Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Biden plan to boost housing lacks critical zoning data

May 16, 2022

Sara Bronin, a professor of planning, an architect and attorney, comments on a new White House plan to ease housing costs and bolster housing supply.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Architecture, Art and Planning

Law, Government & Public Policy

Finland, Sweden considering NATO not surprising given historical context

May 11, 2022

Key decision-makers in Finland and Sweden are set to announce their positions on NATO membership this week – an expansion would leave Russia surrounded by NATO countries.

International Reach

Law and Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

White House internet plan won’t help most remote households

May 9, 2022

Todd Schmit, professor of applied economics and policy, and Peter Fiduccia, doctoral student in development sociology, discuss the effectiveness of a new White House program designed to bring internet to underserved communities.

Law and Policy

Texas threat to revisit SCOTUS case could be ‘catastrophic’

May 6, 2022

Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer, professor of immigration law at the Cornell Law School, discusses potential implications of Roe v. Wade on immigration law.

Law and Policy

U.S. information warfare ‘fundamentally shapes conflict’ in Ukraine

May 5, 2022

Reports suggest the U.S. has provided intelligence that has allowed Ukrainians to target and kill many of the Russian generals who have died in action during the Ukraine war.

International Reach

International

Law, Government & Public Policy

LGBTQ civil rights at risk with Roe v. Wade decision

May 5, 2022

Katherine Sender and Nelson Tebbe discuss the implications of the draft Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade or the LGBTQ community.

Law and Policy

Cornell experts on SCOTUS, abortion rights

May 4, 2022

Cornell experts react to the leaked SCOTUS opinion that would overturn the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade.

Law and Policy

‘Overdrawing the system’: Western water supply lags demand

May 4, 2022

Climate scientist Flavio Lehner comments on drought and low water levels impacting the Colorado River and its basins.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

European leaders show ‘creative diplomacy’ in Russian oil ban

May 4, 2022

The European Union’s top official called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia in a sixth package of sanctions over the war in Ukraine.

International

International Reach

Law, Government & Public Policy