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Solutions are ready, and available to fix the LA school strike

March 21, 2023

Lee Adler is an expert on education and academic union issues at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, he says political and administrative leaders can't afford to ignore the concerns of school support staff.

education
Industrial and Labor Relations
Labor Relations & Human Resources

Xi trying to ‘thread the needle’ by meeting Putin without damaging China’s relations in Europe

March 21, 2023

Jessica Chen Weiss is a professor of China and Asia-Pacific studies at Cornell University, she says Xi's visit will try to balance two very conflicting priorities.

International
International Reach

Honduras cutting ties with Taiwan shows China’s growing influence in Central America

March 15, 2023

Kenneth Roberts is a professor of comparative and Latin American politics at Cornell University, he says China has emerged as an increasingly important economic power in Central America.

International Reach
International

New features of OpenAI’s GPT-4 are largely ‘unsurprising’

March 15, 2023

OpenAI launched the newest version of its language software, GPT-4, an advanced tool for analyzing images and mimicking human speech. 

Cornell Tech

Fluctuating temps mean tough choices for NYS maple producers

March 15, 2023

Aaron Wightman, co-director of the Cornell Maple Program and a New York state maple specialist, says that more and more maple producers are tapping earlier to offset the impacts of vacillating temperatures.

New York State

Silicon Valley Bank ‘first major victim’ of Fed’s interest rate hikes

March 10, 2023

Robert Hockett, is a professor of law and public finance at Cornell Law School, where he focuses on financial and monetary law and economics, he says the Fed's current interest rate strategy may need to be reigned in.

Economics and Business
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

California atmospheric river ‘especially dangerous’ paired with snow

March 8, 2023

Alistair Hayden, a professor of practice in public and ecosystem health and a former division chief at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, comments on an atmospheric river event that is expected to bring dangerous flooding across California.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

‘A rolling hazard to any community’: Industry expert calls rail safety a national problem

March 6, 2023

Art Wheaton is an expert on transportation industries and serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, he says Congress deserves part of the blame for the spate of train accidents.

Economics and Business
Law, Government & Public Policy
Industrial and Labor Relations

Cornell expert: GOP’s fight against ‘woke’ investing is a day late and a dollar short

March 2, 2023

John Tobin is professor of practice at Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business, and a former Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability at Credit Suisse. He says ESG remains good business for investors and bankers.

Economics and Business
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

SNAP reductions ‘could exacerbate an already challenging situation’

March 1, 2023

Pandemic-related boosts in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) will end today across the country for millions of Americans, but could exacerbate an already challenging situation for many families and communities says Cornell University professor Angela Odoms-Young.

Law and Policy

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