“Overall, it’s a very informative report about the last two years, and in that context, I would say it’s very encouraging about current conditions,” says Erica Groshen, senior labor market advisor, about a research paper answering the question of what happened to workers who disappeared from the workforce amid the pandemic. 

“If far-right platforms are becoming a venue to coordinate illegal activity — for example, the Capitol insurrection — this is a significant problem,” says Alexandra Cirone, assistant professor of government. 

Aaron Rice, senior research associate in the Lab of Ornithology, discusses a paper he and his team recently released on ray-finned fish's ability to produce sound. (23:50) 

“It's important to keep in mind other polling trends that might be part of the story,” says Jonathon Schuldt, interim Executive Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. “Surveys show that record numbers of Americans are worried about climate change, which may be contributing to dissatisfaction about environmental quality.”

Joseph McFadden, associate professor of dairy cattle biology, writes this opinion piece concluding that feeding cows seaweed has the potential to reduce methane production from beef and dairy industries but there are still some challenges to overcome before it should be implemented. 

Esteban Gazel, associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, says, “The problem with the eruption in Tonga, and the same problem with the [recent] eruption in the Canary Islands, is that the amount of ash that goes into surface waters and people’s tanks is itself a hazard.” 

Sunita Sah, associate professor of management organizations, discusses her new study on a professionalism paradox. 

“I doubt very much that they’re doing it for good health rather than selling new products,” says David Levitsky, a professor of nutrition and psychology. “The problem is, the food industry makes a profit by selling you calories. The healthiest thing [McDonald’s can do] is just tell people to eat less.” 

“In America, we have dramatic inequality in income and wages and wealth. ... I think young people are sick and tired of it, and they’re taking it into their own hands,” says Catherine Creighton, director of Cornell’s Industrial and Labor Relations branch in Buffalo. 

“Workers have had an amazing threshold for tolerating the abuse that employers have put on them,” says Kate Bronfenbrenner, senior lecturer in the ILR School. “But when that abuse went so far as to risk their lives, that crossed the line; in the context of Covid, where employers were asking them to work harder than ever and employers were making huge profits.” 

“The problem with authenticity is it requires people to hold a culture in time and space and place,” says Lilly Jan, lecturer in food and beverage management. “It doesn’t give it the flexibility to grow and evolve, which is what culture is. It’s a living thing, just like language.”

“This is just evidence that none of the cryptocurrency assets provide a good, stable enough means of payment,” says Dan Awrey, professor of law. “It is just too volatile.”