Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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NBA rules imply optimistic TV ratings, but bubbles may stay

November 10, 2020

The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association announced this week they reached an agreement about a new set of rules for their upcoming season, set to start on Dec. 22. Michael Huyghue, visiting professor of practice at the Law School and an expert in the professional sports industry, says the league is likely betting on high revenues from television rights fees and will resort to bubbles to protect its players at key times.

Economics and Business
Law School

Cornell experts on coronavirus - Societal impact

May 12, 2020

COVID-19 presents challenges not only to public health but also to the way our societies function. Social distancing, remote work and businesses closures are changing the way we communicate with each other and posing important questions about how to protect under served populations and overall mental health. 

Erin York Cornwell
Professor in Cornell University’s Department of Government
David Little
Jonathan Lunine
Jamila Michener
Anthony Ong
associate professor in the Government
Karl Pillemer
Professor Rooks is an associate professor in Africana Studies and Feminist, Gender, Sexuality Studies
Qi Wang
Art Wheaton
Stephen Wicker

Cornell experts on coronavirus - Impact on the economy and industries

May 12, 2020

Experts at Cornell University are available to discuss the coronavirus in terms of its many impacts on economic productivity, inequalities as well as specific disruptions to various industries. 

Alexander Colvin
Mary Jo Dudley
professor of history at Cornell University
Miguel Gómez
senior research associate at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Visiting senior scholar at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Louis Hyman
Heeyon Kim
Kevin Kniffin
Associate Professor of Economics at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Jamila Michener
Douglass Miller
Andrew Novakovic
Richard Stup
Alex Susskind
Mildred E. Warner
Art Wheaton
Nicolas Ziebarth