A&S Media Report - 1/10/2025

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411 external media stories tracked
5 press release tip sheets distributed
5 Cornell Chronicle stories
1 Cornellians story
8 A&S Website stories
18 Tweets
2 Facebook posts
1 Instagram post

Social Sciences

Elizabeth Sanders, esteemed political scholar and mentor, dies at 81

Fingerlakes 1
Related People: Elizabeth Sanders
Related Department or Program: Government

What will Russia and the US do with nuclear weapons? (Vietnamese)

Giáo dục và Thời đại and 6 other media outlets
Related People: Richard F Bensel
Related Department or Program: Government

Trudeau resignation surrounded by uncertainty, says Cornell expert

A&S Communications
Related People: Peter John Loewen
Related Department or Program: Government

Worrying ‘fine print’ of growth story: Economist Kaushik Basu's take on India's economy

The Telegraph Online and 2 other media outlets
Related People: Kaushik Basu
Related Department or Program: Economics

How French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen used populism to fuel his far-right agenda (audio)

WBUR
Related People: Mabel Berezin
Related Department or Program: Sociology

Folk icon Peter Yarrow ’59, of Peter, Paul and Mary, dies at 86

Cornell Chronicle
Related People:
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Meta Ends Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram in Free-Speech Pitch

Wall Street Journal and 122 other media outlets
Related People: Gordon Pennycook
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Peter Yarrow, of the Folk Group Peter, Paul and Mary, Dies at 86

New York Times
Related People: Peter Yarrow '59
Related Department or Program: Psychology

‘Politics, not policy’: Meta ending fact-check program

A&S Communications
Related People: Gordon Pennycook
Related Department or Program: Psychology

As Trudeau exits, Canada faces division, uncertainty and Trump

Washington Post and 5 other media outlets
Related People: Peter John Loewen
Related Department or Program: Government

Cornell expert on Jean-Marie Le Pen: a ‘driving force’ for French far-right

A&S Communications
Related People: Mabel Berezin
Related Department or Program: Sociology

TikTok's Potential U.S. Ban: What Are Trump's Options?

Newsweek and 7 other media outlets
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

TikTok Supreme Court Clash Pits Free Speech Against US Security

Bloomberg and 2 other media outlets
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences

Matt Gaetz can run, but can he hide?

The Hill and 7 other media outlets
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Author examines relationship between Black people, blue and the blues

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

Review: The man crowned king of Haiti

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

Alums offer mentoring to students exploring career options

A&S Communications
Related People: Multiple alumni
Related Department or Program: Government, Near Eastern Studies

Sciences and Math

Does an intense bond with the mother lead to a longer life? (German)

Merkur.de and 7 other media outlets
Related People: Matthew Zipple , Klarman Fellow
Related Department or Program: Neurobiology and Behavior

Explained: A clue on why new memories do not overwrite old ones

Indian Express and 41 other media outlets
Related People: Azahara Oliva , Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, Hongyu (Amy) Chang , graduate student, Wenbo Tang
Related Department or Program: Neurobiology and Behavior

Mice use their tongues to ‘see’ tactile targets

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Jesse H. Goldberg, Brendan Ito, Yongjie (Jason) Gao , graduate student, Brian Kardon, Jean Sheng ’77, Kent G. Sheng ’78
Related Department or Program: Neurobiology and Behavior

Mice use their tongues to 'see' tactile targets: Neural pathway discovery could help treat neurological disorders

Medical Xpress and 2 other media outlets
Related People: Jesse H. Goldberg, Brendan Ito, Yongjie (Jason) Gao , graduate student, Brian Kardon, Jean Sheng ’77, Kent G. Sheng ’78
Related Department or Program: Neurobiology and Behavior

Survival of the luckiest? New study hints at the potential role of luck in evolution

NPR and 69 other media outlets
Related People: Matthew Zipple , Klarman Fellow
Related Department or Program: Neurobiology and Behavior

Postdoc Peiwei Chen named HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow

A&S Communications
Related People: Andrew G. Clark , Peiwei Chen
Related Department or Program: Molecular Biology and Genetics

“I find it exciting whether we are alone in space or not” (German)

Merkur.de and 50 other media outlets
Related People: Lisa Kaltenegger
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

Light-activated micro device expands ‘green’ electrochemistry

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Paul McEuen, Song Lin , Bartosz Górski, Samantha Norris, Ph.D. ’23, Jonas Rein and Yanxin Ji, graduate students
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Physics

Science in Action (audio, begins 21:36)

BBC and 43 other media outlets
Related People: Paul McEuen, Song Lin
Related Department or Program: Physics, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Diet, microbes and fat: A new pathway controlling levels of body fat and cholesterol

Medical Xpress and 3 other media outlets
Related People: Frank C. Schroeder
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Humanities and Arts, Sciences and Math

Bill Nye ’77 awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Steven W. Squyres , Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Literatures in English

Humanities and Arts

Ukraine Has Launched A New Offensive Into Russia. Why And Why Now?

Radio Free Europe and 9 other media outlets
Related People: David Silbey
Related Department or Program: History

Barry Adams, former vice provost and literature scholar, dies at 89

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Kenneth A. McClane, Jonathan D. Culler, Andrew Galloway, Roger Gilbert, Barry Adams
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English, Medieval Studies Program

The consequences of being fat are deeper than we realise

New Zealand Herald and 1 other media outlet
Related People: Kate A. Manne
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Hands, Fingers, Nose and Throat: Re-Doing Dylan

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