Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Rising interest rates: How much ‘pain’ will Americans actually endure?

September 20, 2022

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates three-quarters of a point to a range of 3% to 3.25% – the highest level in 14 years. Robert Hockett is available to discuss how another interest rate hike could impact the economy.

Economics and Business

Law School

Dry conditions may cause ‘patchy’ fall foliage season

September 16, 2022

Arthur DeGaetano says that fall foliage displays will still be a part of fall in the Northeast, although dry conditions may affect how long the colors last.

Martial law anniversary marked by ‘historical revisionism’

September 16, 2022

September 21st marks the 50th anniversary of the late President Ferdinand Marcos imposing martial law on the Philippines.

International Reach

International

Failure to prevent rail strike could be ‘catastrophic’ for US business

September 13, 2022

The looming possibility of a national railroad strike has businesses nationwide concerned. Arthur Wheaton says a rail strike by freight railroad workers on Friday would impose serious consequences and could hurt almost all U.S. business sectors in a short amount of time.

Industrial and Labor Relations

Economics and Business

Labor and hospitality experts consider implications of historic CA fast food law

September 8, 2022

Cornell experts are available to discuss California's historic fast food law.

Economics and Business

King Charles III must quickly determine his path as ruler

September 8, 2022

Cornell experts are available to discuss the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the role of the monarchy.

International

Somalia faces ‘four horsemen of the food emergency apocalypse’

September 6, 2022

The United Nations warns parts of Somalia will be hit by famine between October and December as a drought worsens and global food prices surge.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

International

International Reach

CA vote to keep nuclear plant ‘unambiguously good news for the climate’

September 1, 2022

Mark Lynas, a visiting fellow at the Cornell Alliance for Science and author of “Nuclear 2.0: Why a Green Future Needs Nuclear Power,” comments on California's vote to keep open the state's last remaining nuclear plant.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Cornell expert available to discuss Twitter’s edit button

September 1, 2022

Some Twitter users will start being able to click a button on the social media service to edit a tweet after they have posted it.

Computing & Information Sciences

First Solar U.S. expansion likely to nudge other producers stateside

August 31, 2022

Fengqi You, a professor of energy systems engineering and an expert on the life cycle of solar panels, comments on First Solar's announced expansion in the U.S., and Max Zhang, a sustainable energy systems expert, discusses what it can mean for solar panel reuse and recycling.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability