For the Media

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The College of Arts and Sciences' communications office works closely with Cornell's Media Relations Office. As the College's representatives to media, we connect faculty experts and thought leaders to local, regional, national and international media organizations.

Contacts

Linda Glaser, News & Media Relations Manager	o: 607-255-8942 c: 973-650-8172 lbg37@cornell.edu
Tricia Barry, Communications Director	c: 607-377-6596 triciabarry@cornell.edu

Faculty in the news

The Science and Health Breakthroughs Shaping a New American Era

Time Magazine

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Steven Strogatz

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Mathematics

06/16/2026

Trump celebrates 80th birthday with Iran deal and UFC fights at the White House

NPR

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Mike Fontaine

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Classics

06/15/2026

Will AI become a public utility?

Reuters

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Nicholas Mulder

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History

06/09/2026

Xi’s North Korea Trip Puts Kim Jong Un at the Center of the World

Newsweek

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Allen R. Carlson

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Government, China and Asia-Pacific Studies Program

06/08/2026

College of Arts & Sciences experts weigh in on current events.

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Chemistry & Chemical Biology

How to train a magnet: Excitons as a new knob for magnetic control

6/18/2026 A&S Communications

Spencer Kopko, with short hair and jeans, with his arm around Kristen Ferguson Kopko, with long blonde hair, sitting on a bench in Triphammer Mall's hallway. — Provided Kristen Ferguson Kopko ’20 and Spencer Kopko ’18 at Triphammer Mall.

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Alumni News

Remember Going to Triphammer Marketplace? Two Alums Bought It

6/17/2026 Cornellians

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Alumni and faculty authors

Your June 2026 Reads

6/17/2026 Cornellians

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Listening to

Behavioral Economics

Listening to political opponents who share common values can ease polarization

6/15/2026 Cornell Chronicle

Margaret Weitekamp, in suit jacket over polka dotted shirt, stands next to a spacecraft on the floor of the Air and Space Museum — Provided Margaret Weitekamp at a display at the Nationa Air and Space Museum.

History

Historian Curates the Cosmos—Both Fact and (Science) Fiction

6/12/2026 Cornellians

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Music

‘Lisette’ first step in making Cornell a center for Haitian classical music

6/12/2026 A&S Communications

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Faculty honors

Rand, Pennycook awarded for broad study of misinformation

6/10/2026 A&S Communications

Three musicians play on a stage with a wood piano — Simon Wheeler for Cornell University CMC faculty concert

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Music

Historical keyboard academy offers public events June 23-27

6/8/2026 A&S Communications

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Cornell classicist: White House UFC event mirrors Imperial Rome’s spectacles_image

Classics

Cornell classicist: White House UFC event mirrors Imperial Rome’s spectacles

6/8/2026 A&S Communications

People looking at posters along a corridor — Credit: Savan DeSouza/Cornell University

From Spoonies to sperm cells, genomics connects Cornell research_image

Molecular biology and genetics

From Spoonies to sperm cells, genomics connects Cornell research

6/5/2026 Cornell Chronicle