David Silbey is a professor of history at Cornell University, specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis. Despite the success of Ukrainian attacks into Kursk, he says there is no simple solution, or magical weapon, that will suddenly change the battlefield dynamic.    

International

Foreign Policy

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Biden administration officials are meeting with digital creators on Wednesday for the first-ever White House Creator Economy Conference. The summit is expected to touch on artificial intelligence, mental health and pay equity. 

Law and Policy

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Nellie Brown is an industrial hygienist and director of workplace health and safety programs for Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She says it’s long overdue for OSHA to update heat regulations.

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Gustavo Flores-Macias, professor of government at Cornell University and an expert in Latin American politics says that despite her clear electoral mandate Sheinbaum’s new government faces several major challenges. 

International

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The kids online safety package will likely not be taken up in the House of Representatives in its current form. The Senate overwhelmingly passed the legislation on Tuesday in a 91-3 vote – but it faces pushback from tech companies, as well as free speech advocates.

Law and Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Mexicans will cast their votes on Sunday to elect thousands of congressional and local officials, as well as the successor to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Gustavo Flores-Macías is a professor of government at Cornell University and an expert in Latin American politics. He discusses the significance of this vote and the upcoming challenges for Mexico’s next president.

International

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Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer says allowing migrants to work is an important part of alleviating the crisis. Stephen Yale-Loehr says that problems caused by the recent influx of migrants to New York can be resolved without the courts.

New York City

New York State

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Biden administration to extend Medicaid and ACA health coverage to DACA immigrants, a move that benefits not only DACA recipients, but the broader U.S. public says Cornell University experts Jamila Michener, Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer, and Gunisha Kaur. 

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Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology and a faculty fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for Sustainability, comments on the Biden administration's newly announced hydrogen regional hubs — to be supported with $7 billion in federal funds.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Cornell Lab of Ornithology filmmaker Gerrit Vyn has been documenting Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve’s birds and wildlife habitats for a documentary project, “America’s Arctic.” In the wake of a Biden administration announcement blocking oil and gas development in the region, images and video assets are available for media use.

Lab of Ornithology

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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