A&S Media Report - 3/27/2026

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684 external media stories tracked
3 press releases/tip sheets distributed
7 Cornell Chronicle stories
Internal Cornell platforms
5 Cornell Daily Sun stories
2 Cornellians stories
13 A&S website stories
12 X posts
4 Facebook posts
1 Instagram post
3 LinkedIn posts

Humanities and Arts

Sound Police at the Oscars

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

Men Like Cesar Chavez Are Not Exceptional

New York Magazine and 3 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kate A. Manne
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Borderlands of Bukovina: A Dialogue with Cristina Florea (audio)

Converging Dialogues podcast
Related People: Cristina Florea
Related Department or Program: History

Is Trump Actually Talking to the Iranians About Ending the War?

Newsweek and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: David Silbey
Related Department or Program: History

Kate Manne: “Being a thin person is a powerful indicator of social class and income” (Spanish)

El Pais and 3 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kate A. Manne
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Iran exploiting Trump administration's sensitivity to pressure from markets, expert says (video, begins 2:30)

France 24 and 9 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Nicholas Mulder
Related Department or Program: History

Scientists Found Unusual Handprints at This Isolated Site, and No One Knows Who Made Them

Daily Galaxy and 5 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Thomas Urban
Related Department or Program: Archaeology Program, Classics

After century of debate, tree rings reveal true age of Fort Drum’s LeRay Mansion

NNY 360
Related People: Sturt Manning
Related Department or Program: Classics, Archaeology Program

Sciences and Math

Astronomers Reveal Best Places To Hunt for Alien Life

Newsweek and 144 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Lisa Kaltenegger , Abigail Bohl ’26, Lucas Lawrence ’23, Gillis Lowry ’25
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

Everything You Need to Know About Gravitational Waves in 2026

Universe Today podcast
Related People: Keefe Mitman
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, CCAPS

Belting a Bruno Mars Tune, Senior Wows Judges on NBC’s ‘The Voice’

Cornellians
Related People: Adi Arora ’26
Related Department or Program: Computer science

Nickel catalyst enables high-performance fuel cell free of precious metals

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Héctor D. Abruña , Qihao Li, Schuyler Zixiao Shi, graduate student
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Antibiotics selectively supercharged against MRSA

Chemical and Engineering News and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Song Lin
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Cornell scientists drive breakthrough astronomy

A&S Communications
Related People: Martha P. Haynes, Anna Y.Q. Ho, Michael Niemack, Gordon J. Stacey, Rachel Bean, Shami Chatterjee, James M. Cordes, Saul Teukolsky, Nils Deppe, David Chernoff, Alexander Hayes, Britney Schmidt, Steven W. Squyres, Bonnie Teece, Jonathan Lunine, Joseph Veverka, Nikole Lewis, Lisa Kaltenegger
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, CCAPS, Physics

Education researcher Dr. Susan Singer to speak on active learning, DBER field

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Natasha Holmes, Michelle Smith
Related Department or Program: Physics, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

US scientists could make clean energy more affordable with new platinum-free fuel cells

Interesting Engineering and 11 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Héctor D. Abruña
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Pulsars Emit Radio Waves From Unexpected Distances, Study Finds

Archdye
Related People: James M. Cordes
Related Department or Program: Astronomy

Nobel Laureate in physics to speak at Cornell April 8

A&S Communications
Related People:
Related Department or Program: Physics

Social Sciences

The era of free AI is drawing to a close.

Vietnam.ve and 17 other media outlet(s)
Related People: David Rand
Related Department or Program: Psychology

China’s Genocide Tourism Strategy

The Diplomat
Related People: Magnus Fiskesjö
Related Department or Program: Anthropology

Workers who fall for ‘corporate bullshit’ may be worse at their jobs, study finds

The Guardian and 16 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Shane Littrell
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Hill and Valley Forum in DC Shadowed by AI Concerns, War in Iran

Bloomberg and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

The Rural Vs. Urban Threat To Democracy w/ Suzanne Mettler (video)

The Majority Report
Related People: Suzanne Mettler
Related Department or Program: Government

Anthropic v. Pentagon early test of much larger challenge

A&S Communications
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

Historic and swift: Mullally’s rise to Archbishop of Canterbury

A&S Communications
Related People: Landon Schnabel
Related Department or Program: Religious Studies Program, Sociology

Why cutting Anthropic from government could be harder than expected

The Hill and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

2026 AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize Winners

Science
Related People: Gordon Pennycook, David Rand
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Verdicts Against Meta, YouTube Validate Concerns Long Raised by Parents, Child Safety Advocates

US News & World Report and 424 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

Rep. Tonko talks ‘forever chemical’ alternatives with students

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Douglas L. Kriner
Related Department or Program: Government

‘Naked power grab’: The politics behind attacking mail-in voting

A&S Communications
Related People: David Alexander Bateman
Related Department or Program: Government

Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences

Red-state speech laws pose an existential threat to academic freedom

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

Review: Our 3 branches’ powers have been changing since the Louisiana Purchase in 1803

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

Humanities students take D.C. trip to advocate for funding

A&S Communications
Related People: Durba Ghosh
Related Department or Program: Center for the Study of Inequality, Government, History, Language Resource Center, Near Eastern Studies, Philosophy, Society for the Humanities

‘Boy kibble’ trend goes viral among men wanting simple protein-packed meals

KTLA 5
Related People: Adrienne Bitar
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Other

Memory becomes muse in annual runway show

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Julia Schanen ’26,
Related Department or Program: Mathematics

Alum’s Search for a Stem Cell Donor for His Son Inspires Campus Drive

Cornellians
Related People: Juan Uribe ’96
Related Department or Program:

Bright futures: A&S 2025 grads thrive despite economic uncertainty

A&S Communications
Related People: Jennifer Maclaughlin
Related Department or Program:

Humanities and Arts, Other

Admitted Class of 2030 seeks real-world impact

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Raine Honeycutt '30
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English
 
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