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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Low vaccination rates could lead to additional COVID-19 variants

November 30, 2021

Omicron, a new coronavirus strain designated as a variant of concern by the World Health Organization, has been confirmed on five continents while global health experts anticipate further spread.

Mississippi abortion case 'not a nailbiter'

November 30, 2021

Sherry Colb, professor of law, notes that the arguments in a Supreme Court abortion case centered on Mississippi are unlikely to be surprising. 

Law and Policy

Omicron variant may delay return to in-person work

November 29, 2021

Bradford S. Bell, professor in strategic human resources and director of ILR’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, says employers may walk back plans for workers to return to the office as concern over the omicron variant grows.

Economics and Business

As banks waver on climate plans, EU and ECB devise plan to keep them liable

November 23, 2021

Andrew Karolyi, dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and a scholar specializing in international financial markets, comments on a warning from the European Central Bank that most of the lenders it oversees have not produced strategies to respond to climate change.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Economics and Business
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Andrew Karolyi

Declining birth rate reflects difficulty of combining parenting and child rearing

November 22, 2021

Sociologist Vida Maralani says fertility can also recover as life returns to more normal.

Social & Behavioral Sciences

House social spending bill’s immigration provisions ‘historic’

November 22, 2021

The House of Representatives passed a $1.9 trillion social spending bill on November 19th. 

Law and Policy
Public Engagement

Migration treaty violations, trade central to U.S.-Mexico-Canada summit

November 18, 2021

Gustavo Flores-Macías, Ian Kysel and Shannon Gleeson comment on the first U.S.-Canada-Mexico summit held in five years at the White House this week, which will focus on migration, trade and labor. 

Law and Policy
International
Industrial and Labor Relations
Gustavo A. Flores-Macías
Shannon Gleeson

Exclusive items, inclusive toys top finds of holiday shopping

November 18, 2021

The following experts are available to discuss holiday shopping.

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Infrastructure bill is a ‘win for New York’

November 18, 2021

Rick Geddes, founding director of Cornell's Program in Infrastructure Policy, discussed the infrastructure bill and what it means for New York State. 

Law and Policy

Blinken visit to Africa comes at critical time for continent

November 17, 2021

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Africa this week with stops in Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal. He is the highest-ranking Biden administration official to visit sub-Saharan Africa as parts of the continents struggle with military coup attempts and destabilization.

International
Foreign Policy
Law, Government & Public Policy