A&S Media Report – 12/9/22

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173 external media stories tracked
5 Cornell Chronicle stories
2 Cornell Daily Sun stories
3 Cornellians stories
7 A&S Website stories
18 Tweets
4 Facebook posts
2 Instagram posts

Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences

William Still: The unsung hero of the Underground Railroad

Florida Courier
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

What’s the matter with Arizona?

The Hill
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Global Public Voices fellows to speak out on democratic threats

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Christine Bacareza Balance, Richard T. Clark, Cristina Florea
Related Department or Program: Performing and Media Arts, Asian American Studies Program, Government, History

Grants help students with conferences, job-hunting expenses

A&S Communications
Related People:
Related Department or Program: History, Science and Technology Studies

100 Notable African Books of 2022

Brittle Paper
Related People: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Related Department or Program: Africana Studies and Research Center

Wondering what to read in 2023? A&S faculty offer ideas

A&S Communications
Related People: Leslie A. Adelson, Benjamin Anderson, Debra Ann Castillo, Carolyn Fornoff, Roger Gilbert, Kelly Presutti, Courtney Ann Roby, Malte Ziewitz
Related Department or Program: Classics, Comparative Literature, German Studies, History, History of Art and Visual Studies, Literatures in English, Romance Studies, Science and Technology Studies

Fictional civilization leaves behind lasting legacy

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: David Borden, Adam T. Smith , Marilyn Rivchin
Related Department or Program: Music, Performing and Media Arts, History of Art and Visual Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology Program

Trump certainly has had ‘a great fall’

The Hill
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Morocco’s World Cup team represents a new era of soccer nationalism

Washington Post and 4 other media outlets
Related People: Grant Farred
Related Department or Program: Africana Studies and Research Center

The little-known story of pacifist activism during World War II, told through the lives of four people, in Daniel Akst’s book ‘War by Other Means’

Daily Press
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Students enthused by COP27 reparations agreement

A&S Communications
Related People: Arden Podpora ’23, Eva Fenningdorf ’23
Related Department or Program: Economics, Environment & Sustainability Program, Romance Studies

Student’s Playful Paintings Showcase the Hill as You’ve Never Seen It

Cornellians
Related People: Grace Elmore ’25
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English, Religious Studies Program

Excavation uncovers 2K more artifacts at St. James church site

A&S Communications
Related People: Gerard Aching, Nerissa Russell, Adam T. Smith, Lori Khatchadourian
Related Department or Program: Africana Studies and Research Center, Anthropology, Archaeology Program, Near Eastern Studies, Romance Studies

Azerbaijan's destruction of Armenian-Christian heritage continues in the Caucasus (Italian)

Il Giornale dell'Arte
Related People: Lori Khatchadourian, Adam T. Smith
Related Department or Program: Near Eastern Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology Program

Humanities and Arts

The Best of Books 2022 This Year’s Top Picks From Foreign Affairs’ Reviewers

Foreign Affairs
Related People: Nicholas Mulder
Related Department or Program: History

The global economy has taken a backlash from the war. Will it bleed out or will it adapt? (Polish)

Forsal and 1 other media outlet
Related People: Nicholas Mulder
Related Department or Program: History

‘Pop South Asia’ group show at Sharjah Art Foundation breaks new critical ground

Alarabiya News and 3 other media outlets
Related People: Iftikhar Dadi
Related Department or Program: History of Art and Visual Studies

These are The Economist’s best books of 2022

The Economist
Related People: Nicholas Mulder
Related Department or Program: History

Ukraine’s Long Self-Determination

The New York Review
Related People: Cristina Florea
Related Department or Program: History

Exploring China's Lockdowns, Protests, and the Communist Party, with Peidong Sun (audio)

Democracy IRL podcast
Related People: Peidong Sun
Related Department or Program: History

As Ukraine and Russia step up prisoner exchanges, scarred POWs tell of abuse

Washington Post and 5 other media outlets
Related People: David Silbey
Related Department or Program: History

Critics bash Brittney Griner prisoner swap for excluding Whelan, experts say there's little wiggle room

Houston Chronicle and 2 other media outlets
Related People: David Silbey
Related Department or Program: History

At a Personal Crossroads, a Visit to Ithaca Focused My Mind

Cornellians
Related People: Ariel Cooper ’15
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English

‘LaFeber Posse’ Gears up to Honor Legendary Professor

Cornellians
Related People: Thomas Pepinsky , multiple alumni
Related Department or Program: History, Government

Sciences and Math

7 times NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted something Hubble missed

Business Insider and 59 other media outlets
Related People: Lisa Kaltenegger
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

CRISPR insight: How to fine-tune Cas protein's grip on DNA

Phys.org and 13 other media outlets
Related People: Michelle Wang
Related Department or Program: Physics

CRISPR insight: How to fine-tune the Cas protein’s grip on DNA

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Michelle Wang
Related Department or Program: Physics

Social Sciences

A more pragmatic Xi Jinping launches a global charm offensive for China

Washington Post and 21 other media outlets
Related People: Jessica Chen Weiss
Related Department or Program: Government

After a century of industrial accidents and toxic exposures, Curtis Bay residents say they’ve had enough

Baltimore Brew
Related People: Chloe Ahmann
Related Department or Program: Anthropology

How biases are exploited in the age of social media

Khaleej Times
Related People: Kaushik Basu
Related Department or Program: Economics

‘Genetic Afterlives’ receives book prize

A&S Communications
Related People: Noah Tamarkin
Related Department or Program: Anthropology, Science and Technology Studies

Humanities and Arts, Sciences and Math, Social Sciences

Scholarship fund grows to help more A&S students

A&S Communications
Related People: Michelle Smith
Related Department or Program: Government, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
 
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