ILR associate professor Shannon Gleeson co-writes this op-ed on providing citizenship for all immigrants and safe working conditions for all workers, stating "individuals should be granted citizenship simply because they are human and they are here."

COVID-19 and the ongoing climate crisis have highlighted the importance of maintaining the food supply chain and access to essential goods. Often, this access is neither fair nor sustainable.

“It’s going to be about bringing more tools to the table in terms of climate change so we’re not reacting. You can get ahead of the game,” says Patrick Reed, professor of engineering and co-author of the study featured in the article.

Cornell researchers, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and the International Institute for Sustainable Development find that and additional $10 billion is needed to prevent millions more people from becoming food insecure due to coronavirus.

"There has to be a balance between having regional players and more global players. You don't want to depend on only one supply chain to feed a population, because that is risky," says Miguel Gómez, associate professor of applied economics.

Amanda Rodewald, senior director of conservation science at the Lab of Ornithology, writes an opinion piece on how to protect birds.

Leaf-eating caterpillars strip millions of trees of their leaves.

“If this germ becomes truly resistant to these antibiotics, it would have a very serious impact on millions of children,” says James Musser, professor of genomic medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.

"The Trump administration is sure to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court," says Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration. 

In a study of New York state apple orchards, Cornell plant pathologists have identified a new fungal pathogen that causes bitter rot disease in apples.