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Scholar Voices From Nature to Innovation: McDonnell Scholar Somtochukwu Okafor Pioneers Bioelectronics with Nature-Inspired Design McKelvey School of Engineering | February 2025 Somtochukwu Okafor in collaboration with Alexandra Rutz, assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering, developed a technique to 3D print bioelectronic scaffolds that could help new tissue grow that […]

Scholar Voices Konadu Frempong publishes substance use intervention research February 2023 Melody Konadu Frempong’s research on substance use interventions was recently published with Springer Nature in the Journal of Global Social Welfare. Melody’s research explores the experiences of substance users (specifically opioid users) and service providers in the Naloxone Program in Spain and the challenges […]

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Scholar Voices Read Ekua’s story detailing the highlights and key takeaways from the Social Innovation panel discussion as part of the McDonnell Academy Global Research Symposium 2023 on Oct. 6, 2023.

Scholar Voices Global Leadership Vision Op-Ed | PsychoHairapy: Re-braiding strands of life through Community By Grace Mensah-Fosu | November 2025 On May 18, 2023, the New York Times published an article titled “Black Men Don’t Do Therapy. Or so I thought,” which made me think a lot about Western conceptions of therapy and, more broadly, what it […]

Scholar Voices Global Leadership Vision Op-Ed | More Than a Destination: How Ghana Turned Hospitality into Global Leadership By Kwabena Boateng | November 2025 In 2019, the world paused to mark a somber anniversary — 400 years since the first recorded enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia. Ghana transformed that moment into an opportunity for healing […]