Stephen B. Wicker, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Cornell University, conducts research in wireless information networks and how regulation can affect privacy and speech rights. Wicker comments on proposed legislation to limit the use of embedded software on mobile phones that can detect and record keystrokes.
Martin Wiedmann and Rob Ralyea, Cornell University researchers and experts on food safety, comment and the danger presented to farmers and consumers by the raw milk movement.
Wage and compensation expert Linda Barrington, director of the Cornell University ILR School Institute for Compensation Studies, comments on the unexpected drop in unemployment to 8.3 percent.
Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University professor of government, comments on the upcoming Florida Primary: “GOP candidates might think they can appeal to them by taking a hard line on the Castro regime, but this runs counter to the vibrant social and economic ties kept up by the more recent cohort of Cuban arrivals to the U.S. A hard line policy toward Cuba - maintaining an economic embargo and curtailing ties - turns these voters off. So to appeal to Cuban-American voters, GOP candidates have to reconcile two very different visions of U.S. relations with Cuba."
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will unveil its long-awaited new “Plant Hardiness Zone Map” expected to reflect changing climate patterns Cornell University has several experts available to discuss the significance of the changes.
Steven C. Kyle, professor economics at Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, comments on Pres. Obama’s call for government infrastructure investment in his State of the Union address.
Charles Greene, a professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Cornell University, is an expert on the protection of threatened marine ecosystems. Greene comments on the potential for ecological disaster posed by the 2,300 tons of fuel oil still aboard the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia.
Susan Christopherson, a professor of city and regional planning in Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning, has done research on Rochester, N.Y., for years, and comments on the announcement that Eastman Kodak Co., has filed for bankruptcy protection.
Tarleton Gillespie, a professor of communication and information science at Cornell University, comments on today’s protests by Wikipedia and other websites over potential federal antipiracy legislation.
Robert C. Hockett, professor of Law at Cornell University, discusses how the core message of Pres. Obama’s “Theodore Roosevelt” speech has been a formula for success for past Democratic and Republican administrations.
Iago Gocheleishvili is a Cornell University lecturer of Persian Studies, and has worked with the U.S.-sponsored Central Asia and Caspian Basin Project as an expert on the Iranian world. He comments on the recent sanctions by Western powers against Iran.
Ziad Fahmy, an Egyptian-born professor of near eastern studies at Cornell University and author of “Ordinary Egyptians: Creating the Modern Nation through Popular Culture," comments on the violent protests in Egypt.
Sharon L. Poczter, Cornell University assistant professor of Managerial Economics at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, comments on the inherently flawed structure of the failed “Super Committee.”
Cornell University professors Robert Hockett, an expert in financial policy regulations in the Law School, and Steven Kyle, an expert on U.S. macroeconomic policy in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, hail the apparent failure of the Congressional “Super Committee” to reach a deal to reduce the federal deficit by $1.2 trillion.
Ritch Savin-Williams, professor of developmental psychology and director of Cornell University’s Sex & Gender Lab, comments on the efforts of schools to implement anti-bullying initiatives. Nov. 14 through 18 has been declared Ani-Bullying Week 2011 by the Anti-Bullying Alliance.
Michael Fontaine, professor of Classics at Cornell University, studied Latin under the top Vatican Latinist for Pope John Paul II. He comments on the new translation of the Roman Missal, which on Nov. 27 will bring rare changes to the way Catholics worship.
Actors Jack Black, Owen Wilson and Steve Martin go on a one-year search for birds in the upcoming comedy film, “The Big Year.” The movie, which debuts in the United States on Oct. 14, includes 18 sounds from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library, the world’s largest collection of animal sounds.
Richard Burkhauser, professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University and co-author of the new book “The Declining Work and Welfare for People with Disabilities: What Went Wrong and a Strategy for Change,” offers ways to bend the future cost curve of the Social Security Disability Insurance program, whose trust fund is projected to be insolvent by 2018.
Richard Burkhauser, professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University, will be a panel member at “Poverty and Income in 2010: A Look at the News Census Data and What the Numbers Mean” hosted by the Center for Children and Families Brookings Institute on Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in Washington, D.C.
Cornell University has assembled 13 researchers and professionals who can discuss a variety of issues related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks – from a lead architect’s perspective on redesigning the World Trade Center to a researcher working with the Department of Defense to study how social media might uncover future attack plans.
Lee Adler, labor expert and professor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, discusses the implications of the Verizon strike -- and the probability that this dispute will be protracted.
Stephen Yale-Loehr, a faculty member at the Cornell University Law School and an authority on U.S. immigration law, is available for interviews after the 1 p.m. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announcement today. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security, will unveil several initiatives that are designed to attract and retain foreign entrepreneurs, particularly in the high-tech sector, who wish to launch start-up companies in the United States.
Steven C. Kyle, associate professor of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, comments about the implications of a U.S. government default if Congress and the White House fail to raise the debt ceiling by Aug. 2.
Richard Geddes, Cornell University professor of policy analysis and management, comments on the proposed elimination of Saturday mail delivery from the U.S. Postal Service, which is facing an $8.3 billion budget shortfall.
Christine Schelhas-Miller, Cornell University senior lecturer in the College of Human Ecology and author, provides tips for parents with children heading to college.
Barry Strauss, chair of the Department of History at Cornell University and an author of 11 books on military history, comments on the long-term implications of President Barak Obama’s plan for a substantial drawdown of American troops from Afghanistan.
Jason Frank, Cornell University professor of government and member of the Cornell Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies Program, comments on a proposed bill to legalize same-sex marriage in New York State.
Fredrik Logevall, Cornell University professor of history, is a leading historian of the Vietnam War. He is the author of several books on the Vietnam War, including “Twilight War,” to be released by Random House in early 2012. Here, he comments on the official release of the Pentagon Papers.
Jens Ohlin, professor of law at Cornell University, comments on the arrest of Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general accused of masterminding the massacre at Srebrenica in 1995.
Martin Wiedmann, food-safety expert and associate professor of Food Science at Cornell University, comments on recent protests in Washington, D.C., advocating the sale of raw, unpasteurized milk.
Kelly Musick is a professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University, and is a member of the Population Association of America and Cornell’s Population Program. She comments on figures released May 9, 2011, from the U.S. Census Bureau finding that women are having children later in life.
Cornell University experts available to comment on Osama bin Laden’s death.
Odette Lienau, an expert on international economic relations and an assistant professor of Law at Cornell University, comments on the recent announcement that Standard & Poor’s will revise the United States credit rating from “stable” to “negative.”
Paul Eshelman, professor of Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell University, comments on intervention strategies for earlier stages of Alzheimer’s Disease identified by the Alzheimer’s Association’s new guidelines for diagnosis.
Anthony Ingraffea, Cornell University professor of engineering, is an expert in structural aerospace engineering. His research concentrates on computer simulation and physical testing of complex fracturing processes. Ingraffea comments on the recent news that the FAA has ordered very frequent inspections of Boeing 737 airplanes in the Southwest Airlines fleet.
One year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on April 20, 2010, two Cornell experts comment on the known and unknown impacts to wildlife – in the air, on the land and in the sea.
Sean Nicholson, professor of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University, Research Director of the Upstate Health Research Network, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, explains the House GOP plan to reduce federal spending by overhauling Medicare.
Harold Bierman, Jr., an expert on taxation and Professor of Management at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, comments on the inefficiency of federal income tax law and the need to completely revise it.
Thomas Overton, professor of animal science and director of the PRO-DAIRY industry education program at Cornell University, comments on reports that low levels of radiation linked to the crisis in Japan have been found in U.S. milk supplies.
Hirokazu Miyazaki is a professor of Anthropology at Cornell University and studies the social science of hope in Japan. He offers insight on the recent natural disaster in his native country.
Michael Dorf, constitutional law expert and professor of Law at Cornell University, comments about the constitutionality of President Obama’s decision to commit U.S. military forces to enforce no-fly zone in Libya.
Thomas D. O’Rourke, earthquake expert and professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, comments on the massive earthquake in Japan and its impact on infrastructure. O’Rourke is a member of the Advisory Committee for Earthquake Hazard Reduction, which is the national advisory committee for earthquakes in the U.S. NOTE: Prof. O’Rourke is available for on-camera interviews
Philip Liu, Cornell professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is an expert on tsunamis, ocean waves and their impact on coastlines. He led the NSF-sponsored group of U.S. scientists who investigated the aftermath of the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Mildred Warner, Cornell professor in city and regional planning, is an expert on privatizing government services. Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin, recently suggested privatizing certain government services. Warner comments on Gov. Walker’s proposals.
Sarah Kreps, an international relations expert and assistant professor of government at Cornell University, comments about the wisdom of U.S. military intervention in Libya. NOTE: Kreps is author of “Coalitions of Convenience: United States Military Interventions after the Cold War” (Oxford University Press, 2011).
Tracy Mitrano, Cornell University’s director of IT Policy and director of Cornell’s Computer Policy and Law Programs, calls on the public to raise its voice in light of the scheduled vote Wednesday by a House subcommittee to rescind the FCC’s December 2010 “Net Neutrality” regulations.
Three Cornell University Law School faculty members with an expertise in international law comment on the legality and potential effectiveness of international sanctions against the regime of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
Steven Kyle, a professor at Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, comments on the impact of the current oil price spike on global economic recovery.
Thomas D. O’Rourke, an expert on the impact of earthquakes on infrastructure and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, notes that the earthquake that struck New Zealand this week reveals the vulnerability of many U.S. cities.
Ross Brann, a professor of Judeo-Islamic studies and former chair of Cornell University’s Department of Near Eastern Studies who has studied in both Jerusalem and Cairo, says expanding demands for political change in the Arab world inspire hope among Israeli liberals, but alarm and may weaken the conservative government.
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