Harvard Business Review
Fletcher's Ken Pucker discusses factors contributing to widespread cutbacks of voluntary corporate sustainability efforts and shares advice about how companies can “refresh their allegiance to sustainability.”
New York Times
Distinguished Professor and Friedman School Dean Emeritus Dariush Mozaffarian, identified as a Tufts professor of medicine, notes that processed meats are a “class to avoid” as their consumption has a strong link to risk of Type 2 diabetes and other cardiometabolic conditions.
Foreign Policy
Fletchers’ Bhaskar Chakravorti examines Vice President Kamala Harris’ substantial experience in AI policy development and how the Democratic National Convention is a chance for Harris to communicate her expertise to the American people
New York Times
As the Chinese economy stagnates, A&S political scientist Michael Beckley examines financial challenges facing countries who forged partnerships with China during its economic boom.
CNBC
Fletcher’s Chris Miller joins this Squawk Box segment to discuss the current state of the U.S.-China chip war, addressing the impact on the chip sector, how effective the export restrictions have been, and the impact on China’s AI capabilities.
Foreign Affairs
Fletcher’s Michael A. Cohen, Christopher A. Preble, and Monica Duffy Toft examine how the “spectacular failure” that marked the end of Afghanistan conflict in 2021 began with the defeat the Taliban in December 2001, noting the lessons that are relevant to current conflicts.
The Conversation
TUSM’s Gat Rauner discusses her lab’s work using 3-D organoid models of different species of mammalian mammary glands to better understand the evolution of lactation, tissue regeneration, and help inform breast cancer prevention strategies.
Christian Science Monitor
Fletcher’s Chidi Anslem Odinkalu is quoted about how anti-government sentiments and protests are uniting Nigerians noting that a “widespread sense of injustice could be quite combustible.”
Boston Globe
Engineering’s Farshid Vahedifard describes how rising temperatures in New England are impacting rail lines noting, “The AC system for residents can’t keep up with the temperature, and it’s the same thing with our aging infrastructure; it can’t keep up.”