A&S Media Report - 8/21/20

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160 external media stories tracked
1 press release tip sheet distributed
4 Cornell Chronicle stories
3 Internal Cornell Platform stories
1 Cornell Daily Sun story
11 A&S Website stories
29 Tweets
4 Facebook posts
4 Instagram posts

Social Sciences

Israel-UAE pact suggests shift in Arab world away from focus on Palestine conflict

ABC6 and 31 other media outlets
Related People: Uriel Abulof
Related Department or Program: Government

The Kamala Harris identity debate shows how America still struggles to talk about multiracial people

Vox
Related People: Carole Boyce Davies
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English, Africana Studies and Research Center

As Relations With U.S. Sink, China Tones Down ‘Hotheaded’ Nationalism

New York Times and 32 other media outlets
Related People:
Related Department or Program: Government

Americans don’t trust contact tracing apps. Here’s how we can fix that

Fortune
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

COVID-19 Infections Rising Among Young People on US University Campuses

Voice of America
Related People: Kim Weeden
Related Department or Program: Sociology

Abuse of power doesn't make Trump an imperial president — but voters can

The Hill
Related People: Douglas L. Kriner
Related Department or Program: Government

Kreps: Social media helping to undermine democracy


Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

Student researchers focus on cancer, obesity prevention


A&S Communications
Related People: Chunlu Li’s ’22, Leone Farquharson ’22
Related Department or Program: Science and Technology Studies

What we have to lose with Trump: Black lives and our health

TheGrio
Related People: Jamila Michener
Related Department or Program: Government

Biden’s Democrats talk tough on China, but see different measures than Trump

South China Morning Post and 23 other media outlets
Related People: Allen R. Carlson
Related Department or Program: Government

Australia the latest to push digital sovereignty, shake up cyber world order

SC Magazine
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

‘Already Authoritarian?’ webinar focuses on violence, policing and democracy


A&S Communications
Related People: Suzanne Mettler
Related Department or Program: Government

Harris brings experience, law-and-order baggage to Biden ticket, says Jeffrey Taylor

Bloomberg and 1 other media outlet
Related People: Peter K. Enns
Related Department or Program: Government

Why we like to blame victims (Dutch)

One World
Related People: Laura Niemi
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Humanities and Arts

Want to understand latest American chaos? These 4 new books are must-reads.

Chicago Tribune and 8 other media outlets
Related People: Kate A. Manne
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Thai protestors demand ‘new moral compact’ with monarchy


A&S Communications
Related People: Tamara Loos
Related Department or Program: History

What Leaders Should We Celebrate In Tomorrow’s Monuments?

Forbes
Related People: Barry Stuart Strauss
Related Department or Program: History, Classics

Thailand's protesters dare to criticize their absentee king

Axios
Related People: Tamara Loos
Related Department or Program: History

Nonconforming: Against the erosion of academic freedom by identity politics

Harper's
Related People: Laurent Dubreuil
Related Department or Program: Romance Studies, Comparative Literature

Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’ and the Pitfalls of African Consciousness

Black Perspectives
Related People: Russell Rickford
Related Department or Program: History

A Small Island and Perhaps a Big Conflict

Hoover Institution
Related People: Barry Stuart Strauss
Related Department or Program: History, Classics

Should I Feel Guilty About Judging Kamala Harris?

The Atlantic
Related People: Kate A. Manne
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Long-Awaited Update Arrives for Radiocarbon Dating

Scientific American
Related People: Sturt Manning
Related Department or Program: Classics, Archaeology Program

Accumulation and its discontents

Aeon and 1 other media outlet
Related People: Astrid Van Oyen
Related Department or Program: Classics, Archaeology Program

Student Spotlight: Emily Donald

Graduate School
Related People: Graduate student Emily Donald
Related Department or Program: History

Torch Songs for Joe

CounterPunch
Related People: David Yearsley
Related Department or Program: Music

Bruce Levitt: Creating Theater inside Prison

Ithaca Times
Related People: Bruce A Levitt
Related Department or Program: Performing and Media Arts

Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

Broken promises in a time of plague

The Hill and 2 other media outlets
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

How Youth Mentoring Programs Can Become More Effective

Psychology Today Blog
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

In rare unity, Democratic Party coalesces behind Joe Biden

The Straits Times
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Beirut Under Fire: Political and Personal Perspectives

Global Cornell
Related People: Ross Brann
Related Department or Program: Near Eastern Studies, History, Government

In rare show of unity, Democratic Party rallies behind one man

The Straits Times
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Sciences and Math

Exclusive group mating found for first time in Brazilian frogs

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Kelly Zamudio
Related Department or Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Longterm polyamory seems to work just fine for these frogs

Popular Science and 9 other media outlets
Related People: Kelly Zamudio
Related Department or Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Speak Your Mind: 5 Ways to Practice Feminism in College

College Magazine
Related People: , Anuli Ononye '22
Related Department or Program:

Cornell brothers tackle hunger in Puerto Rico

A&S Communications
Related People: Héctor ’20 and Joey Ibáñez ’23
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Graphene sensors find subtleties in magnetic fields

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Paul McEuen , graduate students Brian Schaefer, Alexander Jarjour
Related Department or Program: Physics

Preprint Servers Have Changed Research Culture in Many Fields. Will a New One for Education Catch On?

EdSurge
Related People: Paul Ginsparg
Related Department or Program: Physics

Graphene sensors find subtleties in magnetic fields

Phys.org and 10 other media outlets
Related People: Paul McEuen , graduate students Brian Schaefer, Alexander Jarjour
Related Department or Program: Physics

Lankan-born Dr Ray Jay awarded 2020 Carl Sagan Medal

Sunday Times Sri Lanka
Related People: Ray Jayawardhana
Related Department or Program: Astronomy

Can I Even Do That?

Cornell Research
Related People: Jared Maxson
Related Department or Program: Physics

Social Sciences, Sciences and Math, Humanities and Arts

Applications open for Klarman fellowships


A&S Communications
Related People: Ray Jayawardhana , Seth Klarman '79
Related Department or Program:
 
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