A&S Media Report - 2/23/2024

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692 external media stories tracked
1 press release tip sheet distributed
9 Cornell Chronicle stories
2 Internal Cornell Platform stories
3 Cornell Daily Sun stories
2 Cornellians stories
7 A&S Website stories
16 Tweets
2 Facebook posts
7 Instagram posts

Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences

Tanzania authors scoop top Kiswahili literature awards

The East African
Related People: Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English, Africana Studies and Research Center

Ngugi wa Thiongo's son Mukoma wa Ngugi follows in his father's footsteps

Daily Nation
Related People: Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Carole Boyce Davies
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English, Africana Studies and Research Center

Restoring the Past Won’t Liberate Palestine

New York Times and 2 other media outlets
Related People: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Related Department or Program: Africana Studies and Research Center

The veteran 'Post' book reviewer shares his life story - opinion

Jerusalem Post
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Review: Revisiting the Moominmamma

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

MLK lecture: Encourage democracy, fight suppression

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Kimberle Crenshaw '81
Related Department or Program: Africana Studies and Research Center

Your February 2024 Reads

Cornellians
Related People: Kate A. Manne, Kaushik Basu , multiple alumni
Related Department or Program: Economics, Philosophy, Literatures in English

Mother-Daughter Alums Share a Vocation—Forging a Special Bond

Cornellians
Related People:
Related Department or Program: Africana Studies and Research Center

Sciences and Math

Why Interstellar Objects Like ‘Oumuamua and Borisov May Hold Clues To Exoplanets

Discover and 5 other media outlets
Related People: Darryl Seligman
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

Could the solar system be teeming with interstellar objects? We'll soon find out (op-ed)

Yahoo!News and 9 other media outlets
Related People: Darryl Seligman
Related Department or Program: Astronomy

The Brain Might Not Be a Blank Slate at Birth After All

Technology Networks
Related People: Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz
Related Department or Program: Neurobiology and Behavior

A group of astronomers investigates the cause behind the mysterious explosions in Space: what are the first hypotheses (Spanish)

El Cronista and 3 other media outlets
Related People: Anna Y.Q. Ho
Related Department or Program: Astronomy

Second interfaith dinner aims for friendship and joy

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Osama Awadalla ’25, statistical science major in the College of Arts and Sciences
Related Department or Program:

Four early-career faculty win 2024 Sloan Research awards

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Anna Y.Q. Ho, Chao-Ming Jian
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Physics

Freshmen win top prize at digital ag hackathon

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Multiple students
Related Department or Program: Computer science

Humanities and Arts

In This Road-Trip Thriller, Twin Sisters Hunt for Their Missing Mom

New York Times and 8 other media outlets
Related People: J. Robert Lennon
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English

LVIII Forever

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

Unmasking the CCP: A Groundbreaking Lecture Series on Post-1949 China

BNN Breaking and 1 other media outlet
Related People:
Related Department or Program: History

Lawrence Glickman, "Free Enterprise: An American History" (audio)

New Books Network and 1 other media outlet
Related People: Lawrence B. Glickman
Related Department or Program: History, American Studies Program

Four New Books in Translation Test the Bounds of Reality

New York Times and 5 other media outlets
Related People: Liliana Colanzi
Related Department or Program: Romance Studies

What Turned Crossword Constructing Into a Boys’ Club?

New Yorker
Related People: Anna Shechtman
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English

Art exhibition to explore freedom of expression theme

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Michele Cheng, Nicolau Spadoni, Daniel Sabzghabaei, Hannah Phan , Milan Taylor ’24
Related Department or Program: Music, German Studies, Asian Studies

Valzhyna Mort reads her poem, “In the Woods of Language, She Collects Beautiful Sticks” (audio)

Alumni Affairs and Development
Related People: Valzhyna Mort
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English

Lennon chases down literary thrills in new series

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: J. Robert Lennon
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English

Book brings elusive Greek technical writer into focus

A&S Communications
Related People: Courtney Ann Roby
Related Department or Program: Classics

The Evolution of Black Cinema (audio)

Cornell Keynotes
Related People: Samantha Noelle Sheppard
Related Department or Program: Performing and Media Arts

A deathless dialogue

The New Criterion
Related People: Mike Fontaine
Related Department or Program: Classics

Cross Purposes

Harper's Magazine
Related People: Anna Shechtman
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English

The Extraordinary Life & Music of Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru

BandCamp
Related People: Thomas Feng , graduate student
Related Department or Program: Music

Pressure builds to seize Russian assets as war in Ukraine drags on

The Week and 8 other media outlets
Related People: Nicholas Mulder
Related Department or Program: History

New grants support student involvement in community projects

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Annie Lewandowski, Zoe Learner Ponterio
Related Department or Program: Music, Astronomy

Opinion: Why a woman like Nikki Haley could be President of the United States

CNN and 15 other media outlets
Related People: Kate A. Manne
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Social Sciences

Curtis Bay residents deserve a coal-free future

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

Stalled US aid for Ukraine underscores GOP’s shift away from confronting Russia

Washington Post and 396 other media outlets
Related People: Douglas L. Kriner
Related Department or Program: Government

Once banned from the US, this fiery ex-army general is poised to lead Indonesia. What to expect

CNN and 33 other media outlets
Related People: Thomas Pepinsky
Related Department or Program: Government

Investing in Digital Literacy to Better the Health of America’s Seniors

Nonprofit Quarterly
Related People: Erin York Cornwell
Related Department or Program: Sociology

Could Biden or Trump be replaced as candidates as election nears?

Miami Herald and 20 other media outlets
Related People: Douglas L. Kriner
Related Department or Program: Government

The Blood of Every Child

Verdict
Related People: Joseph Margulies
Related Department or Program: Government

For couples, negative speaks louder than positive

Phys.org
Related People: Vivian Zayas
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Controlling Territory, Controlling Voters: The Electoral Geography of African Campaign Violence

Foreign Affairs and 4 other media outlets
Related People: Nicolas van de Walle
Related Department or Program: Government

Economic Possibilities for Our Overworked Grandchildren

Project Syndicate and 2 other media outlets
Related People: Kaushik Basu
Related Department or Program: Economics

Wanted: Scientific Errors. Cash Reward.

Chronicle of Higher Ed
Related People: Gordon Pennycook
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Political Deepfakes Will Hijack Your Brain — If You Let Them

Bloomberg and 38 other media outlets
Related People: Gordon Pennycook
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Beyond the “Nuclear Umbrella”: Rethinking European Defense After the Russia-Ukraine War

International Security
Related People: Matthew Anthony Evangelista
Related Department or Program: Government

Duke's 3-year fraud investigation into Dan Ariely has ended, and the star professor still has a job. Does he want it?

Business Insider
Related People: Gordon Pennycook
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Biden officials keep states waiting on expanding Medicaid voter registration

NPR and 90 other media outlets
Related People: Jamila Michener
Related Department or Program: Government
 
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