Fox News
A&S political scientist Michael Beckley joins “Morning with Maria” to discuss India's economic relationships with China and Russia and their impact on U.S. trade negotiation, noting that India is caught between “needing access to the American market to get revenue, but at the same time desperately needing oil…at bargain basement prices from Russia.”
ABC
Distinguished Professor, Friedman School Dean Emeritus, and FIMI Director Dariush Mozaffarian comments on a new strategy report from the White House's Make America Healthy Again Commission to address children's health saying, "From a food and nutrition perspective, the report is excellent. It is comprehensive, it's specific, and if many of these actions are implemented, it could really have a high impact.”
The World
Fletcher’s Abay Yimere discusses Africa’s role in the future of solar power and renewable energies, a topic of focus at the 2nd African Climate Summit.
Boston Globe
TUSM Dean, Tufts Medicine Chief Academic Officer, and Tufts Medical Center Infectious Disease Physician Helen Boucher is quoted throughout this opinion piece examining the politicization of vaccines and skepticism of public health policies.
Daily Mail
A&S chemist Krishna Kumar and GSAS student Tristan Dinsmore are quoted in this article highlighting the Kumar Lab’s development of a next-generation compound that combines four different hormone receptors for more effective weight loss with fewer side effects.
Scientific American
HNRCA Distinguished Professor Alice Lichtenstein, identified as a nutrition professor, comments on new research finding that consumption of sugary beverages and treats increases when the weather is hot saying, “We need to understand more about what the behavioral triggers are for making negative health-related decisions…and use that information to design strategies to mitigate the behaviors.”
New York Times
Engineering’s Eric Hines says of the offshore wind industry: “There’s an opportunity for an enormous number of jobs that are sustainable, and an opportunity to build this infrastructure that can last for generations, at which point electricity will be far less expensive than anybody can imagine.”
National Public Radio
Daniele Lantagne of the Friedman School’s Feinstein International Center comments on how the crumbling of infrastructure systems during conflict can lead to contaminated water supplies that transmit cholera.
Fletcher’s Alex de Waal joins this episode of The World to discuss the landslide that decimated a village in western Sudan, where civil war is complicating aid from the international community.