A&S Media Report - 9/4/2026

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STATS AT A GLANCE:
113 external media stories tracked
3 press releases/tip sheets distributed
6 Cornell Chronicle stories
1 internal Cornell platforms
2 Cornell Daily Sun stories
1 Cornellians stories
3 A&S website stories
10 X posts
4 Facebook posts
4 Instagram posts
3 LinkedIn posts

Sciences and Math

‘Hitting dead ends and rethinking everything’ – BURE summer scholars explore research life

Cornell Bowers CIS
Related People: Nolan Lizmi ’27
Related Department or Program: Astronomy

Psyche Mission leader to give public lecture Sept. 11

A&S Communications
Related People: Lisa Kaltenegger
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

Why some nitrogen-processing enzymes are more efficient than others

Technology.org
Related People: Kyle M. Lancaster
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Uncovering Hidden Interactions That Shape Fertility

Syracuse University News
Related People: Mariana Federica Wolfner
Related Department or Program: Molecular Biology and Genetics

Cornell University remembers professor who died in Enfield plane crash

WNYTV
Related People: Martha P. Haynes , David Kornreich
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Physics

NASA’s latest mission to map the cosmos takes off

The Economist
Related People: Dmitry Savransky
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

Cornell science educator David Kornreich, Ph.D. ’01, dies at 52

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Martha P. Haynes , Amy Wernimont
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Physics, CCAPS

Medina Tovar joins Weill Institute to study cellular evolution, pathogenesis of fungi

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Edgar Medina Tovar
Related Department or Program: Molecular Biology and Genetics

Social Sciences

County legislators poised to revisit local minimum wage debate

Ithaca Voice
Related People: David Alexander Bateman
Related Department or Program: Government

Peter Katzenstein Receives the 2026 James Madison Award

Political Science Now
Related People: Peter J. Katzenstein
Related Department or Program: Government

Are WA millionaires really leaving to avoid tax?

Seattle Times and 8 other media outlets
Related People: Cristobal Young
Related Department or Program: Sociology

A Veteran Journalist on Why the ‘Art of the Obit’ Is Alive and Well

Cornellians
Related People: Sam Roberts ’68
Related Department or Program: Government

Nepal-Tibet flood puts China's regional role to the test

A&S Communications
Related People:
Related Department or Program: Government, China and Asia-Pacific Studies Program

Himalayan Disaster Tests China’s Clout as Regional Leader

Wall Street Journal
Related People: Allen R. Carlson
Related Department or Program: Government, China and Asia-Pacific Studies Program

How to Change the Minds of Conspiracy Theory Believers

Psychology Today and 7 other media outlets
Related People: Gordon Pennycook, David Rand
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Trump's support for data centers draws praise from tech CEOs (video)

CNN
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

GDP debate: Centre rebuffs criticism of methods, says 7.8% growth correct

Indian Express
Related People: Kaushik Basu
Related Department or Program: Economics

Tim Cook Hands Apple Reins to John Ternus, but Remains Trump Whisperer

The Hill
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

Midterm forecast strongly favors Democrats to win House majority

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Peter K. Enns, Thomas Gareau-Paquette, Claudia Miner , graduate students
Related Department or Program: Government

Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences

What happens when Republican senators have nothing left to lose? Not much.

The Hill and 5 other media outlets
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Einhorn Center launches new staff fellowship program and welcomes largest cohort of new engaged fellows

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Rachel Beatty Riedl, Gabriela Gómez Estévez, Verity Platt, Christine Bacareza Balance , Chloe Wray
Related Department or Program: Government, Music, Classics, Society for the Humanities, Performing and Media Arts, Asian American Studies Program

India’s economy, heritage forensics, WWII mobilization examined

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Kaushik Basu, Lori Khatchadourian, Adam T. Smith
Related Department or Program: Economics, Near Eastern Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology Program

Cornell books examine India’s economy, cultural heritage and World War II

Finger Lakes 1
Related People: Kaushik Basu, Lori Khatchadourian, Adam T. Smith
Related Department or Program: Economics, Near Eastern Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology Program

Cornell Einhorn Center welcomes record fellowship cohort

Finger Lakes 1
Related People: Rachel Beatty Riedl, Gabriela Gómez Estévez, Verity Platt, Christine Bacareza Balance , Chloe Wray
Related Department or Program: Government, Music, Performing and Media Arts, Asian American Studies Program, Society for the Humanities, Classics

Humanities and Arts

Bessent huddles with G20 to try to rally allies on Iran as tariffs strain ties

Associated Press and 28 other media outlets
Related People: Nicholas Mulder
Related Department or Program: History

Marvel actor Dominique Thorne ’19 visits campus for screening, talks

A&S Communications
Related People: Samantha Noelle Sheppard
Related Department or Program: Center for the Study of Inequality, Performing and Media Arts

Foreign frigate competition highlights Navy's struggles with fleet expansion, modernization

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

What is the political cost of harming women? (Spanish)

Publico
Related People: Kate A. Manne
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

How a middling Chinese guided-missile frigate unnerves Japan, Taiwan and the US

Military Times and 5 other media outlet(s)
Related People: David Silbey
Related Department or Program: History
 
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