Global Scholars

Scholar Voices Enriching Scientific Perspective and Collaboration: My Experience at the AAI 2025 Conference in Honolulu By Sadia Afrin | Summer 2025 I had the incredible opportunity to attend the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) 2025 Conference in Honolulu, where I presented my research titled “Defining the mechanisms of NK cell dysfunction in the multiple […]

Scholar Voices Ted Liyew discussed global research, public health, and leadership with Dr. Mark Huffman, professor of medicine and co-director of the Global Health Center at Washington University in St. Louis, as part of the McDonnell Academy Global Research Symposium 2023. Watch the interview and highlights!

Scholar Voices Global Leadership Vision Op-Ed | Truck Art: Moving Murals from Pakistan By Zainab Saleem | October 2025 Art is not just decorative, it is voice . A visual voice that makes leadership, awareness and change more accessible. Growing up, I was told that art was frivolous, that true brilliance belonged to doctors or engineers […]

Scholar Voices Global Leadership Vision Op-Ed | The Collector’s Mindset By Maya Olcer | November 2025 When I was ten, I lined my shelves with snow globes I collected across my multicultural upbringing; tiny worlds of glass and glitter frozen in time, each one a landmark of belonging. Every globe felt like a promise that […]

Scholar Voices Global Leadership Vision Op-Ed | Lemons, Politicians, and the Need for Courage By Federico Marri | November 2025 When my friend entered politics at eighteen, she carried the kind of idealism every democracy dreams of: sharp mind, strong competence, genuine care for her community. She spent five years organizing events, paying campaign costs from […]

Scholar Voices Global Leadership Vision Op-Ed | A Billion Whys: How Generative AI May Give Voice to the Unheard By Carlos Lopez de la Cerda | October 2025 In a mountain village with no library and no teachers in any subject, a child slips on a small wearable, and for the first time, a patient tutor […]