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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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India EV battery swapping policy unlikely to gain widespread traction

February 1, 2022

Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry and director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on a new electric vehicle battery swapping policy in India.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

California oil-worker debate may have implications nationwide

January 31, 2022

Mary Nichols, a senior visiting fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and a former chair of the California Air and Resources Board, comments on efforts in California to help oil industry workers transition to green jobs.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

American perception of Olympics sabotage claim ‘doesn’t matter’ to China

January 31, 2022

China claims the U.S. plans to pay athletes to 'sabotage' the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

International

Foreign Policy

Putin’s goal of ‘breaking NATO’ evokes past Soviet, Roman leaders

January 27, 2022

The Russian government said this week that the U.S. rejection of demands over Ukraine has left “little optimism” for a resolution of the crisis. Tensions have soared with Russia over concerns that Moscow is planning to invade Ukraine.

International

Foreign Policy

Scientists critical of E.P.A.’s new air, water protections for poor, but see promise in tech

January 26, 2022

Following an announcement from the E.P.A. that it will bolster enforcement and monitoring of air and water quality in disadvantaged communities, Cornell University scientists, Jerel Ezell, Catherine Kling, and John Albertson offered their critiques of the new approach and signaled what the development could mean for the future of air quality monitoring technology.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law, Government & Public Policy

Cornell experts available on Fed inflation-fighting plan

January 26, 2022

The Federal Reserve is expected to issue a new policy statement Wednesday with a timeline for hiking interest rates to combat inflation. Robert Hockett and Erica Groshen are available for interviews on the Fed’s announcement.

Law School

Industrial and Labor Relations

Economics and Business

Omicron-specific vaccine may help, but expert urges trust in current boosters

January 25, 2022

Pfizer and BioNTech have begun a clinical trial for an Omicron-specific Covid-19 vaccine candidate. But Dr. Luis Schang, a virologist at Cornell University, says while it makes sense to develop a specific vaccine against Omicron, we should not lose sight of what is already available.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

science

‘Sabre rattling’ over Ukraine highlights the region’s complicated past

January 25, 2022

The Biden Administration appears on the cusp of sending American troops to NATO allies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe as tensions mount with Russia over concerns that Moscow is planning to invade Ukraine.

International

Foreign Policy

Law and Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

5G interference fears for US airlines are dubious

January 21, 2022

Executives from the largest U.S. airlines asked the Biden administration for "immediate intervention" in the planned rollout of 5G technology near major airports on Wednesday. Aija Leiponen says it’s time for the U.S. aviation industry to show their technical evidence about 5G interference, because in many other countries where it’s been launched there have been no detectable issues.

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business