Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale College and Yale School of Public Health graduate Arya Singh, who reflects on growing up with spinal muscular atrophy, what it takes to build a full life with a disability, and how family support and institutional culture shape what inclusion looks like in practice. Harlan reports on the rapid rise of AI as a front door to health information; Howie responds to the…
This too helps explain why Europe remains inert, in every sense, once again. The Middle East is too nuanced, too granular for any meaningful joint EU foreign policy engagement. We are now in an era of multiplying “Donbass-type” scenarios. Let us examine one that, by its synchronicity with Ukraine, is particularly telling: Bahrain. It helps illuminate the frictions with Iran beyond the question of Israeli expansion. Bahrain is a small…
The manufacturing skills crunch: why hiring and AI alone won’t fix it – and what to do instead Manufacturers face a growing skills crunch that hiring and technology alone won’t solve. The real constraint is capability. Leading organisations treat skills as an operating model, not an initiative. By redesigning roles, building coaching capacity, and linking learning to performance, manufacturers can create and sustain critical skills. Read more to learn six…
Quick Hits A Massachusetts federal court extended a temporary restraining order halting new data reporting requirements for state colleges and universities until April 6, 2026, while considering a preliminary injunction. Seventeen states claim the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) survey imposes unlawful burdens and violates administrative laws by politicizing data collection. The federal government argued that states will not face irreparable harm from the reporting deadline and asserted that…
Quick Hits On March 18, 2026, the State Department added twelve countries to the visa bond program: Cambodia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Grenada, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, and Tunisia. The visa bond program now includes a total of fifty countries. The State Department expanded its list of designated ports of entry to include all commercial airports, including CBP preclearance locations. This measure is aimed at reducing visa…
PTAS recommends 17 policy directions aimed at addressing growing municipal tax arrears in the oil and gas sector On March 16, 2026, the Government of Alberta, along with the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER), and municipal stakeholders released a report titled the Property Tax Accountability Strategy (PTAS) Final Report (the Report). The Report is the final report of the Property Tax Accountability Strategy (PTAS), which is a working group comprised of…
A biological process long thought to protect biodiversity and help species coexist may actually threaten diversity when species are separated by natural landscapes, infrastructure or other barriers, according to new research(opens in new window) from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science(opens in new window). The finding could help scientists better protect biodiversity — and may even offer new insights into how diseases like cancer evolve.Researchers from the Ray and Stephanie…
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The UK Government has announced a significant change to immigration rules which will allow some asylum-seeking doctors, nurses and other health professionals to work in the UK.It follows a campaign led by a national coalition of partners, including academics from The University of Manchester, and legal representatives from Garden Court Chambers and Bhatt Murphy Solicitors, who challenged the previous policy framework.The rules, which affect asylum seekers who have waited 12…
Rashid Alimov, former SCO Secretary-General, writes of symbols and symbolism in contemporary diplomacy: from Turkmen carpets to Japanese cherry blossoms, tokens bearing unique cultural significance may speak louder than words ever could, showcasing bonds of mutual trust and understanding. Whether showcased through grand ceremonial displays of cultural capital or simple gifts endowed with special meaning, the author highlights the importance of symbols in shaping the modern international diplomatic landscape. In…
14,300-year-old dog jawbone from Gough’s Cave, UK © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London The research team, involving experts from 17 institutions internationally, identified multiple dogs dated to similar periods across Europe and Anatolia, indicating dogs were widely distributed by 14,000 years ago. At this time, all humans were hunter-gatherers and agriculture had not yet emerged.Scientists have known that dogs emerged from grey wolf populations and they suspected…
Quick Hits Utah has enacted H.B. 380 to address and reduce workplace violence in healthcare, requiring hospitals to implement comprehensive reporting systems for such incidents. The law, which takes effect on May 6, 2026, mandates detailed tracking of workplace violence incidents, protection for employees reporting these incidents, and annual reporting of data to the state health department. The collected data is intended to drive improvements in prevention strategies, such as…
A month ago, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the president to impose broad‑based tariffs, a decision outlined in our recent insight. But that was never expected to be the end of the tariff story. And it was not. Four days after the ruling, President Trump implemented a 10-per-cent worldwide tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act…
The expansion of the war beyond the military domain into the economic sphere reflects a carefully calibrated Iranian strategy of economic coercion to prevail in war in the wake of minimal prospects of success in conventional warfighting, writes Hamdan Khan, Research Officer at Strategic Vision Institute, Pakistan. The war between Iran and the US and Israel underscores a major departure from how wars have traditionally been fought. While the kinetic…
100% of employees say Q5 is a great place to work Q5 Australia has been certified as a Great Place to Work, with 100% of employees saying it is a great place to work. This recognition reflects Q5’s strong culture of collaboration, development, and support, and reinforces its commitment to building healthy and high-performing organisations where people and businesses can thrive. Reading time: 2 minutes We are proud to share…
Quick Hits On March 23, 2026, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law that will ban noncompete agreements for employees and independent contractors. The law will declare all current employment-based and independent contractor-based “noncompetition agreements” to be void and unenforceable, and will prohibit employers from enforcing them. The law will prohibit entering into new employment-based and independent contractor-based noncompetition covenants. The ban will not apply to certain other…
Carnegie Mellon University will award honorary degrees to four individuals at its 2026 Commencement(opens in new window) ceremony set for Sunday, May 10 in Gesling Stadium. The recipients will be recognized for their contributions to business, the arts, research and engineering.Jensen Huang, the electrical engineer, philanthropist and business executive who co-founded NVIDIA, will be the Commencement speaker and receive an Honorary Doctor of Science and Technology degree.College of Fine Arts…
You recently published a study paper, “When Companies Forget Who They Are: The Work of Refounding.” What is refounding and how did you develop the idea?Refounding is the effort a company undertakes when it looks deeply to rediscover what initially made it a great and distinctive enterprise and then interprets and activates those truths for today’s realities.The insight emerged from interviews with more than 200 CEOs as part of our…
Sperm tagged with green fluorescent protein in the sperm storage organ of a female Drosophila fruit fly. Credit: Krish Sanghvi. The findings are based on a major, cross-species analysis which revealed a shared pattern across many animals, from insects to mammals. Sperm that is stored (whether in males or females) deteriorates rapidly – resulting in reduced sperm performance, fertilisation success, and embryo quality. Crucially, the new study also offers insights…
This makes it the UK university with the most courses ranked top in the world; the University was also ranked first in the world overall in the arts and humanities subject area, and came in the top three in four of the five broad subject areas ranked.Oxford's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Irene Tracey CBE, FRS, FMedSci said: ‘Oxford’s strength is based on the breadth and depth of our scholarship, and these latest QS…
A major survey of tens of thousands of school pupils has revealed a welcome boost in wellbeing among young people across Greater Manchester.The latest findings from pupils in years 7, 8 and 10 show that more young people now report good levels of wellbeing than in previous years, continuing a positive trend that has developed steadily over the past five years of the programme. In 2025, 59.1% of Year 10…
Quick Hits Voluntary equality action plans will be introduced in the UK in April 2026. Mandatory publication is expected from spring 2027, subject to secondary legislation. Equality plans will need to address both the gender pay gap and menopause support. The guidance emphasises practical, evidence-based action. Employers may want to use the voluntary period to prepare ahead of the mandatory requirements. From April 2026, employers with 250 or more employees…
In Sienna v. Duckett, 2025 ONCA 867, the Court of Appeal allowed the plaintiffs leave to amend their claim against the Attorney General of Canada relating to an alleged failure to properly administer regulatory oversight in issuing firearms licences under the Firearms Act. Background In 2019, Nikkolas Sienna called the police to report that he and his family were concerned about the erratic behaviour of their neighbour, Mark Duckett. Following…
113_InfectedBloodInquiry_200524_BigTimages Sir Brian Langstaff, Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry, said: “We must never forget the devastating effects of what happened. Foremost among them is the anguish, suffering and profound loss, so eloquently highlighted by the messages carefully placed in this Memorial by people infected and affected. I wish to thank the University of Manchester for providing a permanent home for the Memorial. It stands now, and for the future,…
On November 21, 2025, the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Five, issued a published decision in Lorenzo v. San Francisco Zen Center addressing the scope of the ministerial exception under the First Amendment in the context of wage-and-hour claims brought by a former staff member against the San Francisco Zen Center, a Zen Buddhist training center. The court reversed summary judgment in favor of the defendants, holding…
Before enrollment and beyondSupport at CMU begins before students even enroll, with the expansion of educational opportunity.These efforts include the CMU Pathway Program(opens in new window), which offers tuition-free attendance to students from households earning under $75,000 annually. The program also offers loan-free attendance to those whose families earn $100,000 or less annually.Others, like the Tartan Scholars(opens in new window) and Rales Fellows(opens in new window) programs, allow the university to bring in…
What is the significance of the announced Paramount-Warner Bros. deal?We’re at the endgame for the streaming media industry. Netflix has kept growing, growing, growing. Disney bought Fox in 2019 to get scale with its Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN services. And Amazon Prime Video is in the mix because it comes with an Amazon Prime subscription.That left a bunch of smaller players—HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+. Those companies needed to get…
Dr Yige Sun Since 1957, when humanity first placed an artificial satellite into orbit, space has shifted from being ‘the final frontier’ to a critical domain underpinning navigation, finance, weather forecasting, disaster response, streaming and communications. More than 60% of smartphone-enabled services rely directly or indirectly on space-based assets. The global space economy is projected to reach $1.8 trillion by 2035, and in the UK alone space activity currently supports…
It revealed four interconnected themes that shaped participants’ experiences:Proactive continuity of care is essential to helping people with dementia retain a sense of identity as the condition advances.Formal support often falls away just as care needs escalate, leaving families feeling abandoned at the most critical stages.Widespread difficulty navigating what respondents see as a fragmented and often bewildering primary care system.Uncertainty across general practice about who is responsible for ongoing dementia…
The University of Oxford has received a further generous £2 million donation from Fondation Docteur Sadok Besrour to strengthen the regional impact of primary care research and education in Tunisia.The new gift builds on the Foundation’s 2025 gift of £8.4m in support of global primary care at Oxford and reinforces the University’s long-standing commitment to advancing global health through research, education and international partnership.Housed in the Nuffield Department of Primary…
Applied to the case of Kosovo, their essence can be summarized as follows: “We will determine whether state A is worthy of sovereignty over territory B, guided by our own notions of what is right.” Awareness of the dangers of this approach was reflected in the split over Kosovo’s recognition not only in the international community as a whole, but also within the Western bloc itself. However, the generally accepted…
Quick Hits The Trump administration released an AI policy framework, largely reiterating the administration’s previously stated policy goals to promote AI. In particular, the framework urges Congress to establish preemption of state and local regulations to promote innovation. The likelihood of these policy goals being fully implemented is uncertain at this time. The “National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” provides broad, overarching legislative recommendations for Congress for governing the development…
21 March 2026By Martin Bijsterbosch, Diego Moccero, Daphne Momferatou, Marta Rodríguez Vives and Giacomo Pongetti[1] After a decade of Greek recovery, questions remain: Are banks strong enough to support the economy? What can be done to close the gap in living standards? This post explores Greece’s achievements, challenges and lessons on the path from crisis to recovery, and towards resilience.Greece stands for one of the worst economic crises and, at…
Quick Hits The DOL’s new website for the Center for Faith includes resources on preventing workplace religious discrimination and how faith organizations can access federal grants. The website is part of the Trump administration’s focus on addressing religious bias in the workplace. Federal antidiscrimination laws protect all types of religious belief, as well as atheism. The DOL established the Center for Faith in response to an executive order in 2025.…
Pittsburgh has reinvented itself from a steel powerhouse to a hub for health care and education. But the city’s industrial past left a hidden legacy: toxic compounds like benzene and toluene in the soil. While most life can’t survive such a contamination, some microbes adapted to use the pollutants as food. Catherine Armbruster Now, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University are exploring whether these microbes can help clean up what the…
By Sheena Cruickshank, University of Manchester and Jonathan Worboys, for The ConversationA new immunotherapy drug has demonstrated early promise in a recent prostate cancer clinical trial. The drug, called VIR-5500, is a “masked T-cell engager”. This type of immunotherapy ignites our own immune arsenal to fight cancer.In the trial, which is still in progress and has not yet undergone peer-review, patients with advanced prostate cancer who had failed to respond…
Hubris and excess – the Greek tragedians could have thought of no other terms. The core of ancient tragedy is the transition from hubris to nemesis: divine justice strikes down those who have defied the gods. Since his re-election, Trump has displayed a lack of restraint. This was evident in many signs, most clearly in his statement to the New York Times a few days after the abduction of Nicolas…
Quick Hits On March 17, 2026, Washington Governor Ferguson signed legislation that amends the definition of “employers” that are required to comply with the state’s mini-WARN law to exclude Native American tribes. The bill also changes the notices that must contain the names and addresses of employees affected by layoffs. The amended mini-WARN Act also stops disclosure under the Public Records Act of the names and addresses of affected employees.…
In the absence of a profound and coherent revision of the geo-economic approach adopted by the Commission, the deterioration of European security appears to be difficult to reverse. Not due to a lack of values or institutional tools, but due to insufficient strategic rationality in the actions of its main decision-maker, write Pasquale Preziosa and Dario Velo. The geostrategic crisis currently affecting the European Union cannot be understood by resorting…