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CNN

"Our study shows the link to cardiovascular disease and mortality was robust," says Victor Zhong, assistant professor of nutritional science. "Modifying intake of these animal protein foods may be an important strategy to help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and premature death at a population level."

Time

“China’s economy is now a global behemoth compared to its more modest size at the time of the SARS epidemic so a shock to China’s growth will have major reverberations across the world,” says Eswar Prasad, senior professor of trade policy.

The New York Times

“I like to think of Spitzer as the little engine that could,” says Nikole Lewis, an astrophysicist at Cornell and a member of the Spitzer oversight committee.

The Verge

“We believe [this] is a basic building block of a general purpose, adaptive, and enduring robot,” says Robert Shepherd, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.

Los Angeles Times

Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law, says that the difficulties Iranian students face in the U.S. is part of a “disturbing trend we’ve seen before,” referring to when Iranian students had to register with immigration officials in 1979 after Iranians stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran.

Financial Times

“The Chinese government, and other governments in Asia and elsewhere, face the difficult challenge of taking stringent measures to contain the spread of the virus and getting their populations to take the risks seriously, while mitigating widespread panic that could prove counterproductive in some respects,” says Eswar Prasad, senior professor of trade policy.

Associated Press

“The right-wing religious push is also a push to restore the old order and the old social hierarchy where white Christians were on the top and they are very wary of indigenous identities,” says Kenneth Roberts, professor of government.

The Guardian

“The goal of the Trump administration rollback is to reduce the obligations of farmers, ranchers and other landowners in their requirements to protect water quality in the US,” says Catherine Kling, professor of environmental, energy and resource economics. “This will lower regulatory costs to that group of Americans. But there are costs to the environment that will be borne by other Americans.” 

Los Angeles Times

“A wrong that escapes public condemnation is no wrong at all. Worse, it invites not simply repetition, but expansion,” says Joseph Margulies, professor of law.

USA Today

“I would say that (Gorham) would not be authorized to arrest or interrogate or search anyone,'' says Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer, assistant clinical professor of law. "And his action seems to be adjacent to be making an arrest or part of making an arrest. So it probably is unlawful under this statute.’’

The Atlantic

Francine Blau, professor in the ILR School, is quoted extensively throughout this piece on the cost of child-care and how various households in the U.S. must approach it.

The Verge

“If you required a license for each tweet that gets posted, that would make Twitter impossible,” says James Grimmelman professor of law. “It doesn’t make firearm sales impossible.”