A&S Media Report - 9/26/2025

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590 external media stories tracked
3 press releases/tip sheets distributed
8 Cornell Chronicle stories
1 Internal Cornell platform
5 Cornell Daily Sun stories
12 A&S website stories
10 X posts
4 Facebook posts
2 Instagram posts and 1 event story
3 LinkedIn posts

Social Sciences

In Nepal, a big ask

Indian Express and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kathryn March
Related Department or Program: Anthropology

Safety first: Babies heighten adults’ perception of threats

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Michael H. Goldstein
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Nvidia's $100 billion OpenAI play raises big antitrust issues

U.S. News and World Report and 82 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

Were you convinced by the Rapture? You're probably ARROGANT: People who believe in conspiracy theories are 'massively overconfident', study finds

Daily Mail and 8 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Gordon Pennycook
Related Department or Program: Psychology

The end of the world is here. Or near. Or neither.

NBC News and 22 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Landon Schnabel
Related Department or Program: Sociology

Brooks and A&S partner on new option for public policy major

A&S Communications
Related People: Peter John Loewen
Related Department or Program:

Bennett, Eisenkot's 'Change Bloc' could redefine Israel’s future, say leading scholars

Jerusalem Post and 9 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Uriel Abulof
Related Department or Program: Government

Why democracies die and what to do next

Science
Related People: Rachel Beatty Riedl
Related Department or Program: Government

Criticism skills: How to learn to accept criticism (German)

Utopia.de and 4 other media outlets
Related People: Vivian Zayas
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Caring for a Baby Makes the World Seem More Dangerous, Says New Study

Newsweek and 22 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Michael H. Goldstein
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Humanities and Arts

In Memoriam: Jean Frantz Blackall, 1928-2025

Women In Academia
Related People: Jean Blackall
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English

What Ancient Rome and Greece can teach us about comedians and free speech

NPR and 82 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Mike Fontaine
Related Department or Program: Classics

Music Oct. 2-5: Homecoming concerts and historical keyboards

A&S Communications
Related People: Patricia Garcia Gil, John A. Haines-Eitzen, Sean Linfors, Roger Moseley, Danielle Russo
Related Department or Program: Music, Performing and Media Arts

Alum Spotlight: Ibrahim Gemeah, Ph.D. ’23

Graduate School
Related People: Ziad Fahmy, David Stephan Powers, Mostafa Minawi , Ibrahim Gemeah, Ph.D. ’23
Related Department or Program: Near Eastern Studies

Why the world feels like a shipwreck (audio, begins 16:18)

CBC Radio and 60 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Paul Fleming
Related Department or Program: German Studies

Culler receives 2026 Wayne C. Booth Lifetime Achievement Award

A&S Communications
Related People: Jonathan D. Culler, Gavin Walker
Related Department or Program: Comparative Literature, Literatures in English

#RaptureTok and the history of end-times beliefs: Cornell religion expert

A&S Communications
Related People: Kim Haines-Eitzen
Related Department or Program: Near Eastern Studies, Religious Studies Program

Teens’ portraits celebrate Toni Morrison as community-builder

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Anne Adams
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English

Satire under siege: Cornell humor expert on ‘Kimmel’ comeback

A&S Communications
Related People: David Shoemaker
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Jews vs. Rome: Barry Strauss on Two Centuries of Jewish Revolt (audio)

Secrets of Statecraft podcast
Related People: Barry Stuart Strauss
Related Department or Program: History, Classics

Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences

Review: A history of antisemitism

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

Red states are taking over higher education, one board member at a time

The Hill and 4 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Talk explores medicine and social justice activism Oct. 6

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

A doomsday prediction about the Rapture is spreading on TikTok

Newsweek and 223 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kim Haines-Eitzen
Related Department or Program: Near Eastern Studies

The dark history of myths about immigrants eating swans and pets

The Week and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Adrienne Bitar
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Other

Cornell Freshman, Longtime Staff Member Die On Same Day, University Says

Daily Voice
Related People: Michael Lenetsky, Joselyn Guadalupe Garcia '29
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Sciences and Math

Revitalizing introductory physics labs with NSF support

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Natasha Holmes
Related Department or Program: Physics

Cornell reshapes physics labs with NSF grant

Finger Lakes 1
Related People: Natasha Holmes
Related Department or Program: Physics

Schmidt Sciences announces cohort of polymath fellows

Philanthropy News Digest
Related People: Nozomi Ando
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Nobel-winning biochemist to speak on the origins of life

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Richard A. Cerione
Related Department or Program: Molecular Biology and Genetics

Spider With ‘Ears’ on Its Legs Shocks Scientists!

Glass Almanac
Related People: Ronald R. Hoy
Related Department or Program: Neurobiology and Behavior

Humanities and Arts, Sciences and Math, Social Sciences

Yearlong celebration honors a century of Willard Straight Hall

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Corey Ryan Earle , Ying Lin Zhao ’26, Catherine Marie Charlton ’95
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program, Music , computer science
 
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