“We’re trying to, say, put the recycling out on the street, but then in the background, there's this construction industry which [in the US] produces twice the amount of waste that every one of us is producing at home,” says Felix Heisel, assistant professor of architecture. 

Matt Marx, professor of personal enterprise and small business management, discusses noncompete agreements.

Alexander Colvin, dean of the ILR School, says, “Wages have started to rebound and regain some of the ground lost in the first half of the year. They haven’t come all the way back yet, but we’ve started to see a turnaround.” 

Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of government and public policy, discusses U.S.-China relations after the U.S. shot down what is thought to be a Chinese spy balloon. 

This piece references the ILR School’s Labor Action Tracker. 

Glenn Altschuler, professor of American studies, writes this opinion piece about an anti-abortion initiative that supports vulnerable women through and beyond pregnancy. 

Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of government and public policy, says that the cancellation of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing “reflects the unfortunate triumph of symbolism over substance.”

Joseph McFadden, associate professor of animal science, writes this piece about the challenges of cutting down methane production from cattle.

This piece features the work of Karen Levy, professor of information science, on surveillance in the trucking industry.

Michael Lynn, professor of services marketing, discusses present-day tipping practices. 

“Managers often think that knowing more about what workers are doing is useful for making decisions, or eliminating waste, or compelling workers to comply with a firm’s goals,” says Karen Levy, professor of information science. 

“It also speaks to a lot of the ways in which, not just women, but influencers are treated,” says Brook Erin Duffy, associate professor of communication. “There’s just this recurrent critique that they are faking it somehow. They’re faking their success, they’re faking their looks, they’re faking their career. And so much of that is tied into the larger culture of social media, where people are trying to suss out what’s real and what’s performed in these spaces.”