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As part of Cummings School’s collaboration on efforts to increase the number of veterinarians in Ukraine, Dean Alastair Cribb arranged to have a Ukrainian veterinarian who fled his country to work at Cummings and act as a liaison between Ukrainian veterinarians and the International Aid Committee.

Distinguished Professor and Friedman School Dean Emeritus Dariush Mozaffarian is quoted about the new World Health Organization findings on the artificial sweetener aspartame, saying, “The larger challenge is that with aspartame, like other additives, there’s just not enough science to say definitively, ‘Yes, this causes cancer’ or ‘No, it doesn’t.’”

Fletcher’s Alex de Waal assesses the current situation in Sudan, for which African leaders have a plan for peace “but there are still many roadblocks.”

Fletcher’s Zdenka Myslikova and Nathaniel Dolton-Thornton co-author this article highlighting Chile as an example of how Latin American countries are “embracing renewable energy while trying to plan a more self-reliant future.”

Fletcher’s Zdenka Myslikova and Nathaniel Dolton-Thornton co-author this article highlighting Chile as an example of how Latin American countries are “embracing renewable energy while trying to plan a more self-reliant future.” 

Fletcher’s Kenneth Pucker foresees that new French and EU anti-greenwashing and labelling laws will create consequences for a lack of adherence and drive new behaviors to reduce environmental impacts.

A&S political scientist Fahd Humayun warns that Hindu nationalist rhetoric being communicated by India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party may “impact the national security calculus” of neighboring countries. 

Fletcher’s Sung-Yoon Lee and the University of Oxford’s Edward Howell discuss North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong and her rise through the ranks of North Korean politics. Lee is the author of the forthcoming “The Sister: North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the Most Dangerous Woman in the World.”

Fletcher Dean Rachel Kyte says a report that evaluated the climate impact of the first year of Russia’s war on Ukraine highlights the crucial impact of war on the world’s ability to tackle climate change.