A&S Media Report - 5/15/2026

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759 external media stories tracked
1 press releases/tip sheets distributed
7 Cornell Chronicle stories
1 Internal Cornell platform
2 Cornell Daily Sun stories
1 Cornellians stories
8 A&S website stories
8 X posts
6 Facebook posts
3 LinkedIn posts

Social Sciences

Large Donors’ Networks Matter More Than Their Dollar Contributions

ProMarket and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Marco Battaglini, Eleonora Patacchini
Related Department or Program: Economics

Einaudi Students Imagine the Future of International Aid

Einaudi Center
Related People: Multiple undergraduates
Related Department or Program: Government, Economics, Sociology

Erik Thorbecke, economist with global impact, dies at 97

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Erik Thorbecke, Kaushik Basu, Ravi Kanbur
Related Department or Program: Economics

In a Trial Pitting Him Against Elon Musk, Nobody Has More to Lose Than OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

US News & World Report and 477 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

The United Nations proposes 31 new indicators to replace GDP. (Chinese)

Finance Sina and 18 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kaushik Basu
Related Department or Program: Economics

Taxing the Rich—New York and California Challenge Billionaires, Who Threaten to Flee. But the Data Refutes the Tax Exodus.

Il Fatto Quotidiano and 3 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Cristobal Young
Related Department or Program: Sociology

Study abroad propels careers of graduating seniors

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Kevin Chang ’26
Related Department or Program: Information science

Kevin Warsh takes the helm of a Fed divided against itself

Quartz and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Ryan Chahrour
Related Department or Program: Economics

‘Harvard Thinking’: Breaking the regret cycle

The Harvard Gazette and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Thomas D. Gilovich
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Trade, Taiwan and Iran cast shadows on Trump’s China summit with Xi

NBC News and 61 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Allen R. Carlson
Related Department or Program: Government, China and Asia-Pacific Studies Program

Real World Economics: Has de-dollarisation begun?

The Edge Malaysia and 4 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kaushik Basu
Related Department or Program: Economics

The gap between facts and understanding: Helping students confront AI's failings

Times Higher Education
Related People: Jan Burzlaff
Related Department or Program: Jewish Studies Program

Trump jolts as he accuses reporter of committing 'crime you can be hanged for'

Raw Story and 4 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Gordon Pennycook
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Backtalker by Kimberlé Crenshaw review – the audacity of hope

The Guardian
Related People: Kimberlé Crenshaw '81
Related Department or Program: Africana Studies and Research Center, Government

Humanities and Arts

Race, class, and size (Spanish)

La Nueva Espana and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kate A. Manne
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Bach and Bitcoin

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

As we celebrate V-E Day, remember liberation did not come immediately for all

Globe and Mail and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Jan Burzlaff
Related Department or Program: Jewish Studies Program

For Holocaust survivors, Maine offered another version of liberation | Opinion

Portland Press Herald and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Jan Burzlaff
Related Department or Program: Jewish Studies Program

Dating fairs function as China's analog Tinder; watch the video. (Portuguese)

Folha de S. Paulo and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Peidong Sun
Related Department or Program: History

Former UK Prime Minister Delves into an Ancestor’s Big Red History

Cornellians
Related People: Elias Avery Lowe 1902
Related Department or Program: Classics

Prof. Jolene Rickard receives Lifetime Achievement Award

A&S Communications
Related People: Jolene K. Rickard
Related Department or Program: History of Art and Visual Studies

Student-created galleries explore Indonesian collection

A&S Communications
Related People: Kaja Maria McGowan
Related Department or Program: History of Art and Visual Studies

Lara Trump Steps Into the Spotlight in China With Fashion

Women's Wear Daily and 12 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Peidong Sun
Related Department or Program: History

Harvard University's international conference on archaic sculpture concludes in Nafplio (Greek)

Oema and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Verity Platt
Related Department or Program: Classics

Haydn’s “Sun” Quartets Light up Berlin

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

Sciences and Math

arXiv sets out on its own

Physics Today and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Paul Ginsparg
Related Department or Program: Physics

Mothers May Hold The Secret to Human Longevity. Here's Why.

Science Alert and 15 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Matthew Zipple
Related Department or Program: Neurobiology and Behavior

Researchers find coherent ferrons—polarization waves with potential across quantum and telecom applications

Phys.org and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Youn Jue (Eunice) Bae
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Cornell study finds dead bacteria may shape how immune systems fight infection

Finger Lakes 1
Related People: Alexander Vladimirsky, Stephen Paul Ellner
Related Department or Program: Mathematics, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

TIME instrument unlocks faint signals from early galaxies across vast stretches of sky

Phys.org and 4 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Abigail Crites, Dongwoo Chung , Selina Yang, Benjamin J. Vaughan, Shwetha Prakash, graduate students; Sophie M. McAtee ’28
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Physics, CCAPS

New instrument will map the formation of early galaxies

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Abigail Crites, Dongwoo Chung , Selina Yang, Benjamin J. Vaughan, Shwetha Prakash, graduate students; Sophie M. McAtee ’28
Related Department or Program: Physics, Astronomy, CCAPS

"Where Are They?" Scientists Return to the Cosmos's Biggest Mystery (Polish)

Onet
Related People: Lisa Kaltenegger
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

Canadian-developed technology helps new telescope probe mysteries of the cosmos

CBC News and 86 other media outlet(s)
Related People:
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, CCAPS

Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences

Reclaiming experience: Approaches to trauma

A&S Communications
Related People: Cathy Caruth, K.E. von Wittelsbach, Lori Khatchadourian, Adam T. Smith , Jan Burzlaff
Related Department or Program: Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Jewish Studies Program, Literatures in English, Near Eastern Studies, Romance Studies

Trump’s electoral assault is just getting started

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

Why Are Fewer Americans Getting Married?

Psychology Today and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Opinion | Why Going to College Is Still the Right Choice

Washington Post
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

McGraw construction melds modern with historical

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Peter John Loewen , Erik Gray
Related Department or Program: Government, Anthropology, History, Archaeology Program

Cornell renovation project uncovers hidden pieces of university history inside McGraw Hall

Finger Lakes 1
Related People:
Related Department or Program: History, Archaeology Program, Anthropology

Humanities and Arts, Sciences and Math

American Philosophical Society Elects a Dozen American Academic Women as New Members

Women In Academia
Related People: Martha P. Haynes, Caroline Levine
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Literatures in English

Humanities and Arts, Sciences and Math, Social Sciences

Faculty excellence in teaching and advising honored with 2026 awards

A&S Communications
Related People: Nicole Julia Giannella, Karola Mészáros, Landon Schnabel , James Spinazzola, Sarah E. Bernstein, Razima Chowdhury, Valentina Fulginiti , Ryan Tapping, multiple graduate students
Related Department or Program: Asian Studies, Classics, Comparative Literature, History, History of Art and Visual Studies, Mathematics, Medieval Studies Program, Music, Performing and Media Arts, Physics, Romance Studies, Sociology
 
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