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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

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

Two ships on blue water — Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael H. Lehman/U.S. Navy photo The guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) escorts the merchant vessel Tomahawk through the Strait of Hormuz.

History

Escalation playbook: Why limited strikes rarely stay limited

3/20/2026 A&S Communications

Amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) transits the Strait of Hormuz, — Lance Cpl. Brendan Mullin/U.S. Marine Corps photo Amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) with embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) transit the Strait of Hormuz in 2021

Government

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

3/18/2026 A&S Communications

Illustration of colorful planets

Astronomy

Cornell exoplanet expert discusses where we should look for life

3/17/2026 A&S Communications

City street with people on a walkway and bright signs in Chinese lettering — Margo Evardson/ Unsplash on a Shanghai street

International politics

Ethnic unity law contradicts China’s constitution, puts premium on assimilation

3/10/2026 A&S Communications

Sunset with a pump mining crude oil — Zbynek Burival/Unsplash

International politics

Cornell expert warns of strategic backfire, as oil shock looms

3/9/2026 A&S Communications

U.S. marines and sailors loading into an aircraft — Joel Rivera-Camacho/Unsplash U.S. marines and sailors

Religion

End-times rhetoric in US military ‘didn’t infiltrate, was invited in’

3/5/2026 A&S Communications

Missile heading up into the sky — Photo by Maciej Ruminkiewicz on Unsplash

History

SM-6 missile strain raises strategic risks in wider conflict

3/3/2026 A&S Communications

Capitol building

Government

‘Little reason to expect any meaningful check’ on president despite some vocal opposition to strikes on Iran

3/2/2026 A&S Communications

Aeriel view of a building complex; the center structure is pentagonal — Touch Of Light/Creative Commons license 4.0 The Pentagon, headquarters of the US Department of Defense

Government

Anthropic v. Pentagon reveals enduring rift between tech, national security

2/26/2026 A&S Communications

A crowd gathered, holding blue and yellow flags; hands in the foreground hold a sign that says "Ukraine Resist" — alisdare1/licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 A pro-Ukraine protest in London's Trafalgar Square

History

Little changing as Ukraine-Russia war drags toward Fifth year

2/24/2026 A&S Communications

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