Art Wheaton, senior extension associate with the ILR School, speaks extensively about why railroad workers were prepared to strike, Congress’s ability to stop a labor strike and what comes next for railroad workers. 

Andrew Farnsworth, senior research associate with the Lab of Ornithology, says, “The fact that architects and builders are using bird-friendly technology, that is a positive. But it’s not [happening] as fast as it needs to be.” 

“The China supply chain is not going to evaporate overnight,” says Eli Friedman, associate professor in the ILR School. “Decoupling is just not realistic for these companies for the time being.” 

“In firing half of the employees, he appears focused on reducing cash expense such that the company itself can generate the cash to cover the interest expense,” says Drew Pascarella, senior lecturer of finance. “Of course, without sufficient revenue, there is no cash even if expenses get under control. Twitter’s revenue generation, from advertisers and potentially from subscribers, is a question mark at current.”

William Jacobson, professor of law and founder of a database tracking critical race theory curricula in higher education, discusses the presence of critical race theory in medical school. 

Odette Lienau, professor of law, discusses what the new CEO of FTX needs to do. 

This piece references Michael Dorf, professor of law, on the tension between the rights to free speech and guns.

“The amount of spending on [culling] is peanuts compared to the amount they make exporting poultry products,” says Jarra Jagne, associate professor of practice in public and ecosystem health. 

Robert Gravani, professor emeritus of food science, discusses food safety during the holidays.

“When suburban sprawl moves closer to the mountains, because people want those mountain views, people are going to have conflicts,” says Paul Curtis, professor of natural resources. 

“Elon has the option to use his personal fortune to plug Twitter’s losses as he wishes to, provided that he has the funds available to do so. While that might not be fiscally responsible or attractive, he can do whatever he wants with his own money,” says Drew Pascarella, senior lecturer of finance. 

Erica Groshen, senior labor market advisor, says that people may have moved up their applications to form new businesses because they want to get their business loans before interest rates go higher.