A&S Media Report - 5/8/2026

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384 external media stories tracked
3 press releases/tip sheets distributed
1 studio appearance arranged
7 Cornell Chronicle stories
2 Internal Cornell platforms
6 Cornell Daily Sun stories
16 A&S website stories
15 X posts
4 Facebook posts
1 Instagram posts
2 LinkedIn posts

Humanities and Arts

Marcus Aurelius (audio)

KOPB FM and 130 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Rachana Kamtekar
Related Department or Program: Philosophy

New Worlds Still to Conquer: Caesar Storms Berlin

CounterPunch and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: David Yearsley
Related Department or Program: Music

In China, acts of "revenge against society" have been erased from the news. (French)

Le Monde
Related People: Peidong Sun
Related Department or Program: History

Why the world feels like a shipwreck (audio, begins 16:19)

CBC Radio and 62 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Paul Fleming
Related Department or Program: German Studies, Comparative Literature

Student exhibit explores public health history at Cornell

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Jeffrey Ho ’26
Related Department or Program: Society for the Humanities , Humanities Scholars Program

Netflix Announces ‘The American Experiment’ Doc, Featuring Hillary Clinton, Mike Pence, & More

Canadian Reviews and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Margaret Washington
Related Department or Program: History

"We should definitely listen to these harrowing stories." (German)

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

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

Social Sciences

Professors: It has never been more relevant to think about the future of reading (Danish)

Kristeligt Dagblad
Related People: Morten H. Christiansen
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Do Higher Taxes Drive the Rich Away? Mamdani’s Plan Revives the Question.

New York Times and 4 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Cristobal Young
Related Department or Program: Sociology

Student Spotlight: Rikki Laser

Graduate School
Related People: Rikki Laser, graduate student
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Does Trump’s war with Iran mark the start of de-dollarisation?

The Tribune and 7 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kaushik Basu
Related Department or Program: Economics

After being the target of an attempted attack, Trump is working to resolve two problems. (Portuguese)

Veja and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Landon Schnabel
Related Department or Program: Sociology

Internet The video clipping machine behind Clavicular’s viral fame

The Star and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

Tom Gilovich On the Spotlight Effect

Social Science Space podcast
Related People: Thomas D. Gilovich
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Politicians are not ignoring you

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Peter K. Enns
Related Department or Program: Government

Politicians are not ignoring you, statistical analysis suggests

Phys.org and 3 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Peter K. Enns
Related Department or Program: Government

The 'SKI' trend is changing how baby boomers travel

The Detroit News and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Thomas D. Gilovich
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Oversight of AI ‘cannot simply mean’ political review of models

A&S Communications
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

11 Reasons Gen Z Is Trading Organized Religion For Spirituality And Astrology

Your Tango
Related People: Landon Schnabel
Related Department or Program: Sociology

Studies highlight the three colors used by people with dominant personalities. (Spanish)

Los Andes 142 and 1 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Thomas D. Gilovich
Related Department or Program: Psychology

How can India produce AI, instead of becoming its tenant?

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

Leslie John, Harvard professor: "Expressing your feelings will help you thrive at work and make you more influential. It will even improve your well-being." (Spanish)

Telva
Related People: Thomas D. Gilovich
Related Department or Program: Psychology

Spooked by Mythos, Trump suddenly realized AI safety testing might be good

Ars Technica and 3 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

Chance of substance from Trump–Xi summit ‘little more than zero’

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

Why Trump’s China Trip Is Set Up to Fail

Time and 27 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Allen R. Carlson
Related Department or Program: Government, China and Asia-Pacific Studies Program

Deutsche Bank announces the "turn of history" in the global economy and places gold in a key position in the new system (Spanish)

el Economista and 13 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kaushik Basu
Related Department or Program: Economics

What everyone is missing about Mamdani’s plan to tax Ken Griffin’s $238 million penthouse

CNN and 34 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Cristobal Young
Related Department or Program: Sociology

Bernie Sanders warns of AI’s existential risk, calls for US-China cooperation

The Hill and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Sarah Kreps
Related Department or Program: Government

UN Probes How the World Measures Progress: GDP Alone Is Not Enough

VOI and 11 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Kaushik Basu
Related Department or Program: Economics

Sciences and Math

Student Spotlight: Jason Wu

Graduate School
Related People: Jason Wu, graduate student
Related Department or Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Titan's strange plains may be explained by unusual weather

New Scientist
Related People: Alexander Hayes
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, CCAPS, Carl Sagan Institute

Next-generation telescope science highlighted at April workshop

A&S Communications
Related People: Martha P. Haynes, Peter John Loewen, Michael Niemack, Abigail Crites, Nicholas Battaglia, Gordon J. Stacey Jim Blair, Stephen Parshley ’98, M.Eng. ’09, Eve Vavagiakis ’14, Ph.D. ’21,
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, CCAPS, Physics

New understanding of insect flight points way to stable flapping-wing robots

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Z. Jane Wang
Related Department or Program: Physics

How ‘bacterial zombies’ play a role in immunity, evolution

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Alexander Vladimirsky, Stephen Paul Ellner
Related Department or Program: Mathematics, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Researchers develop model for stable flapping flight of robots

Heise Online and 14 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Z. Jane Wang
Related Department or Program: Physics

Scientists have identified 45 planets that could be useful in a Project Hail Mary-style apocalypse scenario, turning science fiction into an emergency map of possible worlds

Ecoticias and 2 other media outlet(s)
Related People: Lisa Kaltenegger
Related Department or Program: Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences

What’s worse than a ‘do-nothing’ Congress? This one.

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

New Latina/o Studies major opens for A&S students

A&S Communications
Related People: Rebeca Hey-Colón, Kennia Coronado
Related Department or Program: Latina/o Studies Program

Greater Detroit’s Armenian community gathers to remember and resist

Armenian Weekly
Related People: Lori Khatchadourian
Related Department or Program: Near Eastern Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology Program

Other

Community Engagement Awards celebrate partnerships creating positive change

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Ana Loter ’27, Zilala Mamat ’26
Related Department or Program:

Library honors outstanding student workers

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: Brandon Boit ’26, Areli Esparza ’26
Related Department or Program:

Social Sciences, Other

OADI celebrates a decade of honors achievements

Cornell Chronicle
Related People: John Starr, graduate student, Colin Makoto Craig ‘26, Mary Bellakbira, Abra Geiger ‘26, Allie Pequeno ‘27
Related Department or Program: Linguistics
 
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