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Uriel Abulof, a visiting professor at Cornell University’s Government Department and a senior lecturer of politics at Tel-Aviv University, comments on the long-awaited Middle East peace plan that Trump unveiled on Tuesday.

International

Arts and Sciences

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Steve Osofsky, wildlife health and health policy expert, says emerging diseases like coronavirus are coming from Chinese "wet markets," and it is time to shut them down. 

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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Catherine Kling, an environmental economist, and Amanda Rodewald, a conservation scientist, comment on the Trump Administration's plans to remove environmental protections for streams and wetlands.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Sabrina Karim, assistant professor of government at Cornell University, visited Rohingya refugee camps in January of 2020, where she is conducting a large-scale survey on the educational needs of the Rohingya and local host population in Bangladesh.

International

Arts and Sciences

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Allen Carlson, associate professor of government at Cornell University and an expert on Chinese politics, says the shadow of SARS is haunting China as it wrestles to bring under control yet another infectious disease outbreak within its borders.

International

Arts and Sciences

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Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research and a senior lecturer at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, says she is not surprised by the decline in union membership given the hostile, anti-union stance of federal agencies like the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Economics and Business

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Nikole Lewis, assistant professor of astronomy and deputy director of Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute, comments on the legacy of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Arts and Sciences

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Esteban Gazel, an expert on the processes inside the Earth that produce magma and volcanoes, comments on threats posed by volcanoes such as Taal in the Philippines.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Gustavo Flores-Macias says that the USMCA passed in the U.S. Senate only tweaks the existing trade framework, and new benefits to the U.S. economy will be limited and industry specific

Law and Policy

International

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Bryn Rosenfeld, assistant professor of government at Cornell University and an expert on the politics of Russia and Eastern Europe comments on the news that the Russian Prime Minister and his cabinet resigned on Wednesday. 

International

Arts and Sciences

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