A&S Media Report - 5/31/2024

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174 external media stories tracked
5 press release tip sheets distributed
6 Cornell Chronicle stories
1 Internal Cornell Platform story
2 Cornell Daily Sun stories
9 A&S Website stories
16 Tweets
7 Facebook posts
2 Instagram posts

Social Sciences

Friendly Chats Mitigate Social Exclusion Effects

Neuroscience News
Related People: Vivian Zayas, Randy Lee , graduate student
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Trump’s 'thought disorder' will put his mental decline on display at debate: experts

Raw Story and 12 other media outlets
Related People: Harry G. Segal
Related Department or Program: Psychology

U.N. court order deepens Israel’s isolation as it fights on in Rafah

Washington Post and 13 other media outlets
Related People: Oumar Ba
Related Department or Program: Government

Inside the global campaigns to immunize voters against misinformation

Washington Post and 4 other media outlets
Related People: Gordon Pennycook
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Elon Musk ramps up anti-Biden posts on X

The Spokesman-Review and 11 other media outlets
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

India’s youth unemployment rate among highest in world, says ex-CEA; Netizens call it ‘heights of propaganda’

LiveMint and 16 other media outlets
Related People: Kaushik Basu
Related Department or Program: Economics

Inside OpenAI’s 9-Person Safety Committee Led by All-Powerful Sam Altman

New York Observer
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

Democratic Crisis in Senegal (audio)

New Books Network: African Studies
Related People: Rachel Beatty Riedl
Related Department or Program: Government

Partisan news shows broadcast emotions alongside information, says Klarman Fellow

A&S Communications
Related People: Erin Cikanek, Peter K. Enns
Related Department or Program: Government

Most people trust accurate search results when the stakes are high

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Michael Macy
Related Department or Program: Sociology

Most people trust accurate search results when the stakes are high, study finds

Phys.org and 4 other media outlets
Related People: Michael Macy
Related Department or Program: Sociology

A Plea for Political Economy

Project Syndicate
Related People: Kaushik Basu
Related Department or Program: Economics

Composition of Congress key aspect in Mexico election

A&S Communications
Related People: Gustavo A. Flores-Macías
Related Department or Program: Government

Humanities and Arts

Go Ahead and Make Fun of Your Friends

The Atlantic and 4 other media outlets
Related People: David Shoemaker
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

No One’s Neutral Come Eurovision Time

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

Mary Beth Norton on Salem Witch Trials Research (video)

Witch Hunt podcast
Related People: Mary Beth Norton
Related Department or Program: History

‘Misogynistic massacre’: Sydney Writers’ Festival closing address dedicated to Bondi Junction victims

Sydney Morning Hearld and 8 other media outlets
Related People: Kate A. Manne
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Over the Influence and Unshrinking (video)

CSPAN and 31 other media outlets
Related People: Kate A. Manne
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Philosopher mines the ethical line in caustic wisecracking

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: David Shoemaker
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

The Review

Chronicle of Higher Ed and 5 other media outlets
Related People: Sophie Pinkham
Related Department or Program: Comparative Literature

Art Beyond Cornell exhibition features works by incarcerated youth

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Steven Kim '27
Related Department or Program:

Grey's Anatomy Helped Redefine the Feminine Ideal for Millennials

Primetimer
Related People: Kristen Warner
Related Department or Program: Performing and Media Arts

Oliver Vonnegut, Tufts undergrad, wins top prize in Cornell journal

A&S Communications
Related People: Sophia Gottfried ’25, Ethan Kovnat ’24
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Tower of Power

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

How Will Mexico’s First Female President Transform the US-Mexico Bilateral Ties?

Wilson Center
Related People: Kate A. Manne
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Sciences and Math

Student Spotlight: Virginia McGhee

Graduate School
Related People: Virginia McGhee, graduate student
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Droplets swim to dissolution, could inspire fluid microbots

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Eric Dufresne
Related Department or Program: Physics

An Astrobiologist Reveals Why She’s Optimistic We’ll Find Alien Life On Another Planet

Inverse and 5 other media outlets
Related People: Lisa Kaltenegger
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

Physicists Puzzle Over Emergence of Strange Electron Aggregates

Quanta Magazine and 1 other media outlet
Related People: Kin Fai Mak, Jie Shan
Related Department or Program: Physics

'Planetary parade' viewing possible across CNY Monday morning

WRVO
Related People: Philip D. Nicholson
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

Want to be a successful scientist? The McClements family has some tips

Scienmag and 1 other media outlet
Related People: Isobelle Farrell McClements, graduate student
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Revolution in physics: “Magical” phase of matter baffles researchers

Future Zone
Related People: Krishnanand Madhukar Mallayya
Related Department or Program: Physics

Humanities and Arts, Sciences and Math, Social Sciences

‘Ready to serve’: ROTC grads commissioned as officers

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Julian Morales '24, Brenner Beard '24, Manvir Chahal '24, Samuel Lee '24, Victor Lee '24
Related Department or Program:

Milstein first-years listen closely, shape stories with strangers

A&S Communications
Related People: Austin Bunn
Related Department or Program: Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity, Performing and Media Arts

Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences

Review: A.J. Jacobs asks: Is the Constitutional Life worth living?

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

Maydays in May: 3 American distress signals

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

Cosmic Miniatures: Trails Towards the Great Bear

E-Flux Journal
Related People: Leslie A. Adelson
Related Department or Program: German Studies, Comparative Literature, Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, Jewish Studies Program

New trustees to join Cornell board in July

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Durba Ghosh , Adam J. Levinson ’92 (government major); Stephen T. Mong; ’92, M.Eng. ’93, MBA ’02, A&S Advisory Council member
Related Department or Program: History, Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, Asian Studies, Government

Don’t Let The ‘Woke’ Narrative Blind Us To Higher Ed’s Contributions

Forbes and 1 other media outlet
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Sciences and Math, Social Sciences

ALI announces 2024-2027 postdoctoral fellowship recipients

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Alex Hanson '87
Related Department or Program: Economics, Mathematics, Physics
 
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