Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

To connect with a Cornell faculty member or expert, please contact the Media Relations Office.

Keep your New Year’s resolutions with these motivation tips

December 14, 2021

Kaitlin Woolley says people can harness the discomfort of achieving personal growth by seeking it as their goal and offers tips for how to stay motivated this New Year

Arts & Humanities

Keep your New Year’s resolutions with these motivation tips

December 9, 2021

Kaitlin Woolley says people can harness the discomfort of achieving personal growth by seeking it as their goal and offers tips for how to stay motivated this New Year.

Arts & Humanities

Holiday ‘hacks’ for dealing with family over the holidays

December 13, 2021

Karl Pillemer, family sociologist, offers four tips for a calmer and more fulfilling family gathering this holiday season.

Arts & Humanities
Karl Pillemer

Catholic Church ‘systemic abuse’ dates back to the beginning

October 5, 2021

Kim Haines-Eitzen says while the report is shocking, it is representative of a long history of clerical abuse.

Arts & Humanities

Ignoring anti-Asian crimes furthers white supremacist violence

March 17, 2021

Christine Bacareza Balance, director of the Asian American Studies Program, says such violent acts are a part of the white supremacist systemic violence against Black, indigenous, and all other communities of color.

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Same-sex marriage exposes ‘cavernous divide’ between Vatican, Catholics

March 15, 2021

Landon Schnabel says while the Vatican’s announcement is in keeping with the views of the church, it does not reflect the opinions of many everyday Catholics.

Arts & Humanities

New CDC mask guidance reflects challenge with unique face profiles

February 12, 2021

Juan Hinestroza the new CDC mask guidance reflects issues many people have with “one size fits all” masks.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Arts & Humanities

Jewish studies expert available on NYC Orthodox community response to new cluster restrictions

October 7, 2020

Following Gov. Cuomo’s new coronavirus restrictions on schools, businesses and religious gatherings, Orthodox Jewish leaders have voiced criticism that they are being singled out for the new surge of COVID-19 cases. Jonathan Boyarin, professor of modern Jewish studies and an expert on Jewish experience and culture, is available for interviews. 

Arts & Humanities
New York City
Law, Government & Public Policy
Mann Professor of Modern Jewish Studies

Armenia-Azerbaijan ceasefire puts ‘treasures of human history’ at risk

November 11, 2020

Adam Smith, director of the Cornell University Institute of Archaeology and Materials Studies, and Lori Khatchadourian, professor of Near Eastern studies, say the Russia-brokered agreement will have wide-spread impacts on archaeological sites in the contested region.

Arts & Humanities
Adam Smith
associate professor at the department of Near Eastern Studies and a scholar of the Soviet and post-Soviet Caucasus

Tulsa coffins reflect excavation of ‘uncomfortable truths’

October 22, 2020

Noliwe Rooks, professor of American studies at Cornell University, says the discovery of 11 coffins in Tulsa represents our past and present but does not have to represent our future.

Arts & Humanities
Professor Rooks is an associate professor in Africana Studies and Feminist, Gender, Sexuality Studies