Alex Susskind, associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Hotel Administration, says, “Full-service operators, operators of bars… need to have a labor pool they can rely on, they need to be able to expand their labor pool and the way long-term they can do that is to make their employees feel safe.” 

“We know that weather varies a lot from day to day,” says Flavio Lehner, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences. “The question is when [extreme weather events] occur, are they stronger, longer and more severe than they would have been without climate change?” 

“This is one of the ironies in the crypto space: The crypto industry would like to have the government’s imprimatur, because it gives them legitimacy. But once they have to deal with the specifics of being regulated — like reporting requirements — they do not like it,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and trade policy. 

Diane Burton, academic director of the Institute for Compensation Studies at the ILR School, says that companies’ announcing pay increases for entry-level jobs affects their internal workforces. “The symbolic aspects of wages matter. People want to know how they stack up,” Burton says. 

Brooke Erin Duffy, professor of communication, says, “The push to self-brand is happening at a younger and younger age, and I see it with my students.” Duffy also discusses the potential long-term implications of a large digital footprint for children. 

Alex Susskind, associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Hotel Administration, says that state and local regulators must do what they can to “give restaurateurs the absolute maximum potential for earning. In New York, for example, they stopped allowing alcohol takeout. I think that’s a mistake, frankly."

This article touches on the promise of success, and the pitfalls that can undermine the satisfaction of succeeding. Tom Gilovich, psychology professor, discusses this in the context of Olympians.

“It’s not a permanent thing — that’s an important thing to highlight,” says Luis Schang, adding that the vaccines are still working very well and vaccination rates continue to rise. “This is not something we have to do for years. This is weeks, perhaps a couple of months.”

“It’s not a permanent thing — that’s an important thing to highlight,” says Luis Schang, professor at Baker Institute for Animal Health. “This is not something we have to do for years. This is weeks, perhaps a couple of months.”

“People generally don’t realize that something so small could have such a big impact,” explains Vanessa Bohns, associate professor in the ILR School.

Susanne Marie Bruyere, director of the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, says workers may now have a renewed opportunity to negotiate flex-place and flex-time conditions. 

“Bitcoin was designed as a digitally anonymous medium of exchange that did not involve a trusted third party, such as a central bank, but Bitcoin has failed abjectly at its stated objective,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and trade policy.