A&S Media Report - 10/24/2025

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593 external media stories tracked
3 press releases/tip sheets distributed
5 Cornell Chronicle stories
3 Cornell Daily Sun stories
1 Cornellians story
10 A&S website stories
9 X posts
2 Facebook posts
1 Instagram posts
5 LinkedIn posts

Sciences and Math

Scientists estimate that the lifetime of the Universe is shorter than thought (Spanish)

Infobae and 23 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Henry Tye
Related Department or Program: Physics

Cornell team finds new way to cut cancer’s lipid lifeline

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Jeremy M. Baskin ,Nathan Frederick, graduate student
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Researchers find new way to cut cancer's lipid lifeline

Medical Xpress and 3 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Jeremy M. Baskin ,Nathan Frederick, graduate student
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

"Now possible": Lisa Kaltenegger searches for life in space (German)

Der Standard and 18 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Lisa Kaltenegger
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

Cornell team finds new way to cut cancer’s lipid lifeline

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Jeremy M. Baskin
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Packard Foundation Announces 20 New Science & Engineering Fellows For 2025

Forbes
Related People: Azahara Oliva
Related Department or Program: Neurobiology and Behavior

Will Earth have two moons orbiting it? Astronomers explain the 'quasi-moon'

ABC News and 33 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Philip D. Nicholson, Zoe Learner Ponterio
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

New Cornell startup targets faster, cheaper greener testing

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Terry Bates, M.S. '19, Ph.D. ’23
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Cloud microbes' colours could help us detect life on other planets

New Scientist and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Ligia Coelho
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

Humanities and Arts

Laugh to survive: Editorial on the study on comedy and its lesson for climate activists

The Telegraph and 11 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Aaron Sachs
Related Department or Program: History

The Activist Humanist w/ Caroline Levine (audio)

MR Online
Related People: Caroline Levine
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English

Filmmaker meets film scholar: Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde in conversation with Rejoice Abutsa

The Guardian and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Rejoice Abutsa , graduate student
Related Department or Program: Performing and Media Arts

'Environmentalists should use humor--not grimness-like the civil rights movement did.'

Times of India and 11 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Aaron Sachs
Related Department or Program: History

'Moses Maimonides': A Cornell professor’s look at the Rambam - review

Jerusalem Post
Related People: Ross Brann
Related Department or Program: Near Eastern Studies

Trump claims no other US president ever ended a war. Is it true?

Al Jazeera and 23 other media outlet(s)
Related People: David Silbey
Related Department or Program: History

To Understand Trump, Look to the Roman Empire

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

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: A Democratic Way of Making Music

Ithaca Times
Related People: Multiple alumni
Related Department or Program: Music

Election of Japan’s first female PM isn’t a win for women, says Cornell historian

A&S Communications
Related People: Kristin Roebuck
Related Department or Program: History

Objects from famous shipwreck tell deeper stories

A&S Communications
Related People: Kelly Presutti
Related Department or Program: History of Art and Visual Studies

How well does NPR incorporate history into its journalism?

NPR and 3 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Mike Fontaine
Related Department or Program: Classics

Election of Japan’s first female PM isn’t a win for women, says Cornell historian

World Today News
Related People: Kristin Roebuck
Related Department or Program: History

Every week, parents in Shanghai's largest park search for a partner for their child (Dutch)

NRC
Related People: Peidong Sun
Related Department or Program: History

Social Sciences

Is the emphasis on self-interest in economic theory rewarding a few at the cost of the many?

LiveMint and 17 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kaushik Basu
Related Department or Program: Economics

Spotlight effect: no one is scrutinizing you as much as you think (French)

Le Journal de Montréal and 6 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Thomas D. Gilovich
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Legalize the wedge? (Portuguese)

Sapo
Related People: Kaushik Basu
Related Department or Program: Economics

U.S. returning to ‘familiar pattern’ of interventionism in Latin America

A&S Communications
Related People: Kenneth Roberts
Related Department or Program: Government

The Nobel Prize just validated the most powerful idea in AI Economics – creative destruction of intelligence

Indian Express and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Rohit Lamba
Related Department or Program: Economics

Event considers political lessons learned from Covid

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

The Rural Power Behind Trump’s Assault on Blue Cities

New York Times and 6 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Suzanne Mettler
Related Department or Program: Government

Trump's Colombia tariffs would flip US policy on drugs, trade

Reuters and 150 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kenneth Roberts
Related Department or Program: Government

Three Key Questions About Trump’s War Against Drug Boats

Foreign Policy
Related People: Kenneth Roberts
Related Department or Program: Government

Watch those texts! Smartphones emerging as a new way for public figures to get into hot water

ABC News and 217 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

Trump Has a Religion. What Do Democrats Have?

New York Times and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Suzanne Mettler
Related Department or Program: Government

Why do we hesitate to talk about our own good deeds?

Psyche
Related People: Jerry Richardson, graduate student
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Hidden markets unveiled in talk by Wharton economist Nov. 4

A&S Communications
Related People: Ted O’Donoghue
Related Department or Program: Economics

Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences

National Guard troops are leaving Washington. What have they accomplished?

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

Why American values are changing when it comes to our health

CNN and 3 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Adrienne Bitar
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

The Costs of Protecting Campus Speech

New York Times
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

We all benefit from academia's sweetheart deal

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

Review: Book uncovers Harry Houdini’s war on fake spiritualists

Minnesota Star Tribune
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Your October 2025 Reads

Cornellians
Related People: Alex Nading , multiple alumni
Related Department or Program: Anthropology

Humanities and Arts, Sciences and Math, Social Sciences

Which discipline should survive the end of the world?

A&S Communications
Related People: Ravi Ramakrishna, Rachana Kamtekar, Paul Fleming
Related Department or Program: Comparative Literature, German Studies, Mathematics, Philosophy
 
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