News Clips

In an opinion piece, James Wertsch, the David R. Francis Distinguished Professor and an expert on Russia, discusses Vladimir Putin’s incessant use of false national narratives to justify its invasion of Ukraine.

Matthew Austin, postdoctoral research associated in biology

Tabea Linhard, a professor in Arts & Sciences, writes on the “Human Ties” blog about her experience, thanks to a cross-training grant from the Center for the Humanities, exploring a new discipline to better understand and support the migrants with whom she works.

Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, assistant professor of medicine

Karen Joynt Maddux, MD, associate professor of medicine

Eric Lenze, MD, the Wallace and Lucille K Renard Professor

If a judge can remove mifepristone from the market with such little notice, all drugs are vulnerable — those on the shelf, and those yet to be, writes Rachel Sachs in The Washington Post.

A working group led by Jorge Llibre-Guerra, MD, at the School of Medicine, published a perspective piece arguing for including more people from low and middle-income countries in Alzheimer’s clinical trials. “Democratization of clinical trials will ensure that potential treatments are safe, effective, accessible and equitable,” they wrote.

Tim Bono, lecturer in psychological & brain sciences

Andrej Spec, MD, associate professor of medicine