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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.’”

TUSM Dean, Tufts Medicine Chief Academic Officer, and Tufts Medical Center Infectious Disease Physician Helen Boucher is quoted at length from her testimony at a Senate subcommittee hearing on antimicrobial resistance on July 11.

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 Kenneth Pucker weighs in on the true impact of circular fashion initiatives, noting that policy solutions, such as the New York Fashion Act, are needed to make a true environmental and sustainability process in the fashion industry.

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.