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Making Healthy Eating the Default: The Case for Enforceable Nutrition Procurement Policies in Higher Education
November 11, 2026
by- Bo Wang
Healthy eating should not require extraordinary effort, extra expense, or a perfectly timed visit. Universities that regularly claim community well-being as a core value have an opportunity and an obligation to align their food procurement practices with that claim. A unified, enforceable nutrition procurement policy offers a clear, equitable path to doing so. The tools exist. The evidence is sufficient. What remains is the institutional will to act.
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To Be Effectively Digital, We Need to Be More Human
October 07, 2026
by- Marvin Chan
I sat at the dining table on Christmas Eve, ready to meet my aunt at her favorite steak restaurant. When she arrived, she seemed frustrated and exclaimed, “Marvin, I don’t understand what is happening. I need to make a medical appointment and pay my bills. I can’t seem to do that now.” It was not […]
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The Transatlantic Alliance Isn’t Dead. Treating It That Way Could Make It So.
September 30, 2026
by- Eva Savin & Yiannis Korkovelos
The transatlantic alliance is increasingly described today in terms of decline, rupture, and even collapse.[1] Political leaders and commentators on both sides of the Atlantic have openly questioned whether the relationship can endure in its current form. From warnings that it is “broken” to claims that it is effectively “over,” the narrative of a fading […]






