AU Perspective

• Joseph Torigian, professor in the School of International Service, spoke with Reuters about how the 1966 Cultural Revolution influenced Chinese President Xi Jinping.

• Ricardo Torres, faculty fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke with USA Today about the impact of recent trade laws in Cuba that allow private businesses to sell products internationally.

• Anne Karabell, professorial lecturer in the Baker School of Education, spoke with Education Week about AI-powered educational tools that rewrite articles to accommodate different reading levels. 
• Yael Bromberg, adjunct professor in the Washington College of Law, spoke with USA Today about President Donald Trump’s comments promising to financially compensate American voters if Republicans win the House and Senate.
• Matthew Bakowicz, director of the Sports Business Management program in the Kogod School of Business, spoke with Covers about the likely upcoming partnership between LeBron James and prediction market operator Polymarket. 
• Cynthia Miller-Idriss, founding director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab, spoke with CNN about recent comments made by Texas House candidate Brandon Herrera. 
• Nicholas Micinski, professor in the School of International Service, spoke with Marketplace about how German border checkpoints are affecting domestic transportation and commerce.
• Wil Burns, codirector of the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal in the School of International Service, spoke with Deutsche Welle about the increasing importance of large-scale carbon capture and storage and carbon dioxide removal projects.
• Taryn Morrissey, associate dean of research in the School of Public Affairs, spoke with Marketplace about why early childhood education and childcare are highly labor-dependent. 
• Charles Duan, professor at the Washington College of Law, spoke with Bloomberg about an ongoing lawsuit between PatientRightsAdvocate.org, an organization that advocates for medical price transparency, and the American Medical and American Hospital associations.

AU Research

• Naomi Baron, professor emerita in the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke with Vox about why many readers process online articles and printed text differently. Baron also spoke with Spectrum News about new global test results demonstrating a decline in reading comprehension among high school students.