlue has offered to buy Sprint Airlines challenging Spirit’s plan to merge with Frontier. Christopher Anderson says the Frontier-Spirit deal would be positive for both consumers and shareholders while the JetBlue-Spirit acquisition doesn’t offer the same operational synergies.

School of Hotel Administration

Economics and Business

Marine Le Pen to ‘win’ French election, even if she loses

April 7, 2022

The first round of the French Presidential election is scheduled for Sunday, April 10 and the race between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron is growing tighter.

International

Law, Government & Public Policy

‘Profoundly sad’: Northern long-eared bat endangered status a milestone

April 6, 2022

Elizabeth Buckles, an expert on emerging diseases in avian and non-domestic animals, comments on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's move to reclassify northern long-eared bats as endangered.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Veterinary Medicine

Russia’s role in U.N. questioned amid war in Ukraine, atrocities

April 6, 2022

NATO leaders are considering more military aid to Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a fiery speech to the U.N. Security Council.

International

Law, Government & Public Policy

Future of labor faces fundamental shift after Amazon union vote

April 5, 2022

Now that Staten Island Amazon warehouse workers have voted to form a union, what comes next? These Cornell University experts are available for interviews on next steps and larger impacts of the first successful union attempt at Amazon.

Industrial and Labor Relations

Musk’s Twitter stake speaks to value of platforms by tech titans

April 4, 2022

Elon Musk purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter, making him to company’s largest shareholder, after criticizing the platform’s approach to free speech.

Social & Behavioral Sciences

science

Space tourism lowers cost for everyone, ‘democratizes’ space

March 31, 2022

Blue Origin launched another space tourism rocket this morning from West Texas, becoming just the fourth human spaceflight by the company.

science

In shadow of Ukraine war, EU elections face critical moment

March 31, 2022

Mabel Berezin is a comparative sociologist at Cornell University whose work explores the intersection of political institutions and cultural meanings with an emphasis on challenges to democratic cohesion and solidarity in Europe.

Law and Policy

International