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We help navigate the space of dairy market risk from understanding the basics to future implications. The first part cover dairy risk management options to important deadlines and the second part discusses what dairy market risk will look with changes in the Federal Milk Marketing Orders to the Farm Bill. Dairy Stream host, Joanna Guza, and guest, Dr. Chris Wolf, discuss the following topics:  Why do we have dairy market risk tools Dairy market risk options Options for certain size dairies Recommendations for beginners in risk management Important dates and timeframes Federal Milk Marketing Orders impact on dairy market risk Potential for new risk management tools Resources Future of dairy market risk management This episode is brought to you by the Voice of Milk. About the guest Chris Wolf is the E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics and the Director of Land Grant Programs in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. Wolf conducts research, extension and teaching focusing on dairy markets and policy, livestock disease economics, farm business management, risk management, and farm animal welfare. He has published widely in academic and industry outlets. Wolf's extension program stresses the effect of public policy on farm behavior and financial outcome, aiming to focus on issues of current and future importance to policy makers and industry decision makers. A native of Wisconsin, Wolf received his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin and his Ph.D. from the University of California-Davis.  Episode recorded February 27, 2025 Compeer Financial is proud partner of Dairy Stream.  Learn more about Dairy Stream sponsorship. This podcast is produced by the Voice of Milk, a collaboration of individual dairy organizations working to improve the future of dairy farm families. Become a sponsor, share an idea or feedback by emailing podcast@dairyforward.com. 

The Dairy Streamlet is a condensed version of a long Dairy Stream episode and covers the high-level points of the conversation. If this topic interest you, then listen to the full episode on March 5. The focus is on dairy market risk with understanding the basics and what items impact it. Dairy Stream host Joanna Guza and guest Dr. Chris Wolf discuss why dairy market risk programs exist, options for dairy farmers, recommendation for beginners, changes to the Federal Milk Market Order, future farm bills and resources. This episode is brought to you by the Voice of Milk. About the guest Chris Wolf is the E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics and the Director of Land Grant Programs in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. Wolf conducts research, extension and teaching focusing on dairy markets and policy, livestock disease economics, farm business management, risk management, and farm animal welfare. He has published widely in academic and industry outlets. Wolf's extension program stresses the effect of public policy on farm behavior and financial outcome, aiming to focus on issues of current and future importance to policy makers and industry decision makers. A native of Wisconsin, Wolf received his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin and his Ph.D. from the University of California-Davis.  Episode recorded February 27, 2025 Compeer Financial is proud partner of Dairy Stream.  Learn more about Dairy Stream sponsorship. This podcast is produced by the Voice of Milk, a collaboration of individual dairy organizations working to improve the future of dairy farm families. Become a sponsor, share an idea or feedback by emailing podcast@dairyforward.com. 

In today's episode, Kyle Grieve chats with Jason Donville and Jesse Gamble about their investing philosophy, their emphasis on focusing on growth and value, their evolution from using ROE-focused metrics to the rule of 40 to identify great investing opportunities, how to use the rule of 40 to add high performing businesses to a watchlist, how the market reacts to interest rates, AI impact on the business landscape, and much more! Jason Donville is an award-winning analyst with a distinguished career in Asia and Canada. He previously served as Head of Equity Research at Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia and Research Director at Credit Suisse First Boston, working in Singapore and Jakarta before joining Sprott Securities in Toronto. His research has traditionally focused on identifying high-ROE companies. Jason holds a BA from the Royal Military College of Canada and an MBA from Ivey Business School. Jesse Gamble has worked closely with Jason to manage the DKAM Capital Ideas Fund since 2011. Jesse received an MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University and a B.Sc. degree from the Dyson School of Economics at Cornell University. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 02:42 - The hidden formula for finding cheap stocks. 07:53 - The secret to spotting a deteriorating moat. 10:45 - How elite investors stay focused in a bear market. 13:37 - The evolution of a winning investment strategy. 27:41 - The untapped goldmine in small-cap stocks. 31:39 - Why the market consistently misprices quality growth. 31:39 - The Rule of 40: your cheat code for finding long-term winners. 36:11 - A playbook for finding 10-bagger stocks. 56:47 - The AI revolution: where the real business impact is happening. 56:47 - Why there's more cash on the sidelines than ever. And so much more! Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community members. Read DKAM's Investor Letters here. Listen to my first interview with Jason and Jesse here. Follow Kyle on Twitter and LinkedIn. Email Shawn at shawn@theinvestorspodcast.com to attend our free events in Omaha or visit this page. Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Premium Feed. NEW TO THE SHOW? Get smarter about valuing businesses in just a few minutes each week through our newsletter, The Intrinsic Value Newsletter. Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Hardblock SimpleMining Unchained Onramp Netsuite Found The Bitcoin Way Shopify Fintool Vanta PrizePicks Fundrise TurboTax HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Spotify! It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

Meet Rebekah Goldstein, a remarkable student from the Dyson School. As a dedicated RA and TA, Rebekah expertly balances her academic pursuits with a demanding work week. She shares her journey of transferring schools, building a competitive concrete boat, her passion for technology and data analytics, and the challenges she faces as a student during significant global events. Rebekah manages her responsibilities like an all-star and thrives at Cornell!We loved meeting her!Not sponsored by or affiliated with Cornell University

How might you use LEGO® to help transform your teaching? In this episode of the Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast, hosts Dr. Matthew Worwood and Dr. Cyndi Burnett are joined by the innovative A-level psychology teacher, Shafina Vohra, to explore the transformative power of creativity in the classroom. Vohra shares her personal journey into teaching, driven by passion following a life-altering car crash, and her subsequent development of a widely acclaimed LEGO® innovation program. This program serves not just as a teaching tool but as an inspiring catalyst for creativity across multiple subjects. The episode dives deep into the myriad ways teachers can foster a creativity-rich environment, from leveraging LEGO® for teaching fractions in math to enhancing engagement in history lessons. Vohra emphasizes the critical balance between research and practice in education, advocating for teachers to take risks, collaborate outside their silos, and stay in tune with the latest educational research to inform and refine their teaching practices. About Shafina Vohra: Shafina Vohra is an A-level psychology teacher in London, where she teaches in an inner city college and is currently doing a PhD in Design Engineering at the Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College. Her focus is creativity in the curriculum, and to this end, she has designed and developed a LEGO® Innovation Programme that is student-led, comprising industry projects, teacher training, and play, with a focus on creating workshops for primary schools around solutions for real-world issues. This is now a flagship, free community programme, and the work that she has done earned her spot in the top 10 finalists for the 2023, for the Global Teacher Prize!    Eager to bring more creativity into your school district? Check out our sponsor Curiosity2Create.org and CreativeThinkingNetwork.com What to learn more about Design Thinking in Education?  Do you want to build a sustained culture of innovation and creativity at your school? Visit WorwoodClassroom.com to understand how Design Thinking can promote teacher creativity and support professional growth in the classroom.  Subscribe to our monthly newsletter!

Having access to nature can improve lives. Walking through the forest or by a lake occasionally is proven to have both physical and psychological benefits. But nature is a resource that is undervalued in our economies, and all too often left off the balance sheet. Catherine Kling says determining the true economic value of nature will help foster its preservation. Kling is an environmental economist at Cornell University in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and has focused much of her career on creating the kind of data that encourages governments to include the value of nature in their economic decision-making. In this special episode of our Women in Economics series, Kling and Journalist Rhoda Metcalfe discuss why putting a price tag on nature will help save it. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3QHpRvZ

Believe it or not, the world of batteries is far more magical than you might imagine! George Imafidon - Young Engineer Of The Year 2022 - chairs his first edition of Create The Future to ask how powerful can the lithium-ion battery become, and what are the environmental and human costs involved in their manufacture? George's guests for this conversation are Dr. Samuel J Cooper of the Dyson School of Design Engineering and Ed Conway, author of 'Material World'.New episodes - conversations about how to rebuild the world better - every other Friday.Follow @QEPrize on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous machines have become a necessity for our future world but what are the implications of robots for society and how much influence does science fiction have on how we embrace our new friends? In this special live recording at the Great Exhibition Road Festival, Claire chatted to Glyn Morgan (Science Museum), Bani Anvari (University College London) and Thrishantha Nanayakara (Imperial College London) to explore how our intelligent friends from the world of science fiction match up with state-of-the art robotics and artificial intelligence reality. Glyn Morgan is a curator of exhibitions at the Science Museum, most recently: “Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination” (open until August 20th). He also teaches a course on Science Fiction at Imperial College, and has published widely on many aspects of the genre writing for the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Royal Society, and the Science Fiction Research Association, amongst others. His research is interested in the interface between science fiction and other disciplines from history to psychology and beyond, and the ways science fiction can be used as a cognitive tool to help us understand ourselves and our society. Bani Anvari is a Full Professor of Intelligent Mobility at the Centre for Transport Studies in the Faculty of Engineering at University College London (UCL). She is the founder and director of Intelligent Mobility at UCL. Her vision is to enable humans to trust and fully exploit the benefits of future mobility services through new technology and innovation. Her research focuses on Intelligent Mobility and exploring interactions with semi- and fully-autonomous vehicles in various contexts, benefiting significantly from Robotics and AI. Thrishantha Nanayakkara is a Professor of Robotics and the Director of the Morphlab at Dyson School of Design Engineering (DSDE), Imperial College London. His group has used soft robots to understand how compliance of the body helps to stabilise dynamic interactions with the environment. He is and has been PI on projects of more than £5 million that have pushed the boundaries of our understanding on how conditioning the body improves the efficacy of action and perception in human-human and human-robot interactions.

Throughout her career, Chris has consistently created strong operating results for companies ranging from start-up to Fortune 50,including premier organizations such as: Cox Communications, Verizon Communications, Sprint Nextel, the National Basketball Association and Fan Controlled Sports and Entertainment. As a senior executive, she has held P&L responsibility, for up to 1000 employees and $1.5 billion in annual revenue. Chris currently serves as the Chief Commercial Officer and head of Strategy for interactive media company, Fan Controlled Sports and Entertainment; overseeing strategic partnerships, betting and league strategy. She also recently served as Chief Financial Officer of the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), OmniChannel Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: OCA). In February 2019, Chris was appointed to the Board of Directors for Ryman Hospitality (NYSE: RHP) and is also a member of the company's audit and nom/gov committees. Ryman is the proud owner and operator of the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, Ole Red (in partnership with Blake Shelton) and the Gaylord Resorts and Hotels.Previously, Chris launched and led the National Basketball Association's direct to consumer business globally. She also established and led the corporate development practice in media and entertainment, for global telecom leader Verizon; ultimately acquiring over $5B worth of assets over the span of 3 years. Chris serves on her business school's executive advisory board, at Old Dominion University since 2012. Chris grew up in Colorado, has moved around the US, both during her husband's service in the US Navy submarine force and for her own career. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Spanish and a Master's of Business Administration, from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She and her husband have lived the past 10 years in Summit, NJ and have one son, who attends Cornell University's Dyson School and competes on the university's varsity track team. - In 2014, Hamilton Perkins founded Hamilton Perkins Collection, an independent brand that designs and produces unique and award-winning bags and accessories made from upcycled materials. Each bag is made from pineapple leaf fiber, billboard vinyl, fabric banners, apparel, and other advertising waste. Perkins was awarded an equity-free grant as the winner of the Virginia Velocity Tour hosted by Village Capital and the Governor of Virginia. The non-profit B Lab honored Hamilton Perkins Collection as a "Best for the World Overall" B Corporation in 2017. Perkins was voted to Inside Business' 40 under 40 and Old Dominion University Alumni Association's 40 under 40 lists. Perkins has been mentioned in Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, Money Magazine, and The Washington Post. Select past client work includes Hewlett-Packard, Nordstrom, Target, S.C. Johnson and Son, Dow Chemical, Oracle, Salesforce, Barnes and Noble, West Elm, Holt Renfrew, C.F. Martin & Company, Imerys, Leesa Sleep, Zappos, Paramount Pictures, AMEX, Hanover Insurance, NYC Department of Sanitation and Ellen. The brand is currently offered in nearly 150 leading department stores and specialty stores in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Hamilton Perkins Collection has transformed 800,000 bottles into bags and over 40,000 pounds of old signs and into bags with the goal of 10 million bottles and over 500,000 pounds. Perkins has been a speaker for BNY Mellon, Faire, Mastercard and has provided research for Harvard Business School. Perkins serves on the executive advisory council board at Old Dominion University's Strome College of Business.

In this episode, we have two engineers and innovators: Alfie Mcmeeking and Shafae Ali joining the show. Both are graduates of the Dyson School of Design Engineering Imperial College. They are also previous team members of Dreamteam, a student-led professional design consultancy based in Imperial College London which delivers innovative and impactful solutions across diverse topics.   Alfie and Shafae gave us some flavour of their journey at Dreamteam when they developed the face mask business project during the time of COVID-19, from user empathies to testing. They also carried the “Dreamteam” spirit forward and are working on a futuristic project called REALITY. Stay tuned to hear about the thought processes involved in creating a new category design and the hurdles they overcame for bringing cool footwear to the market.   Want to know more? http://www.thefuturefootwear.co.uk/

Our emotions and impulses dictate many of the choices we make. During times of financial volatility, emotions can run hotter until fear and greed take hold, jostling the resolve of even the most confident of investors. To better understand how psychological biases and behaviors can impact our financial decisions, Tony spoke with Dr. Stephen Shu, visiting lecturer on behavioral economics at Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University.

A special guest joins this mostly macro-level episode of The Milk Check. Dr. Andrew Novakovic compares today's inflation with U.S. inflation eras past, and the group examines evidence toward the unlikelihood of another Great Recession as well as downward pressure holding back a forceful economic rebound. Both Ted Jr. and T3 still see some upside in dairy markets, Dr. Novakovic sees a continuation of the trend toward larger farms finding more success and T3 expects inflation to “pull back significantly.” To close out the podcast, Ted Jr. and Dr. Novakovic talk Federal Orders, “urgent marketing” and the challenges in removing or updating federal regulations and/or terms of trade. T3: Hello and welcome, everybody, to the Milk Check podcast. This month, we have the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Andrew Novakovic, professor emeritus at the Dyson School at Cornell University, professor of dairy markets and policy. Andy, it's a pleasure for us to have you on our podcast this month. Thank you very much for joining us. Dr. Andrew Novakovic: Yeah. It's always a pleasure to work with you guys, and I'm anxious to see where the conversation goes. T3: So we also have, besides the usual suspects, my father and Anna, Josh White, and Jacob Menge from our trading team are joining us as well. So I'd like to start off this conversation this month, Andy, by asking you a question that's been on my mind since you and I were talking a couple of months ago, and you mentioned this almost as a passing comment, but it really piqued my interest. And it was this. We were talking about inflation and how inflation was probably going to affect our economy. And you mentioned that the inflation we're going through this time in 2022 is a lot more like the inflation of the 1940s and '50s than it is like the inflation of the 1970s and '80s. What did you mean by that? What's the difference? What are we experiencing right now? Dr. Andrew Novakovic: So of course, inflation means that prices pretty much across the board are rising, so it's not a sector event. It's not we had a bad corn crop, and that's having an impact on beef. It's something broad. So what kind of things have that broad sweep of effect? And like so many thing in economics, there's a supply side and a demand side that could theoretically be at play. And a lot of times when we look at inflationary periods, they come from a certain amount of government overheating, fiscal policy that's relaxed where money is kept in consumer pockets, as opposed to going into government coffers. So we reduce taxes, and people get to keep more in their pocketbook, or we spend money in a way that gains income for people. It might be through jobs, it might be through direct income subsidies or what have you. Those people go out and spend that money, and that heats up the economy. The other inflationary route is supply side, which is leading to cost. And there was an element of the '70s that for sure does relate to what we see now, and that's energy. OPEC had been around for a while. Their obvious goal was to monopolize, to a certain degree, world oil markets. The first time they tried that, it didn't really work. But in the '70s, they started to get their act together. And those of us who lived through that time can remember just this catapulting of gasoline prices going from 20, 30 cents a gallon to over a dollar a gallon. You had to change all the pumps to put on an extra digit. That was pretty remarkable. And of course, energy is a big part of what's going on now. But when we were talking, what struck me is that when you think of all the supply chain stuff that's occurring now, lot has to do with labor, but computer chips and resin availability for plastics, and just a variety of things that are impacting supply chain. That reminds me a little bit more of post world war disruptions that we saw in the late teens, early '20s. Late teens also was a pandemic period,

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Today, we're going to speak about micropantries as a form of community resilience in the face of the food insecurity exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our guests today are Reverend Wendy Miller Olapade of the United Church of Christ in Medford, Massachusetts, professor Norbert Wilson, who's Professor of Food Economics and Community at Duke University, and lead author of a recent paper on micropantries in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Sara Folta, with the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition, Science, and Policy. Interview Summary   Sara, let's start with you. Can you describe what a micropantry is? I know a lot of people won't be familiar with that term, and explain why you decided to study these as a community coping strategy during the pandemic.   Sara - Sure, so the best way to describe them, I think, is if people are familiar with little free libraries, they're very similar to that. So the usual structure is a box on a pole, and the box you would fill with food. Sometimes they have other configurations and people have done things like convert old newspaper boxes and so forth, but the general idea is that it's a small box in a neighborhood where people can put food and take food. They're also sometimes called blessing boxes or little free pantries.   The way they work is there's often a volunteer or an organization that takes oversight of them and has primary upkeep, but they're anonymous and open to all to contribute or take from them. And the way I got interested is because there's actually one in my neighborhood. And honestly, I became pretty obsessed with it. Early in the pandemic, I started taking walks around the neighborhood as I was working at home. I'd go by this one and just became very fascinated with what's in there, what's going in, what's coming out, and started putting stuff in myself. And as I learned more, I realized there were these little free pantries or micropantries all across the city. And then I realized they were across the country, too.   So, as a nutrition professor, I've studied food choice among very low income folks, and I was also very much aware of how the pandemic had disrupted the food supply. And realized that micropantries were a part of the solution and had many advantages, in fact, in a pandemic situation. So I became very curious about their role. You know, I thought it was an interesting phenomenon to learn more about, and what I put in, I saw it go out, and I wanted to know the stories behind what was coming out.   It's a fascinating concept. And so, nobody from outside the community is stocking this, a bank or a food pantry or anything? It's all done by people who are residing in the community, it sounds like. We'll talk about the study that you did and published, but before we do that, before you started officially studying, what kind of things did you observe about the kinds of foods going in? Was there a lot of in and out? Was it heavily used?   Sara - You're right in saying that it's not stocked by a food bank or a pantry. It's entirely neighbors helping neighbors, so it's people in the neighborhood putting things in for their neighbors. And there's obviously a lot of nonperishable canned goods and such, and certainly saw a lot of that in the micropantries. And I saw very high turnover. I think that was one of the things that really caught my eye at first and fascinated me, you know, was just seeing even stuff I would put in, I'd go a couple hours later and it was already out. Going on my morning walk, and then the next morning, everything had completely turned over and there were new things in there. So realizing what a need it was filling. You name it, it was in there. A lot of it was very healthy food, I saw a lot of canned beans, like legumes, some canned fruits and vegetables, relatively healthy for a non-perishable. I also saw, every so often someone will put in sweets, which drives me crazy. Not that people don't want sweets every now and then, but that it would cause an ant problem in the micropantry. So, you know, everything in moderation, but not when it comes to the feast for ants, I guess.   So, Reverend Wendy, let's shift over to you now. So I understand that you organized a citywide micropantry system in your town, Medford, Massachusetts. Can you talk about what this is and who it reaches?   Wendy - Well, thank you so much for including me in this conversation. And I just need to say to Sara and Norbert and you, Kelly, what an honor it is that somebody took the time to pay attention to this. I'm sitting here in my office, a little choked up by the story of Sara's interests and her work. And when I got the chance to see the paper, you know, it was very powerful to see the outcome of what, from my perspective, as a pastor who is not a nutritionist, although my mother's a nutritionist, ironically, but, you know, a pastor whose purpose was to just spread love and care, who feels, and forgive the reference, Jesus told me to do this. You know, out of our faith, a colleague of mine, Tom Hathaway, who serves the other UCC church here in Medford, actually installed the first micropantry by his church in the Hillside neighborhood next to Tufts. I got jealous and said, "I want one of those at my church." And so, this all happened before the pandemic. We installed the micropantry that Sara was obsessed with was the third one that we installed, that we helped another church install.   So it started out as having nothing to do with the pandemic and everything to do with our sense of loving our neighbor. Jesus calls us to do that, and so we should find ways to do that. The intention to give people who are not a part of the church meaning and purpose in their life. And so, you know, one of the things that is so meaningful about doing this is that everybody can spread love, even if they're not a believer, if even if they're not involved in our church. They can, as somebody said to me once really early on, I can't do much, but I can put a 50 cent can of beans in that micropantry and show my kids that we have the responsibility to love our neighbor. So that was really the starting point.   When the pandemic happened, when other people started to see the opportunity to give, to serve, to care for their neighbor, our motto is take what you need, leave what you can, and this system allowed for a really just way of doing that. So, you know, a lot of the other systems require that you show up with your ID and you sign up with your address and so on and so forth, and there are many members of our community who don't feel a sense of safety in doing that, whether it has to do with their immigration status or just their lives are such that they can't show up, they don't have the car to go to the pantry or whatever, right? They don't have the time away from work to show up when the pantry is open. So this 24/7, 365, no questions asked, nobody's measuring how much you take, it's just available, created access in a way that other parts of the system don't have. And don't get me wrong, this is not a solution to the food security, but it is one little way for neighbors to help neighbors.   So once we started to put a few of them out there and really use social media to publicize the availability of it, people started to say, I want one in my neighborhood. I want to do that. And so, it began to build, and then the pandemic just exploded the need and people's commitment to serve. We had help from the department of public works in our community. The mayor got involved and started to ask them to build the boxes. We worked to find these sponsors, so each micropantry - we have 17 of them now in the community, this is a city of about 60,000 residents -  we have 17 of these micropantries, and each one is “owned” by a different community group. Some of them are owned by faith communities. Some of them are sponsored by Boy Scout troops and Girl Scout troops, and a community service group at the high school. So there's a wide range of people who, quote, own making sure that things stay safe and filled and clean, and, you know, it's a pretty amazing thing. Like we don't do a lot of management, but my church maintains a website and maintains the social media system that keeps them visible and keeps people engaged.   This is really inspiring to me, and I'm going to ask a question that you partially answered already, and here's the question. So there are very tangible benefits, obviously, to something like this, because people who are without enough food are able to get at least some of it through these micropantries, so that's terrific, but there are also a symbolic benefits to this that you pointed out, that the people in the community can get directly involved in addressing food insecurity by giving what they can. Is there symbolism that's important, too, for the recipients of the food? Do you think it matters to the people who are taking the food, who it came from, the way the community is involved, what do you think about all that?   Wendy - What a beautiful question, Kelly. Yes, I absolutely do. I've heard anecdotally, and I know Sara has, you know, sort of referenced this in her work, the recognition that my neighbor cares enough to help me. I've heard from many, many people who have reached out in gratitude to say thank you, thank you for giving me a place to show up. Thank you for helping my neighbors to support me at a time when things are really, really difficult. Thank you for normalizing love of neighbor. So that's a beautiful question, and, absolutely, yes.   It's so nice to hear that. Well, and then the community ownership of it extends also beyond the two individuals, let's say, who are dropping the food off and then receiving the food. There's also the community organization, so it's nice that there's so much community involvement and ownership in this.   Wendy -When I talk about how many people this touches, I'm talking in the thousands and thousands and thousands of people. There are hundreds of people who drop cans off in each of those micropantries, and you multiply that times 17 micropantries, times 365 days a year. That's a lot of people being served and a lot of people who are able to serve, and that feels pretty good.   Norbert, let's turn to you, and I'd like to ask you a question. So I know that one theme of your own research focuses on the economics of food insecurity. And so, from that perspective, what did you learn or what surprised you during the research for this paper that we're talking about?   I wanted to start by saying thanks to Sara for bringing this topic to me, and it was good to reconnect with you, Reverend Wendy, to learn about this project. And I'm so appreciative of the work that you and others in the communities are out there doing. As a researcher who's tended to work on quantitative studies, so grateful for the opportunity to work with Sara on this qualitative study, to understand the stories behind the numbers, to understand how people are really living with the challenges of food security. And I think there's something really important about what our study did in reference to what happened nationally. So this is in the middle of the pandemic, lots of people were greatly concerned about food insecurity, we saw the lines up and down food pantries or food banks reported in the news, and we sort of anticipated that food insecurity rates would go through the roof, at least the official numbers. And I think many of us were surprised when the national numbers came back, that they were no different in 2020 as they were in 2019, which was surprising for some people. And one of the things that a lot of people have argued is that there were a number of support programs, unemployment insurance, the child tax credits. There were a number of policies that the federal government implemented, and Feeding America and the Food Banking Network really did increase their service to provide help for folks.   But when we were doing these interviews, especially at the beginning of the pandemic, one of the things that we learned is that folks are really struggling. I was amazed to hear how some families had sent, if you will, their child to their parents, to go live with the grandparents, because the kids weren't in school, and the family, the parents, couldn't afford to provide the meals through the day, but they knew that their grandparents could, that the grandparents could do it. And seeing how families made these major shifts in their lives just to meet these needs. Now, these are individuals who were participating in the food pantry, in the micropantries, so I am not questioning the numbers at the federal level.   Now, I will say there was an increase in disparity where black and Hispanic households were more food insecure in a greater rate than white households, and so there's something important that did happen during the pandemic, and I think that there's going to be a lot of research that's going to actually understand that better. But the fact that families were really trying to make ends meet in really innovative and complex ways, some early work that Sara and I had done really reflected on the complex ways that families were helping their families eat using food pantries and using complex systems with the grocery store in terms of benefits and coupons. And we worried that, during the pandemic, all of those complex systems fell apart, because you couldn't go to the store like you once could. The challenges of supplies were in question, and so, I was so grateful to see communities find innovative ways of helping people meet their food needs through these micropantries. And as Reverend Wendy made it very clear, it wasn't going to solve the problem, but we did hear from patrons who used the micropantries that it did meet some of their food needs and it helped stretch the meals that they were able to get. And so, that was really important to hear, that even that small bit of help was important.   I was really struck by listening to not only the people who were able to get food, but those people were also people who were able to give food, and I think that's a very different model than what we normally think of when we think about food pantries. There was a sense of pride and community fellowship and the notion of mutual aid was something that came through in some of the interviews with the patrons of these micropantries. They realized that some things they didn't want, and so they were able to leave food that someone else would want, and not in the sense of didn't want because it was something wrong with the food, but rather they knew that that wasn't a preference of their family, and knew that other families could benefit from this. This idea of security and dignity of being able to give and not just receive was an important thing that I've heard, but it was also striking to listen to the people who were setting up these micropantries - this sense of community and wanting to support folks, regardless of background, and having a real interest to give people the freedom to take food as they need it, not to monitor, not to surveil, but just put it out there. Hopefully, someone's going to take it, and then, when there is a need for more, giving more. It totally changed the way I understood how we can do the work that we're doing.   Lastly, I'll say I really do hope that there is further work in this space to understand how these systems work. It really challenged the way I thought about what communities can do and maybe even what they should do, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to get to learn from both folks like Reverend Wendy, and then, also, with Sara Folta, who brings an important lens in terms of understanding how people are making good choices when it comes to food.   Thank you, Norbert. There's something that you all have reminded me of, which is that, so often, the solutions to problems, including food insecurity, are very top-down oriented, where governments of one sort or another, or foundations or universities, or somebody, declares what a solution to a community problem might be without the community getting an opportunity to exercise its own ingenuity and determine what its own solutions might be. And this is a very community-driven solution that sounds creative, effective, inspired, involved. There's so many wonderful things about it. I really appreciate hearing about this. So, Sara, we began with you, let me end by asking you this question. In addition to the things that Norbert said came about as a result of this study, what do you think some of the takeaway messages might be?   Sara - I guess the other takeaway is not only people needing the food, but neighbors needing to give the food, you know? In this sense, in the pandemic and all of our lives disrupted, another thing we heard was I want to do something, I want to give back to my community, I want to help my community, I want to care for my neighbor. And so few ways to do that in the pandemic, especially in the early days, and so, during the isolation of those early days, it gave a concrete way to connect neighbor directly with neighbor. So, I think, on both sides, it really so much achieved that sense of community that got so disrupted.   Access the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2021.11.002   Bios:   Sara Folta Sara Folta is an associate professor in the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and associate dean for diversity and inclusion. Her research focuses on public health nutrition, or the utilization of community-based strategies for improving dietary intake, physical activity, and body composition. She has particular expertise in behavioral psychology, communications, and qualitative methods. A major line of Folta's research involves community-based interventions to improve heart health among women. A second area of research includes behavioral strategies to improve health and well-being among older adults, particularly through the development of physical activity interventions. Folta's third line of research involves community-based interventions for obesity prevention among children. These studies, in which theory-based communications strategies were a major component, are notable for the use of the eco-social model in which multiple levels (individual-organization-community-policy) are targeted.   Norbert Wilson Norbert Wilson is a Professor of Food, Economics, and Community at Duke University, with joint appointments in the Duke Divinity School and the Sanford School of Public Policy. His research touches on several food issues, such as access, choice, and food waste, food safety and quality issues in international trade and domestic food systems. Wilson is an ordained vocational deacon in the Episcopal Church USA. Additionally, his work is moving to explore equity in food access. He has published in AEA Papers and Proceedings, World Development, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Public Health, Food Policy, Agricultural Economics, and other publications. Before joining Duke Divinity School, Wilson was a professor of food policy at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy (2017-2020). He was also a professor of agricultural economics at Auburn University (1999-2016). While at Auburn, Wilson served as a deacon at St. Dunstan's, the Episcopal Student Center of Auburn University (2011-2016). He was an economist/policy analyst in the Trade Directorate (2004-2006) and the Agriculture Directorate (2001-2002) of the Organization of Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) in Paris, France. In 2014-2015, Wilson was on sabbatical leave at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. Pastor Wendy Miller Olapade Since 2013, Rev. Wendy has led Sanctuary United Church of Christ in Medford to become an emergent, post-modern faith community whose purpose is affecting deep spiritual transformation and spreading love and care. As Lead Pastor, Rev. Wendy has envisioned numerous new ways of ‘being the church' such as ArtChurch, Faith and Film and a “Medford Cares” program. As Community-Connector-in-Chief, Rev. Wendy has inspired and led grassroots action such as SafeMedford; Medford's Big Table, Big Ideas; and a city-wide micro-food pantry mission – taking Sanctuary-To-Go every chance she gets.    

Nejra van Zalk is a psychologist working in the Dyson School of Engineering at Imperial College, London. Vicki and Geraldine talk to her about the contribution psychologists can make to how we experience our online lives.Talking points:How much are we making our own decisions when we're online?Why are we cavalier about giving away our data online, even when we care about privacy?Could online platforms and services actually improve young people's mental health?Will we have to sacrifice some convenience online for our own good?

Kareem on Rare Concepts NYC: “I wanted to start something, I wanted to start something of my own. And I think the pandemic was the time… I was like, if I don't start something now, I'll never start it.”Kareem Hill is a junior in the Dyson School at Cornell, but he is already an entrepreneur with his own clothing business, Rare Concepts NYC. Listen to his conversation with Daniel James about their shared experience at Andover, choosing Cornell over Princeton, avoiding a 9-5 job, building a brand, the difference between financially stable and financially free, and so much more. Catch Black Voices on the Hill each Friday @2pm on WVBR 93.5 FM. wvbr.com/blackvoicesInstagram: @blackvoicesonthehillMusic provided by OZSOUND. Channel: https://goo.gl/qnhQtD.

Taxes fund many important services, such as education, transportation, parks, and healthcare that benefit us all and our society. But does it make sense to tax groceries? Today, we're exploring research on the impact of grocery taxes, particularly, on low income families. We have two guests today who have collaborated on a really interesting project. Agricultural economist, Yuqing Zheng, of the University of Kentucky, and Norbert Wilson of Duke University. They're co-authors on a research paper entitled Putting Grocery Taxes on the Table, Evidence for Food Security Policy Makers. Interview Summary Why do we need to care about grocery taxes? Yuqing - For low income populations, it matters a lot. For example, if you're paying $8,000 a year on grocery bill and you are paying 10%, that's about $800. And especially for low income population, we are concerned that grocery taxes could be very regressive. That means low income populations are paying a higher share of the burden. That concerns us quite a bit, and we would like to see if the grocery tax is hurting the low income populations the most. Let me ask a follow up question to that. So, it's been a while since I've seen these numbers, but I know at one point, people in the United States paid the lowest amount per capita of any country in the world for food. So how does that figure into your thinking about this? Yuqing - For middle income population, they are paying very reasonable share of income, but for low income populations, the burden is much higher. So for some states, if taxes are high, then it can be quite big percentage of a total income. So Norbert, let's turn to you. Could you explain why your research team wanted to study grocery taxes? Norbert - I lived in Alabama for a number of years and there were grocery taxes in the state and they still exist. I had heard a number of community groups express concern about the grocery tax and argue that it was hurting people who were struggling to make ends meet. And so I wondered, were the grocery taxes really that important? Part of the motivation as Yuqing has already made very clear, the grocery tax is a regressive tax that may be a heavy burden on lower income consumers. And the question is, was this really a problem? Do we see a relationship between the grocery tax and one of the measures that we think is really important, food insecurity? And so that's what motivated this original project. So where do grocery taxes exist and who gets to decide if groceries are taxed and how large are these taxes in general? Yuqing - Grocery tax is a sales tax imposed on the grocery food you purchase. So it could be in the form of a county or a state tax. It also could be in the form of combined. Overall, 16 of the U.S. states have grocery taxes. And if you look at these 16 states, the average of grocery tax percentage is about at 4.2%. So I lived in four states before, North Carolina, Alabama, New York and Kentucky. In Alabama, we are paying about a 4% state level taxes and another 4% county level and up to 2% of city taxes. So that's easily 10% of grocery tax. In North Carolina, in the county where I used to live, it's about a 2.7, 5% of county grocery taxes. There's no state level grocery taxes at all. In New York and Kentucky, there are no grocery taxes at all. In Kentucky, I'm paying 6% sales taxes on general merchandise but not food. That's very helpful to know, and that's pretty startling how wide the variability is. So Norbert, what are your main findings from this study? Norbert - We see that there's a relationship between the grocery tax and food insecurity. For every 1% increase in the grocery tax, we see a 0.84% increase in the probability of a household being food insecure. So, given the average of a 4.2% grocery tax across the U.S., we would argue that it increases the probability of a household being food insecure a little more than 3%. And so this is a substantial result in that, we are seeing more households that are food insecure in communities where there are grocery taxes. And as you have had on previous podcasts, food insecurity is an important indicator of wellbeing. There are a number of studies that showed that food insecurity is linked to various negative health outcomes. And it's also associated with issues around behavior, especially among children. And so managing food insecurity can be an important way of helping reduce inequalities in a society. And we're finding evidence that this grocery tax, at least, is related to the probability of a household being food insecure. Those are pretty startling numbers and highly impactful, I think. In places where these taxes are being considered, does the impact on food security come up in legislative discussions? Norbert - It does show up, at least from the people who are advocating for the removal of these policies. But it's also interesting to note that these are controversial taxes and that many states that have considered or discussed removing the tax are concerned about the loss of revenue and rightly so, and are concerned about them raising new revenue or new taxes to recuperate the lost revenue. And that's where I think a lot of the challenge comes is it's difficult for states to make the decision of switching one tax for another. So let's talk about the policy implications of this. And I'd love to hear thoughts from both of you. Yuqing - First, I want to add is that grocery taxes tend to exist in Southern states, where higher food insecurity is more prevalent. So actually, there are some policy discussions recently in West Virginia and the New Mexico, they used to have grocery taxes and they were abolished. And then now they were thinking about bringing it back. So one aspect, I think, tend to be overlooked is, how does reinstating grocery tax impact food insecurity and other health conditions or other counts as well? So this is pretty complicated situation because as Norbert mentioned, if you want to have no grocery taxes, you might want additional revenue sources. For example, in Alabama, it's a very unique situation. Alabama income tax is very low. And alcohol taxes, tobacco taxes is very low. Property tax is very low, but in order to make up the revenue, that's why I think the grocery tax is pretty high. The main message right here is when policy makers are thinking about increasing or decreasing grocery taxes, they might want to take into consideration this potential impact. Persons with relatively low income or persons who are on the margin of being food insecure, that's the outcome we want to print to the policymakers. Norbert - Just thinking about the well-being of the citizens of a particular community and the issue around food security, repealing the tax may have the potential of lowering some of these burdens. One of the things we should note is that people who are participants in the SNAP program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, do not pay the grocery tax on foods that they purchase with SNAP. For those folks, this tax may not be that important except for the times when they are not buying food off of their SNAP benefits. As some of us have seen, SNAP benefits typically do not last a whole month. So while these individuals may avoid paying the tax for, say, three weeks of the month, the last week of the month, they're facing this. And that means individuals are facing an extra cost associated with purchasing food. And we know that there are a number of responses in order to meet those food needs using charitable food sector, and depending on other resources to help meet food needs. Therefore, if removing a tax could just lessen the burden for families that are already struggling, could just make it a little bit easier, I think that's a good outcome. I do believe we need to be thoughtful and there have been some states that have removed the tax and replaced it with taxes on other aspects of their economy. So there are some examples out there, and I just encourage policy makers that are considering this to look at other states that have done this successfully, and explore ways that they can remove that tax, if they have the political will to do so. Let me ask a couple more follow-up questions. So one, how do taxes on specific categories of foods, like soda taxes, figure into your thinking given what you found in this study? Norbert - Because these are general taxes, they're taxes on all products. It's not quite the same as thinking about the soda tax, which is targeted to a particular product, typically, the sugar sweetened beverages, and therefore we don't equate the two. It is the case, there has been concern about the role that sugar sweetened beverage taxes can impose on individuals who are lower income, that there is a regressivity to those kinds of policies, but those are policies where, if the revenue is then turned around and encouraging other health behaviors, they may not be as burdensome or the long run effects may be different. Grocery taxes, however, are on all foods regardless of the health consequences. And because we need food regardless, placing a tax on that is a burden and it's unavoidable except in the case of using federal benefits, like the SNAP program. So I'm careful not to equate those two types of policies. They have different purposes, they have different implications. And I think that while there may be levels of regressivity from both, I don't see them as equals. Thanks. That's very helpful clarification. So let's get as concrete as possible. Let's say I'm a state legislator in a place that has these taxes and might want to get rid of them, or is thinking about having such taxes, and we want to keep the amount of tax revenue constant. So if I say to you, "Okay, we'll get rid of the grocery tax", but how would we get additional revenue coming in from some other form of tax to help correct this disproportionate impact on low income families? What would you recommend? Norbert - One way of alleviating the burden of the grocery tax is to spread it out across the other taxes. So if we know that the tax rate at the state level is 4.2%, there are probably ways of spreading it across. If the state has an income tax or taxes on cars like tags and other aspects of life, the various syntaxes like cigarettes and alcohol, I can imagine those state legislator making a change where there's a small increase across multiple tax bases, so that it doesn't feel like it's an overly burdensome increase in the tax of one product or one sector of the economy. That way, folks who have higher incomes can carry a little more of that burden than people with lower incomes. So I would argue that there are ways of spreading that tax around, so that it takes that burden off of lower income households that have to buy food. And I think that's a potential way forward. Bios: Yuqing Zheng is an associate professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics of the University of Kentucky conducting research in food marketing and policies. His main research interests include consumers behaviors, health and food safety economics, and demand studies using big data. He has published papers in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, other field top journals such as Health Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, as well as Economic Inquiry, Southern Economic Journal, Food Policy, and Economics Letters, among others. He directed the development of the FDA Food Regulation and Enforcement Policy Trade Impact Model (for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) and the FDA Tobacco Category Demand Model (for the Center for Tobacco Products) and was a consultant to the development of the recent USDA Trade Impact Model. His paper on sales tax received the 2013 Best Economics Paper Award from the food safety and nutrition section of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and he was a recipient of the 2019 AAEA Quality of Communication Award. Dr. Zheng is an associate editor of Tobacco Regulatory Science. Norbert Wilson is the director of agricultural policy at Duke's World Food Policy Center, and a professor of food, economics and community in the Divinity School at Duke University. His research touches on several food issues, such as access, choice, and food waste. He continues to work on food safety and quality issues in international trade and domestic food systems. Wilson is an ordained vocational deacon in the Episcopal Church USA. Additionally, his work is moving to explore equity in food access. He has published in AEA Papers and Proceedings, World Development, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Public Health, Food Policy, Agricultural Economics, and other publications. Before joining Duke Divinity School, Wilson was a professor of food policy at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy (2017-2020). He was also a professor of agricultural economics at Auburn University (1999-2016). While at Auburn, Wilson served as a deacon at St. Dunstan's, the Episcopal Student Center of Auburn University (2011-2016). He was an economist/policy analyst in the Trade Directorate (2004-2006) and the Agriculture Directorate (2001-2002) of the Organization of Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) in Paris, France. In 2014-2015, Wilson was on sabbatical leave at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University.  

How can mechanization and modern tracking technology help rural farmers? Jehiel Oliver, the Founder and CEO of Hello Tractor, an agricultural technology company, has an answer. In this episode, we hear the story of the inception of Hello Tractor and how it has been impacting farmers in African countries. We also discuss how business can be a force for good within its own community and utilize community assets to create a better business model and better product. Follow us at @bbbwpodcast and learn more about the Grand Challenges program at the Dyson School at https://dyson.cornell.edu/programs/undergraduate/degree-requirements/grand-challenges/ Thanks for listening!

As the US reels from the damage caused by COVID-19, one of the long-term impacts will be on food poverty and food security in the US. A staggering 50 million Americans will experience food insecurity, including 17 million children, a level of hunger not seen in the US since the Great Depression. At Food Matters Live in March, a panel discussed the challenges the country faces as it tries to tackle inequality, and lack of access to healthy food, that sit in the way of building an inclusive food system. Taking part are Michael T. Roberts, Executive Director, Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy, UCLA, Danielle Nierenberg, President & Founder, Food Tank, Dr. Sally Rockey, Executive Director, Foundation for Food & Agriculture, Anne Byrne, Phd Student, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Caitlin Welsh, Director, Global Food Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Dr. Travis A. Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics, University of Georgia. Join this special episode of Table Talk, hosted by Stefan Gates, that looks at the highlights from this fascinating live panel discussion.

About Brian Earle '68, MPS '71:Brian Earle '68, MPS '71 is an absolute legend with the Cornell community. Local to the Ithaca region, he arrived at Cornell as a student in 1963. He was originally an engineering major but would later transition to business management, and he also earned an M.P.S. in Communication Arts. He was involved with many student organizations, including Alpha Gamma Rho, Alpha Phi Omega, Cornell Cinema, New York State Methodist Student Movement, Big Red Band, and WVBR. Later in life, he would serve as a senior lecturer in the Department of Communication and Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, now maintaining a semi-retired presence. Professor Earle also served on a number of committees for Cornell, including serving as co-chair for the CALS Centennial Committee.  He may have not been a long-term, traditional engineer for WVBR, but he has certainly engineered a true legacy at Cornell with his brilliant mind and kind heart. In this interview, we talk about the transition from engineering to business, his early days at WVBR, his special connection with students and advisees, and the pride of four generations at Cornell. Connect with Brian Earle '68, MPS '71:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-o-hara-earle-a64598/ For Cornell Giving Day (March 11), please consider supporting the next generation of media leaders through the Cornell Media Guild Endowment Fund: https://bit.ly/cmgendowment Connect with Christopher Morales '20:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmoralesq/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prideofmorales/ 

Last year, Karina Popovich was honored as Teen Vogue's 21 Under 21 for organizing an international group of makers to produce 82,000 units of PPE. After going back home to Brooklyn “mid-semester with her 3 [3D] printers”, she did research on understanding how to “print medical grade PPE and additional materials.” That grew into Makers for COVID-19 and a group of 170+ members and one of the largest Maker collaborations for COVID-19. In that being said, Karina is the Founder of Makers for COVID-19. The Head of Education and Policy at Women in 3D Printing, and an AAAS If/Then Ambassador. She is now at Cornell University in the Dyson School of Economics and Finance. From a young age, Karina had a knack for making things (i.e. building bridges out of popsicle sticks when young) and solving problems. With a spine of great virtue, Karina continues a similar pursuit, just on a larger playing field. As she progresses in her endeavors, she keeps the mission of increasing the presence and opportunity for females in STEM at the forefront. Improving as she goes and impacting along the way. Some of Karina’s experiences include: Working at Microsoft in doing research at NYU for microreactors and machine learning, working at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer Intern, being the President and Founder of Connect with Tech - where she taught kids in Tanzania how to program, and being the Founder of Wear Alpha - which is a 3D-printed clothing line with a mission to reimagine a culture in STEM that is empowering of girls and women. Her awards include: COVID-19 Action Fund Award, KPMG Future Leader 2019, Technovation Regional Pitch Competition Winner, NCWIT National Honorable Mention & Regional Affiliate Winner, Amazon Future Engineer 2019, National Built By Girls Pitch Challenge Finalist, Verizon App Challenge State Finalist, and more. Attached Things/Links Mentioned: Karina’s Upbringing Karina’s Full Story [Everyone] Being a Maker/Builder Women in STEM Imposter Syndrome Thought Leadership Makers for COVID-19 (and Producing 82k units of PPE) Prioritizing Health (and Prioritizing Weekends For Oneself) Happiness and Self-Management Connect with Tech Internal Growth Appreciating the Wins “My parents struggled so much to get to where we are now, there’s no reason why I shouldn’t try to do everything, which can be detrimental to my mental health, so work life balance is important. But it’s definitely a driving force for me constantly doing stuff.” (Karina) Karina’s Instagram Karina’s LinkedIn Karina’s Substack (and an article) Karina’s Teen Vogue 21 Under 21 Makers for COVID-19 Website #DreamBIG #ImproveYourselfImpactLives To see what we are up to and what is going on around the Dream BIG & Co community you can follow us here: All social channels, website, and more

Professor Suzanne Shu specializes in the areas of behavioral economics and decision research. She focuses primarily on consumer self-control problems, consumption timing issues, and financial decision making during retirement. Professor Shu and host Paul Witko discuss foundational concepts in behavioral economics, looking at choice architecture and the idea of “nudges”. She also shares research around personal health decisions and sticking to a fitness goal. Lastly, Professor Shu goes into detail about how to think about decumulation of assets in retirement and why it’s so important. Suzanne Shu is the John S. Dyson Professor of Marketing at Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Professor Shu received a B.S. and Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, and then went on to receive both her MBA and Ph.D. in Behavioral Science from the University of Chicago. She is an NBER Faculty Research Fellow, holds a joint faculty appointment at the UCLA Medical School, and has been a visiting scholar for several years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Links from the Episode at presentvaluepodcast.com Faculty Page: Suzanne Shu "Beyond Nudges" Paper: Beyond Nudges: Tools of Choice Architecture Psychological Ownership Paper: Psychological ownership and affective reaction: Emotional attachment process variables and the endowment effect CRC Screening Paper: Application of Behavioral Economics Principles ImprovesParticipation in Mailed Outreach for Colorectal Decumulation Paper: The Psychology of Decumulation DecisionsDuring Retirement

Gerald Hector welcomes Dr. Lynn Wooten to the podcast. She is an accomplished scholar, experienced administrator, impactful mentor, inspirational motivator, former Dean of the Dyson School at Cornell University, and currently serves as president of Simmons University in Boston. A graduate of North Carolina A&T and the University of Michigan, Dr. Wooten shares her journey from childhood to the position she holds today. She shares words of wisdom and insight on topics that are pertinent for everyone to consider as the nation and the world wrestles with the plethora of changes that are before us all.

Economists S.L. Rao, Uma Kapila and Ravi Kanbur discuss the life and work of V.K.R.V. Rao. V.K.R.V. Rao (1908-1991) was an eminent Indian economist, politician and institution builder. Studying under John Maynard Keynes, Rao worked on some of the earliest estimates of India’s national income statistics and published a range of important economic research on poverty, developmental economics, and macroeconomics. Apart from a career in politics, Rao also mentored generations of Indian economists, and helped establish numerous Indian institutions like the Delhi School of Economics, the Institute of Economic Growth in Delhi, the Institute of Social and Economic Change Bangalore, the Indian Council of Social Science Research, and many more. S.L. Rao, Uma Kapila and Ravi Kanbur share their personal reminiscence of V.K.R.V. Rao, discuss his contributions to economics and to institution building.  Dr. SL Rao is a columnist and an emeritus professor who has worked in academia, at think tanks and in the private sector through his life. He was previously the Director General of NCAER in Delhi and Chairman of ISEC in Bangalore. Dr. Uma Kapila is a retired faculty of economics at Miranda House in Delhi, and the co-founder of the Indian publishing firm Academic Foundation. Dr. Ravi Kanbur is a Professor of Economics at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. Other readings - The Partial Memoirs of VKRV Rao, SL Rao, 2002; A Passionate Humanitarian: VKRV Rao, Academic Foundation, 2008; Ravi Kanbur’s transcription of VKRV Rao’s Correspondence with John Maynard Keynes. BIC Talks is brought to you by the Bangalore International Centre. Visit the BIC website for show notes, links and more information about the guest. 

Guests: Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg White House Reporter, Doug Heye, Senior Vice President of Media at Craft Media & Digital, Kristen Hawn, Democratic Strategist, and Senior Advisor at Rokk Solutions, and Steven Kyle, associate professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University.

Guests: Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg White House Reporter, Doug Heye, Senior Vice President of Media at Craft Media & Digital, Kristen Hawn, Democratic Strategist, and Senior Advisor at Rokk Solutions, and Steven Kyle, associate professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University.

Platform businesses have transformed how businesses operate. Right from food delivery to retail to medicines, platforms are disrupting existing business models significantly. In a series of podcasts, the hosts, Prof Viswanath Pingali, economics faculty at IIMA and Prof Daniel Sokol, Professor of Law at University of Florida, speak to leading academics, government and industry practitioners on the role technology companies, especially platform businesses, regulations, play in tackling the disruption. As a part of #platformsfordisruption, Prof Viswanath Pingali (@vishypingali) and Prof Daniel Sokol (@uflaw) talk to Prof Chris Forman at Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University. Chris discusses emerging themes in technology management and entrepreneurship.

Matt Pattison talks to design researcher Nate Petre, who has teamed up to make PPE for frontline NHS staff, direct from London tech hub Makerversity.Nate Petre has a diverse design background. He was an ex researcher at Imperial College's Dyson School of Design Engineering specialising in Digital Disruptive Manufacturing, and backed by funding from Nasa, Petre developed the world's first fully compostable 3D-printed surfboard. Since then he has developed ways to print boards from beach and marine plastic.So when the coronavirus pandemic started to take hold, we connected about the potential for Printed PPE. Six weeks later, we catch up again to discuss what has happened since we first connected to talk about helping out.Support the show (https://weareten.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4ed5154e0f1cdbad62b378156&id=dc1a8d24c1)

Chris Wolf PhD and Andrew Novakovic, PhD, both of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University discuss the current challenges in the milk supply chain. They also discuss the declining milk price outlook and policy issues.

For this special edition episode covering the COVID-19 pandemic, the Present Value team connected with some of Cornell’s top minds to discuss various aspects of the crisis. Dean Andrew Karolyi, Dean Lynn Wooten, Professors Li Chen, Vishal Gaur, and Kaitlin Woolley discuss the impact of COVID-19 on financial markets, crisis leadership, supply chain disruptions and retail operations, as well as personal motivation amidst social distancing. Andrew Karolyi is the Deputy Dean and College Dean for Academic Affairs at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. He is a professor of finance and holder of the Harold Bierman Jr. Distinguished Professorship in the College’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. He is also a professor of economics in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences. Lynn Wooten is the David J Nolan Dean and Professor of Management and Organizations at Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Li Chen is an Associate Professor of Operations, Technology and Information Management at the SC Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Vishal Gaur is the Emerson Professor of Manufacturing Management and an Associate Professor of Operations, Technology and Information Management at the SC Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Kaitlin Woolley is an Assistant Professor of Marketing and Co-Director of the Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision Research at the SC Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Links from the Episode at presentvaluepodcast.com Faculty Profile: Andrew Karolyi Faculty Profile: Lynn Wooten Faculty Profile: Li Chen Faculty Profile: Vishal Gaur Faculty Profile: Kaitlin Woolley Research: A New Approach to Measuring Financial Contagion

Introduction: Today we are fortunate to have with us none other than Arjun Saluja from Syosset, New York. Arjun was a 2019 summer intern at Leasing REality, and is currently a sophomore at Cornell University in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. A random fun fact about Arjun is that he is a dual citizen in the United States and England.   Episode Notes:  At 1:44, Arjun Saluja discusses the importance of being yourself, being confident, and how first impressions last a lifetime. At 2:53, Arjun touches upon happiness and money when it comes to his career, and being passionate about work. At 4:00, Saluja talks about how Cornell opened up his eyes, and how he goes about making a difference for others not as fortunate. At 5:19, he addresses the topic of rejection, learning from mistakes, and his personal growth. At 6:27, Arjun explains how he differentiates from his peers. At 7:56, Saluja dives into how he finds the balance through prioritizing and keeping organized. At 8:48, he dishes on education, specialization, and “investing in yourself.” At 9:51, Arjun points out the need for one to exude kindness in all facets of life. At 10:35, Saluja believes that one can't expect to be handed things in life, as one must work for it. At 11:33, he notes how being hyper focused aids him in his pursuit to master his craft. At 12:30, Arjun speaks about there being a “time for everything.” At 13:31, Arjun Saluja closes out the podcast with his thoughts on education being a stepping stone to success.

Reggie Fils-Aimé, the inaugural leader in residence at the Dyson School at Cornell University and former president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America, breaks down his lessons in leadership and reflects on his varied career. He discusses what led him to make each move along the way before ultimately arriving at Nintendo. Reggie describes the important fundamentals that companies need to have when building a brand, his lessons in leadership, and how to learn from product failures, turning them into future successes.   Reggie Fils-Aimé is the inaugural leader in residence at the Dyson School at Cornell University. He was previously the president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America and held marketing roles at Procter & Gamble, Pizza Hut, and Guinness Import Company. As a leader in residence, Reggie will participate in many events in the 2019-2020 academic year and share his leadership principles built over his 35 year career. Reggie is a 1983 graduate of the Dyson School and the recipient of the Walter Day Life Achievement award by the International Video Game Hall of Fame for his services to the gaming industry. Links from the Episode at presentvaluepodcast.com Episode Article: Johnson Business Feed LinkedIn: Reggie Fils-Aimé Dyson Leader in Residence: Article Twitter: @Reggie

Eswar Prasad and Andrew Karolyi join us for a joint interview on a range of topics relating to emerging markets including measuring risk, the hegemony of the U.S. dollar, the U.S.-China trade conflict, and the global rise of autocracy. The conversation explores the implications of global trade policies and the implications of cryptocurrency adoption for emerging markets around the world. Andrew Karolyi is Deputy Dean and College Dean for Academic Affairs at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. He is a professor of finance and holder of the Harold Bierman Jr. Distinguished Professorship in the College’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. He is also a professor of economics in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences. Professor Karolyi is a scholar in investment management with a specialization in international financial markets, and the author of Cracking the Emerging Markets Enigma. Eswar Prasad is the Nandlal P. Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy and professor of economics at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he holds the New Century Chair in International Economics, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was chief of the Financial Studies Division in the research department of the International Monetary Fund; before that, he was the head of the IMF's China division. He is the author of several books and monographs, including The Dollar Trap and Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi. Links from the Episode at presentvaluepodcast.com Episode Article: Johnson Business Feed Faculty Profile: Andrew Karolyi | Eswar Prasad Research: Andrew Karolyi SSRN | Eswar Prasad SSRN Twitter: @EswarSPrasad

Eric Kussin is an 18-year pro sports executive who has worked at the NBA league office, the Chicago Sky & Bulls, Phoenix Suns, New Jersey Devils, & Florida Panthers. Eric was fortunate enough to find a higher calling after an intense mental health battle. A little over a year ago, he formed a global alliance of athletes and celebrities, along with expert practitioners: The Global Mental Health Alliance. Its members know that life affects all of us, no matter our background or status, and that mental health exists on a continuum, as opposed to sufferers vs. non-sufferers. Together, they are using platforms and consistent messaging to change the narrative around the world, educate the masses, implement much-needed programs on the ground, and make it comfortable for everyone to ask for help when they need it. Their #SameHere Movement is a campaign that’s woven throughout their communication. It’s a sign language gesture that can be used universally in the context of the mental health world to mean: same here, I too struggle with some of life’s inevitable challenges. We’re in this together. Eric travels around the country and the world, presenting to audiences everywhere from athletes at Michigan to USC, to First Responders in Vancouver, to the Clippers & the Cavaliers, to CNBC to NYU Langone Hospital. Eric holds a Bachelor’s degree from Cornell’s Dyson School of Business, Marketing & Management, and “keeps his foot in sports, consulting for a number of professional sports teams and leagues.” What you’ll learn about in this episode: How Eric came to his role in promoting mental health awareness and education after his own two-and-a-half year mental health crisis Eric shares his powerful personal struggle with mental health issues and the remarkable amount of medications and treatments he tried with little success How Eric realized that mental health is an issue that affects everyone, and why this profound realization and a desire to share his story became the foundation of his work What mental health misconceptions Eric has seen in his work, and why trauma is a universal experience Why the commonly repeated statistic that “one in five people are mentally ill” is overly emphasized Why “stop the stigma” campaigns can create an unhelpful divide between “mentally ill” and “mentally healthy” people How and why Eric came up with the concepts behind his organization, including the slogan and logo “We Are All A Little Crazy” What steps HR and diversity & inclusion practitioners can take to create a supportive workplace, and why an organization’s culture needs to change on a foundational level Why business leaders’ willingness to share their own vulnerability and experiences is an important key to creating a positive workplace atmosphere What steps and practices Eric teaches employers to help them better support their employees’ mental healt Additional resources: Website: https://weareallalittlecrazy.org/ Instagram: @weareallalittlecrazy Facebook: www.facebook.com/WeAreAllALittleCrazy/

Toral and Anthony continue talking about imposter syndrome and how to overcome it with two special guests: Jennifer Majka and Jessica Krom. Jennifer (she/her/hers) is the Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. Jessica (she/her/hers) is the Associate Director of Diversity and Inclusion at the Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Lynn Perry Wooten discusses her research in crisis leadership, the glass cliff phenomenon, and “positive deviance” behaviors for managers and organizations.  On crisis leadership, she uses case examples of Chipotle and Boeing to illustrate the different competencies leaders need when navigating a crisis. She then discusses her research into how workforce diversity can serve as a competitive advantage and expands on how underrepresented minority leaders can successfully navigate the “glass cliff” phenomenon, including in the context of NFL head coaching. Finally, she illustrates how leaders and organizations can foster “positive deviant behavior” and resiliency in order to turn a crisis into an opportunity. Lynn Perry Wooten is the David J. Nolan Dean and Professor of Management and Organizations of Cornell University’s Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Dean Wooten received a BS from North Carolina A&T State University, an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and a PhD in Business Administration from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Dean Wooten has taught courses such as corporate strategy, knowledge management, organizational behavior, and consulting. Her research interests include crisis leadership, positive organizing routines, strategic human resources management, and workforce diversity and competitive advantage. Links from the Episode at presentvaluepodcast.com Episode Article: Johnson Business Feed Faculty Profile: Lynn Perry Wooten | Dyson School

I first heard Billy Wu speak at a renewable energy event in London about four years, and my inner battery nerd was born and thrust into the world. Dr Billy has the knack of being a fully fledged Dr of batteries, whilst being able to articulate to non scientific nerds like me, and possibly you, if you are reading this. We talk batteries, supercapacitors, and of course Hydrogen Fuel Cells, where we are, what’s next, and who will win! About our guest Dr. Billy Wu is a senior lecturer in the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London where he co-leads the Electrochemical Science and Engineering group. His research activities include: energy storage/conversion technologies (lithium-ion batteries, redox flow cells, supercapacitors and fuel cells) and manufacturing (3D printing, nanofibre electrospinning). He has published 35 peer reviewed journal papers, 2 book chapters and 4 patents since completing his PhD in 2014 and sits on the editorial board of Scientific Reports. He has been an investigator in research projects worth in excess of £46M, directly managing a budget of >£2M and is a co-investigator for the UK Faraday Institution battery research centre. He directly leads a team of 7 post-docs and 6 PhD students within the wider Electrochemical Science and Engineering group which has >50 researchers. Prior to his PhD in automotive proton exchange membrane fuel cell-lithium-ion battery hybrid systems, he completed his masters in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London in 2010. GUEST LINKS HERE Billy Wu on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/icbillywu/ Billy Wu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICBillyWu Billy Wu/Imperial College website http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/billy.wu EPISODE LINKS The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War https://www.amazon.com/Powerhouse-America-China-Great-Battery/dp/0143128329I Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribe I'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated. Twitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantech Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

In this edition: Climate champion Jo Haigh retires, and we find out how often kids see alcohol marketing and how a game is helping stroke recovery.   News: Dyson School opening and eating insects – We celebrate the Dyson School of Design Engineering building officially opening and discuss why eating insects is a good idea. Climate champion retires – Professor Jo Haigh, Co-Director of the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment retired this month after 35 years at Imperial. We talk to her about her early love of weather, the future of climate science and how she deals with deniers. Alcohol marketing and children – How often do children see ads and packaging for alcohol? Business School researcher Dr Tim Chambers has been finding out, and calling for alcohol health labelling to be taken more seriously. Games for physical rehab – Affordable, accessible, fun and, importantly, effective – GripAble is a device that helps stroke patients recover their hands and arms with games that connect through normal tablet computers. We meet the maker of the innovation.

In this edition: Climate champion Jo Haigh retires, and we find out how often kids see alcohol marketing and how a game is helping stroke recovery.   News: Dyson School opening and eating insects – We celebrate the Dyson School of Design Engineering building officially opening and discuss why eating insects is a good idea. Climate champion retires – Professor Jo Haigh, Co-Director of the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment retired this month after 35 years at Imperial. We talk to her about her early love of weather, the future of climate science and how she deals with deniers. Alcohol marketing and children – How often do children see ads and packaging for alcohol? Business School researcher Dr Tim Chambers has been finding out, and calling for alcohol health labelling to be taken more seriously. Games for physical rehab – Affordable, accessible, fun and, importantly, effective – GripAble is a device that helps stroke patients recover their hands and arms with games that connect through normal tablet computers. We meet the maker of the innovation.

This week my guest is Dr. Richard Wolfe of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, who will be getting into the organizational dynamics of sports, going beyond analytics and sport science, to gain the competitive edge to drive your sports team performance.About Dr. Wolfe:Professor Wolfe is a member of the Executive Education Faculty, Ross School of Business and Faculty Director of the Ross School’s Sport and Organization Dynamics Conference. From 2001 to 2007 Wolfe served as Director of the Sport Management Master’s Program, and was the Director of the Centre for Sport Management, at the University of Michigan. Much of Dr. Wolfe’s current work focuses on how best practices in organization dynamics contribute to sport team success. Previously, Wolfe used sport as a lens through which we can learn about various business phenomena such as innovation, leadership, communication, teamwork, and strategy.Richard is currently under contract with Harvard University Press to write a book on big time college athletics. Wolfe is a past Editor of the Journal of Sport Management and has published in such journals as the Journal of Management, Organization Science, Journal of Sport Management, Human Resource Management, the Academy of Management Executive, and the European Sport Management Quarterly.From 2010 to 2017 Wolfe served as Professor of Strategic Management and Winspear Fellow at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, the University of Victoria. Dr. Wolfe holds graduate degrees in organization theory (PhD, University of Michigan), business administration (MBA, Pennsylvania State University), and physical education (MA, University of Michigan)About the Conference:https://michiganross.umich.edu/news/michigan-ross-announces-first-ever-sports-and-organizational-dynamics-conferenceSome of the key sessions during the conference include:Team Culture (Kim Cameron, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan): Using his extensive research on NFL locker room culture and its correlation to team performance, Cameron will lead a panel discussion, featuring the SODC Board of Advisors, discussing how corporate culture and positive organizational scholarship can help build performance in sport.The Emergence of Excellence: Leadership in Times of Dramatic Complexity and Change (Bob Quinn, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan): Quinn will moderate a panel discussion exploring how to lead in times of disruptive change and how that ties into sport team performance.Creating “One Team” From Diverse Individuals (Lynn Wooten, Dyson School of Management, Cornell University): Wooten’s research explores workforce diversity and how that can be leveraged to an organization’s competitive advantage. She will lead a panel discussion about the effects of and approaches to diversity in sports and maximizing its positive impact.Leading Change: From Resistance to Cooperation (Joel Brockner, Columbia Business School, Columbia University): This panel discussion will be moderated by Brockner, who has done extensive research on leading organizational change. They will discuss how to overcome resistance to achieve change in sports organizations.The conference is highly geared toward senior leaders responsible for sport team performance, including general managers, head coaches, assistant general managers, and assistant coaches. For more information about the conference, visit michiganross.umich.edu/sportsdynamics.

Kevin Kniffin,professor in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management within the SC Johnson College of Business, explores what influences whom we find attractive.

In this episode we talk with Dr. Andrew Novakovic, E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics at the Dyson School at Cornell University. This conversation explores the economics of dairy and current challenges that dairy farmers are facing with a focus on the impact of the farm bill on the NYS dairy industry. Please take our survey and let us know what you think about Extension Out Loud. All data is gathered is anonymous and will help us shape upcoming episodes. Survey: https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eWm0KiYFdAF1afP Episode 4 transcript (pdf) https://cornell.box.com/s/pisaz8165y8jp39z9nbsaeph9su43ji6 Relevant Links: Federal Milk Marketing Orders: https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/moa/dairy Margin Protection Program for Dairy: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/Dairy-MPP/index Credits: Title and End Music by Ryan Andersen - Bike Ride With You from the album Swimming. freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Andersen/Swimming/ licensed under CC BY-NC 4,0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

How can Batman use sound to improve the heads up display on the Batsuit to avoid sensory overload? Find out on this week's episode of School of Batman! This week, we're joined by Lorenzo Picinali, who has a PhD in Music Technology from De Montfort University and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Audio Experience Design, the Director of Undergraduate Studies and leads the Human Performance and Experience (HPX) research theme with the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London. You can find out more about Lorenzo's research at https://www.imperial.ac.uk/design-engineering/research/human-performance-and-experience/. To learn more about how hearing aids can be improved, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_FsF28bsmw and http://3d-tune-in.eu/toolkit-developers. __________________ Impact Moderato by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100618 Artist: incompetech.com/ Cool Vibes - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100863 Artist: incompetech.com/ Mechanolith by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100879 Artist: incompetech.com/

For this special episode we’re joined by Dean Lynn Perry Wooten, Dean of the Dyson School to talk about the incoming Dyson class and its constitution at the undergraduate and MPS level. From there we explore the greater makeup of our fields, discus the diversity therein and how to attract a wider array of people to them. He also talk about the dearth of diversity of CEOs and in C-Suites in general except for under some notable circumstances. Finally we quiz Dean Wooten about various topics in the context of overrated/underrated (borrowed from Planet Money’s, The Indicator). Hosted by Elaine Qiu, Yudong Rao, and Professor David Just.

For this special episode we're joined by Dean Lynn Perry Wooten, Dean of the Dyson School to talk about the incoming Dyson class and its constitution at the undergraduate and MPS level. From there we explore the greater makeup of our fields, discus the diversity therein and how to attract a wider array of people to them. He also talk about the dearth of diversity of CEOs and in C-Suites in general except for under some notable circumstances. Finally we quiz Dean Wooten about various topics in the context of overrated/underrated (borrowed from Planet Money's, The Indicator). Hosted by Elaine Qiu, Yudong Rao, and Professor David Just.

Have you ever wondered why most grocery stores – despite the chain – more or less have the same floor plan? Or why candy bars are always available at the cash register? The layout of stores and strategic placement of certain items is the result of a purposeful decision-making progress designed to encourage people to buy more of one thing or another. Often, the items offered for sale tend to have a lower nutritional value – helping to fuel high levels of obesity and diet related disease prevalent in our society today. But what if these strategies and subtle cues that influence all of our decision-making processes were used to promote healthy items instead? Joining the show today to discuss the possibility of using behavioral economic based interventions to lead food consumers of all ages to healthier diets is Dr. David Just, whose recent paper, titled “Influencing the food choices of SNAP consumers: Lessons from economics, psychology and marketing” was just published in the Journal of Food Policy. Dr. Just is currently a professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. He serves as co-director of the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs. David’s work uses the tools of psychology and economics to examine important ways in which misperception and emotion can drive economic decisions. Eating Matters is powered by Simplecast

July 2015 - John E. “Jack” Little, CFE, CPA, Senior Lecturer of Accounting at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, examines a recent case in which an accounts payable clerk at the Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) diverted nearly $250,000 of cash out of TCAT accounts using a fraudulent check scheme.

The current heat wave in Europe is proving deadly. High day and night temperatures, coupled with high humidity, can be a very dangerous combination. A new study has calculated the risk of deadly heat on a global basis, and shown that between 48% and 74% of the world's population will be subjected to life-threatening heat and humidity for at least 20 days a year. Ed Hawkins, Professor of Climate Science at the University of Reading, discusses the findings. Gareth also asks BBC weatherman, Darren Betts, whether the recent wave of climate trend animations, or gifs, doing the rounds on social media, are a helpful tool in communicating climate change risks. Professor of Mathematics, Eugenia Cheng, is one of the shortlisted authors for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2017. She talks Gareth through the inspiration for her book "Beyond Infinity: An expedition to the Outer Limits of the Mathematical Universe". The UK Government announced last week that it was aspiring to remove all petrol and diesel vehicles from roads by 2040. Current battery technology relies on lithium-ion batteries. Are lithium, and the other metals required for batteries, sustainable for a totally electric transport system? And do they have the charge capacity to make them a reliable alternative to fossil fuels? Dr Billy Wu, of the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London, goes through the alternatives and the next generation of battery technology. To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of Victorian Britain's most important scientists, Joseph Hooker (1817-1911), Kew Royal Botanic Gardens is holding an exhibition titled Joseph Dalton Hooker: Putting plants in their place. It's a fascinating selection of his photographs, journals and paintings. Gareth is taken on a tour by the curators - historian Professor Jim Endersby of the University of Sussex and Galleries and Exhibitions Leader at RBG Kew, Maria Devaney. They explain how as a tireless traveller and plant collector, Hooker was the founder of modern botanical classification and a close friend of Charles Darwin. Produced by Fiona Roberts Presented by Gareth Mitchell.