A&S Media Report - 3/20/2026

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1084 external media stories tracked
4 press releases/tip sheets distributed
6 Cornell Chronicle stories
7 Cornell Daily Sun stories
1 Cornellians story
12 A&S website stories
9 X posts
6 Facebook posts
3 Instagram posts
4 LinkedIn posts

Social Sciences

Republicans release AI deepfake of James Talarico as phony videos proliferate in midterm races

CNN and 6 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

China's 'one language' push with a nationalism law sparks concern for minorities. Here's why

Hindustan Times and 44 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Magnus Fiskesjö, Allen R. Carlson
Related Department or Program: Anthropology, Government

At Cornell: NY Times Journalist to Offer Insights on White House Reporting

Ithaca Voice
Related People: Peter John Loewen
Related Department or Program: Government

Why Money Experts Say It Might Be Smarter To Spend Your Kids’ Inheritance While You’re Still Alive

Your Tango and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Thomas D. Gilovich
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Yuck! The Science of Disgust

WAMU and 399 other media outlet(s)
Related People: David A. Pizarro
Related Department or Program: Psychology

People Who Love Corporate BS Are Bad at Their Jobs, New Cornell Research Confirms

Inc. and 18 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Shane Littrell
Related Department or Program: Psychology

A.I. Is Coming for Politics

New York Times and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Jai Vipra, graduate student
Related Department or Program: Science and Technology Studies

U.S.-China rift widens as Beijing rejects role in Hormuz crisis

A&S Communications
Related People: Allen R. Carlson
Related Department or Program: Government

Many in Egypt Struggle as the Costs of a Distant War Drive up Prices in Local Markets

US News & World Report and 169 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Alexandra Blackman
Related Department or Program: Government

Is 'millionaire migration' really a thing? Lessons from states that already tax the rich

KUOW
Related People: Cristobal Young
Related Department or Program: Sociology

Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures names 2026 faculty fellows

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Alexander Livingston, Isabel M. Perera
Related Department or Program: Government

Year of Autocratization: Steep Declines in Democracy in V-Dem Report

Democracy Dialogue podcast
Related People: Rachel Beatty Riedl, Kenneth Roberts
Related Department or Program: Government

Super-rich tax can curb inequality without hurting private enterprise: Basu

Business Standard
Related People: Kaushik Basu
Related Department or Program: Economics

Humanities and Arts

Family Furnishings: Sofa and Soundtrack in Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother

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

The Fed is no stranger to oil crises. But this time could be different

CNN and 206 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Nicholas Mulder
Related Department or Program: History

The one thing everyone gets wrong about feminism

The Guardian and 16 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kate A. Manne
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

Spring dance presentation explores ‘the shadow self’

A&S Communications
Related People: Danielle Russo, Sarah E. Bernstein, Jeffrey Palmer
Related Department or Program: Performing and Media Arts

The era of US dominance in economic warfare is over

Financial Times
Related People: Nicholas Mulder
Related Department or Program: History

Pianist Sir Stephen Hough: Master of Many Arts

Ithaca Times
Related People:
Related Department or Program: Music

I Studied English, Am Pursuing an MD—and Cherish the Humanities

Cornellians
Related People: Serin Koh ’26, BA ’25
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English

Misfits find a home – and a history – in the ongoing story of punk

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Judith A. Peraino
Related Department or Program: Music

Health is an excuse: this philosopher explains how obesity marks his life because it implies a "structural oppression" (Portuguese)

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

What Paul Ehrlich’s Fear of Scarcity Did to American Politics

The Atlantic
Related People: Jacob Anbinder, Klarman Fellow
Related Department or Program: History

‘Not Insane!’

New York Review of Books
Related People: Jeremy Braddock
Related Department or Program: Literatures in English

Escalation playbook: Why limited strikes rarely stay limited

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

After a century of debate, tree rings reveal true age of Fort Drum’s LeRay Mansion

DVIDS and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Sturt Manning
Related Department or Program: Classics, Archaeology Program

Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences

When universities punish faculty speech, everyone loses

The Hill and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Glenn Altschuler
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Course introduces students to constructive disagreement

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Peter John Loewen, Davide Napoli, Kate A. Manne, Shirley Samuels
Related Department or Program: Government, Philosophy, Literatures in English

How Social, Cultural, and Political Structures Influence Our Feelings

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

‘Boy kibble’ is the new toxic internet food trend

The Week and 6 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Adrienne Bitar
Related Department or Program: American Studies Program

Sciences and Math

Terence Tao GS ’96 receives James Madison Medal for mathematical contributions

Daily Princetonian
Related People: Allen Knutson
Related Department or Program: Mathematics

Cornell exoplanet expert discusses where we should look for life

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

'Hunting Yellow Pigs' film shows a singular approach to math education

A&S Communications
Related People: Steven Strogatz
Related Department or Program: Mathematics

ArXiv, the pioneering preprint server, declares independence from Cornell

Science and 10 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Paul Ginsparg
Related Department or Program: Physics

Milkweed evolves 'mind-blowing' tactic to fight monarchs

Phys.org and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Jeremy M. Baskin
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Where to find other Earths? New list narrows down the targets

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Lisa Kaltenegger , Abigail Bohl ’26, Lucas Lawrence ’23, Gillis Lowry ’25
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

Milkweed evolves ‘mind-blowing’ tactic to fight monarchs

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

If we ever build a Project Hail Mary spaceship, these are the worlds we should visit to find alien life and save Earth

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

Astronomers Reveal Best Places To Hunt for Alien Life

Newsweek and 70 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Lisa Kaltenegger , Abigail Bohl ’26, Lucas Lawrence ’23, Gillis Lowry ’25
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

The Mouse Trap in Rodent Research

Yeshiva University Observer
Related People: Matthew Zipple
Related Department or Program: Neurobiology and Behavior
 
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