NBC News
A&S quantum computing researcher Sola Mahfouz discusses her efforts to bring awareness to the Taliban’s law banning Afghan girls from attending school, including developing online educational resources for women in Afghanistan and curriculum for teachers in the U.S. to educate students. Mahfouz is the author ofDefiant Dreams: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for an Education
Marketplace
Fletcher’s Barbara Kates-Garnick comments on why private industrial sector industries are reluctant to take action to decarbonize on their own saying, “They see huge risks, they see huge investment. You need to have government funding in all of this.”
NPR
Paul Howe, director of the Friedman School’s Feinstein International Center, joins Weekend Edition Sunday to discuss the “common denominator” of conflict that is contributing to imminent famines across the globe including Gaza, Haiti, and Sudan.
NPR
Fletcher’s Alex de Waal joined this All Things Considered segment to discuss the imminent famine in Gaza.
Guardian
Fletcher’s Alex de Waal examines the conditions under which famine is unfolding in Gaza.
New York Times
Fletcher’s Alex de Waal writes this opinion piece examining the factors contributing to the mass starvation that threatens a dozen countries and territories, calling for Congress to unlock the needed humanitarian aid funds because “there’s no time to lose.”
New York Times
A&S political scientist Michael Beckley comments on China’s focus on the manufacturing and technology industries to help boost its slowing economy. Beckley’s 2023 International Security article on the implications of China’s peaking power is linked.
Washington Post
A&S biologist Benjamin Wolfe explains the crucial role of the Penicillium camemberti fungus in the development of camembert and brie cheeses. The Wolfe Lab’s ongoing research domesticating wild mold for use in cheesemaking is also linked.
NPR
New collaborative HNRCA research that found increases in the amount of plant protein consumed correlated to increases in the likelihood that aging women would stay healthy is linked in this NPR Shots blog post, which appears on 107 additional stations.