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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Cornell expert says ‘bedbugs aren’t everywhere, but they could be anywhere’

October 5, 2023

As French authorities face widespread reports of a bedbug infestation in Paris, Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, a Cornell University entomologist whose work focuses on reducing pest risks, provides some tips of what to look for and how to salvage exposed belongings.

International
Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Agriculture and Life Sciences

Vinyl chloride ‘highly mobile in soils and water.’ East Palestine area farmers advised to test crop sites.

February 15, 2023

Murray McBride, a soil and crop scientist who studies the behavior of soil and water contaminants, comments on the repercussions of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and the need for farmers and residents to test soils and water.

Food & Agriculture
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Grass type had ‘little if anything’ to do with Super Bowl’s slips

February 13, 2023

The playing conditions in Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles raised some questions. Players on both teams slid and slipped all over the turf.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Ian threatens pollution from fertilizer mining ‘stacks,’ calls into question the practice

September 28, 2022

Catherine Kling, an environmental economist and an expert in water quality modeling, and Johannes Lehmann, a professor of soil and crop sciences, comment on sustainable agrowaste management practices and the threat of commercial fertilizer pollution as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Agriculture and Life Sciences

Extreme heat hinders fight against global poverty, malnutrition

July 21, 2022

Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, an applied economist with expertise in agricultural, environmental and energy policy, comments on extreme heat affecting communities across Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Food & Agriculture
Agriculture and Life Sciences

White House internet plan won’t help most remote households

May 9, 2022

Todd Schmit, professor of applied economics and policy, and Peter Fiduccia, doctoral student in development sociology, discuss the effectiveness of a new White House program designed to bring internet to underserved communities. 

Law and Policy

Uncertainty for farmers after water pollution rule scrapped

August 31, 2021

Brian Rahm, director of the New York State Water Resources Institute and senior research associate with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, comments on the scrapping of a Trump administration rule that limited federal protections for streams, marshes and wetlands.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Food & Agriculture

Musk plan to take Twitter public again raises questions

May 4, 2022

Drew Pascarella and Drew Margolin weigh in on Elon Musk's plan to take Twitter public again in a few years.

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Economics and Business

That perfect tree is still available in New York — if you know where to look

December 9, 2021

Elizabeth Lamb, says even though there is a tree shortage, trees are still readily available in New York state.

New York State
New York City
Agriculture and Life Sciences

How ‘bout them cider apples: NY producers innovate for flavor

May 13, 2021

In the U.S. alone, the hard cider market has increased more than tenfold in the past decade and Gregory Peck, assistant professor of horticulture in Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been exploring ways to increase the quality and quantity of New York-grown cider apples.

Food & Agriculture
Agriculture and Life Sciences
New York State

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