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Reuters

Jens David Ohlin, interim dean of the Law School, explains the justification for attorney-client privilege noting, “If clients feel like whatever they disclose to attorneys will be turned over to authorities, they won’t feel free to talk openly.”

The Hill

In this opinion piece, CALS Dean Benjamin Houlton and research associate Garrett Boudinot argue that the Biden administration should establish a 10-year financial incentive for the adoption of carbon farming practices. 

Christian Science Monitor

“The Communist Party can’t acknowledge that the reason it’s doing something is because there has been a demand from below. It always has to appear as if they are being benevolent,” says Eli Friedman, associate professor in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. 

NBC

“The trends are all going down because vaccines are making a big difference,” says medical epidemiologist Isaac Weisfuse.

CNBC

"New York gets, you know, seven or eight times the amount of venture capital investment flowing into it than Florida does. And California gets, you know, five times what New York gets. So Florida is not part of the tech economy at all," says Cristobal Young, professor of economic sociology.

Forbes

“A future probe could be designed to detect this signal extremely well, suggesting that a future interstellar mission would be able to continuously measure the density of space to even higher precision than Voyager 1,” says Stella Ocker, an astronomy doctoral student. 

The New York Times

Louis Aronne, professor of metabolic research at Weill Cornell Medical College, says only with long-term use can researchers learn if new drugs control the medical consequences of obesity. 

NBC

“It’s the engineering gift to science that keeps on giving,” says Stella Ocker, an astronomy doctoral student, about Voyager 1.

Marketplace

“It’s very hard to reduce wages once you’ve started paying someone at a certain level,” says Linda Barrington, executive director of the Institute for Compensation Studies.

BBC

Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy, “outlines the challenge China faces in balancing its desire for control over its tech entrepreneurs with its need for innovation and growth.” 

Fox News

“Nowhere in the statute – nowhere in the crime of murder – is there a requirement that the prosecution produce a body,” says Randy Zelin, adjunct professor of law. “It is certainly possible to meet the elements of the crime without a body.” 

Associated Press

Natalie Mahowald, professor in engineering, says that the burning of fossil fuels is making the last decade “a much hotter time period for much of the globe than the decades” before.