A&S Media Report - 4/24/2026

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144 external media stories tracked
3 press releases/tip sheets distributed
8 Cornell Chronicle stories
1 Internal Cornell platform
2 Cornell Daily Sun stories
13 A&S website stories
7 X posts
2 Facebook posts
3 Instagram posts and 2 takeovers
2 LinkedIn posts

Sciences and Math

Research without apparent purpose has led to some of the most important modern discoveries (Romanian)

EVZ.RO
Related People: Thomas Seeley
Related Department or Program: Neurobiology and Behavior

Mathematicians confirm it: "To truly succeed in life you need 4 characteristics, and the first is to be a good person." (Spanish)

Lecturas and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Steven Strogatz
Related Department or Program: Mathematics

There's a range of magic angles to study superconductivity in a twisted 2D semiconductor

Phys.org and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Jie Shan, Kin Fai Mak
Related Department or Program: Physics

Space-themed event in Waterloo invites community to explore moon, Mars missions

Finger Lakes 1
Related People: Zoe Learner Ponterio
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, CCAPS

campus news Model rocketry company wins UB entrepreneurship competition

UB Now
Related People: Zaid ElNasser, undergraduate
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Electrochemistry unleashes untapped potential of strained rings to build molecules

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

Titan’s strange plains may be explained by unusual weather

New Scientist and 5 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Alexander Hayes
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, CCAPS, Carl Sagan Institute

Cornell physicist shares in 2026 Breakthrough Prize

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Lawrence Gibbons
Related Department or Program: Physics

Soundwaves settle debate about elusive quantum particle

Phys.org and 7 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Brad Ramshaw, Avi Shragai , graduate student
Related Department or Program: Physics

Teaching AI to operate particle accelerators with DOE grant

A&S Communications
Related People: Georg Hoffstaetter de Torquat
Related Department or Program: Physics

Soundwaves settle debate about elusive quantum particle

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Brad Ramshaw, Avi Shragai , graduate student
Related Department or Program: Physics

Cornell physicist shares in Breakthrough Prize for particle research

Finger Lakes 1 and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Lawrence Gibbons
Related Department or Program: Physics

The Hunt for Extraterrestrial Life Enters a New Frontier

Wall Street Journal and 6 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Lisa Kaltenegger
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences

Trump’s profane crusade is taking America down a dark path

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

Trump admin dealing 'incalculable damage' to GOP with religious statements: analyst

Raw Story and 5 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

María Cristina García receives a Lifetime Achievement Award

A&S Communications
Related People: Maria Cristina Garcia
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program, History, Latina/o Studies Program

Kotlikoff among four faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Cathy Caruth, Francesca Molinari
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English, Comparative Literature, Economics

Social Sciences

Trump's clash with Pope Leo XIV divides Catholics

USA Today and 6 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Landon Schnabel
Related Department or Program: Sociology

Trump says he will extend Iran ceasefire until negotiations conclude (audio, begins 40:18)

BBC World Service and 29 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

Eight University Teams To Vie For Laude Institute’s $10 Million AI Moonshots

Forbes
Related People: David Rand
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Psychology suggests that people who don’t turn on the lights outside their homes at Christmas aren’t necessarily cold or distant; in many cases, they’ve simply learned to prioritize authenticity, simplicity, and peace of mind over public displays of celeb

Econews and 6 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Thomas D. Gilovich
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Robinson-Appel awards honor student-led community work

Einhorn Center for Community Engagement
Related People: Zilala Mamat ’26
Related Department or Program: Government

AI labels for Spotify: Cornell expert

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

Humanities and Arts

The book that explains Russian identity through its forests (Spanish)

El Pais and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Sophie Pinkham
Related Department or Program: Comparative Literature

“Behold, the Sea Itself”: Ithaca Chorus Sets Sail for 50th Anniversary

WSKG
Related People: Jean-Bernard Cerin
Related Department or Program: Music

Sending Afghan allies to Congo sets ‘terrible precedent," says Cornell expert

A&S Communications
Related People: David Silbey
Related Department or Program: History

2,000 years ago, ancient Roman forces annihilated Jerusalem. Was its destruction inevitable?

History Extra and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Barry Stuart Strauss
Related Department or Program: History, Classics

The Onion’s Infowars Takeover Follows Complicated Legal Journey

Bloomberg Law and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: David Shoemaker
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Listening party to celebrate music professor’s improvisational album drop

A&S Communications
Related People: Ariana Kim
Related Department or Program: Music

The rhetoric of war has changed. Not for the better

The Economist
Related People: Barry Stuart Strauss
Related Department or Program: History, Classics

Humanities and Arts, Sciences and Math, Social Sciences

Ask an ambassador: How my first-year writing seminar enriched my four years

A&S Student Ambassador
Related People:
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Psychology, John S. Knight Institute
 
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