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Winter 2024
When Farmland Becomes the Front Line, Satellite Data and Analysis Can Fight Hunger
It is difficult to predict exactly how events like extreme weather, pandemics, conflict, and politics will disrupt global food systems and cause people to go hungry. The destabilizing impacts of the COVID-19… Read More -
March 28, 2023
Episode 28: Finding Collective Advantage in Shared Knowledge
The CHIPS and Science Act aims to secure American competitiveness and innovation by investing $280 billion in domestic semiconductor manufacturing, scientific innovation, and regional development. But if past government investments in science… Read More -
June 20, 2023
Episode 33: Combating the “Multi-Dimensional Beast” of Chronic Pain
Chronic pain, according to a 2023 study, affects more Americans than diabetes, depression, and hypertension. Yet the disease is poorly understood, often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, and effective treatments are in short supply.… Read More -
Spring 2023
“If We Are Simply Creating Techies Who Can Only Work With the Technology, We’re in Big Trouble.”
Mathematician and educator Freeman A. Hrabowski III has led groundbreaking efforts to increase diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields throughout his career. As president of the University of Maryland,… Read More -
May 6, 2021
What the Global Battle Against the Fall Armyworm Reveals About How the US and China See the Future of Global Food Production
The United States and China increasingly dominate the global system of food production and trade. This shared role is leading to greater competition between the two countries, as well as a deepening… Read More -
Summer 2022
China Planet: Ecological Civilization and Global Climate Governance
A growing number of Western environmentalists have speculated that China’s quest for “ecological civilization” may yet save the planet from catastrophe. The ecological civilization formulation, endorsed by China’s top leadership and enshrined… Read More