A&S Media Report - 1/16/2026

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809 external media stories tracked
1 press release/tip sheet distributed
7 Cornell Chronicle stories
1 Cornell Daily Sun story
2 Cornellians stories
9 A&S website stories
6 X posts
4 Facebook posts
1 Instagram post and 1 event story
1 LinkedIn post

Humanities and Arts

Sing a of Song of $1.5 Trillion

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

Trade expert discusses misconceptions about trade Jan. 29

A&S Communications
Related People: Mike Fontaine
Related Department or Program: Classics

As Oscar voting begins, Hollywood guilds face questions over snubbing international contenders like ‘The Secret Agent,’ ‘Sentimental Value’

Gold Derby and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kristen Warner
Related Department or Program: Performing and Media Arts

A six-decade effort to dominate rare earths (French)

La Presse and 5 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Nicholas Mulder
Related Department or Program: History

Greenland Would Be the Largest U.S. Land Acquisition, if Trump Got His Way Denmark does not w

New York Times and 77 other media outlet(s)
Related People: David Silbey
Related Department or Program: History

Aquinas Borrowed This Jewish Scholar’s Ideas — And Why You Never Heard Of Him

Religion Unplugged
Related People: Ross Brann
Related Department or Program: Near Eastern Studies, Jewish Studies Program

Tensions with China give Japanese PM an opening for snap elections

A&S Communications
Related People: Kristin Roebuck
Related Department or Program: History

Yaddo residency shapes long-term dance research

A&S Communications
Related People: Danielle Russo
Related Department or Program: Performing and Media Arts

Fascism and misogyny go hand in hand. (German)

Der Standard and 5 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kate A. Manne
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Artist team Mendi + Keith Obadike named USA Fellows

A&S Communications
Related People: Mendi Obadike
Related Department or Program: Performing and Media Arts

How music galvanized the fight for civil rights

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Ambre Dromgoole
Related Department or Program: Africana Studies and Research Center, Music

Doris wins Gittler Award for contributions to social psychology and ethics

A&S Communications
Related People: John M. Doris
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Immigrant Songs

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

Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences

How is ‘merit’ defined in college admissions? You might be surprised.

The Hill and 3 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

How and Why We Use, Downplay, or Ignore Evidence

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

In Praise of Sage Chapel, East Hill’s Beloved House of Worship

Cornellians
Related People: Corey Ryan Earle , William Dexter Wilson
Related Department or Program: History, American Studies Program, Philosophy, Music

Your January 2026 Reads

Cornellians
Related People: Mary Gilliland , multiple alumni
Related Department or Program: Anthropology, Comparative Literature, John S. Knight Institute

Sciences and Math

Pandora satellite launches for exoplanet observation

A&S Communications
Related People: Nikole Lewis , Trevor Foote, Ph.D. ’24
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute, CCAPS

Mosh Pit Science: What Heavy Metal Concerts Can Tell Us About the Human Condition

Vice and 3 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Itai Cohen, James Sethna , Jesse L Silverberg Ph.D. '14, Matthew Bierbaum Ph.D. '16
Related Department or Program: Physics

$1.5M grant boosts postdoctoral research across 4 colleges

Cornell Chronicle
Related People:
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Physics

Freed lab mice become less anxious, study shows

WBUR and 449 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Matthew Zipple
Related Department or Program: Neurobiology and Behavior

Anna Y. Q. Ho Awarded for Outstanding Observational Astronomy Research

Women In Academia and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Anna Y.Q. Ho
Related Department or Program: Astronomy

Social Sciences

Public Policy Expert Thomas Pepinsky: Democracy Needs Oversight and Strong Institutions (Indonesian)

Tribun News and 15 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Thomas Pepinsky
Related Department or Program: Government

Protest, lawbreaking, or terrorism? ICE opponents face ‘extremist’ label.

Christian Science Monitor and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Sidney Tarrow
Related Department or Program: Government

Dr. Oz is wrong: Medicaid enrollees aren’t automatically registered to vote

PolitiFact and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Jamila Michener
Related Department or Program: Government

Scarcity a factor in backcountry decision making

Jackson Hole News & Guide
Related People: Daryl J. Bem
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Silicon Valley’s tech bros prepare to fight the wealth tax

Politico and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Cristobal Young
Related Department or Program: Sociology

Trump embraces AI deepfakes in political messaging

France 24 and 188 other media outlet(s)
Related People: David Rand
Related Department or Program: Psychology
 
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