Missing ambassadors, inexperienced appointees – is Washington dropping the diplomatic ball?
By Donald Heflin, Executive Director of the Edward R. Murrow Center and Senior Fellow of Diplomatic Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, The Conversation · October 7, 2026
Almost half of US ambassador jobs remain vacant. Meanwhile, political appointees are outnumbering career diplomats being put forward.
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Many drugs have mirror chemical structures, one helpful and the other harmful – a Nobel-winning discovery allows chemists to make either on demand
By Sajish Mathew, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore · 2h ago
From jargon to impact: Teaching undergraduates the art of public communication
By Seth T. Kannarr, Visiting Honors Lecturer, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Derek H. Alderman, Chancellor's Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee, Katrina Stack, Assistant Professor of U.S. Public History, University of South Florida · 7h ago
These state supreme court races could decide abortion access and trans rights
By Rachel Rebouché, Professor of Law, The University of Texas at Austin · 10h ago