Arrests and incarceration won’t stop urban gun violence. But community violence prevention might. (HBPH Magazine)

In a polarized nation, a dose of partisan public health messaging can be more effective. (Stanford Business)

Rasika Mathias wants to level the playing field of genetic studies—and make the benefits of personalized medicine available to all. (Hopkins Medicine)

The initial coronavirus surge has passed, but the mental health fallout persists. (HBPH Magazine)

A new computer model could help policymakers choose the right reopening strategy. (Stanford Business)

The coronavirus pandemic is underscoring the  importance of caring for prisoners and their communities. (Columbia Public Health)

The pandemic has prompted a torrent of research. But can it be trusted? (Global Health NOW)

There aren’t enough of the vital devices to go around. And sharing them is risky. (Global Health NOW)

Injury prevention expert Sue Baker has spent her career making the world a safer place. (HBPH Magazine)

A simple classroom management strategy pays dividends for a lifetime. (HBPH Magazine)

A leading killer of hospitalized patients just may have met its match. (Hopkins Medicine)

A geophysicist brings fault lines into sharper focus. (TECHER)

Scientists are on a mission to defang one of the world’s most dangerous mosquitos. Step one? Get her to cooperate. (Seek)

New research suggests that maybe, just maybe, the universe could be sphere-shaped. (Johns Hopkins Magazine)

Scientists explore the mechanics of being alive. (Seek)

Keeping the peace in the rough-and-tumble world of online gaming. (TECHER)

Face blindness leads neuroscientists into uncharted nooks of the brain. (Seek)

Biologist Emmett Jolly beat the odds to become a scientist. Now he fights monsters. (art|sci)

A biotech startup tries to thwart an emerging health crisis and develop a new model for vaccines. (Penn Law Journal)

Scientists discover a new law of nature—and throw into question much of what we thought we know about the universe. (Think)

In the Congo, few people have access to reliable energy, and even fewer have access to formal financial services. Tony Ngumbu is trying to solve both problems with one startup. (Rice Business)

Forget about electric cars and meatless meat: If you really want to combat climate change, look to risk management and private equity. (Stanford Business)

How the rise of online experimentation could spell the end of gut-instinct decision-making. (HBS Alumni Bulletin)

You’re riding a wage escalator. And your race and gender can make a big difference in the quality of your ride. (W.P. Carey Magazine)

If you want to move a business school’s curriculum online in a single weekend, you better practice what you teach. (Stanford Business)

Tech industry millionaires are moving the Democratic Party to the left on almost every issue except government regulation. Unions beware. (Stanford Business)

Don’t just tell your constituents how you’re responding to the pandemic. Ask them what they want, listen to them, and engage. (Stanford Business)

There’s no silver bullet for economic recovery in Appalachia. It’s going to take a whole new ecosystem—which is just what Geoff Marietta has built. (HBS Alumni Bulletin)

Can algae deliver on the promise of a biofueled future? (HBS Alumni Bulletin)

Inside New York City’s push to become a global fintech capital—and what its ascent can teach other cities. (HBS Alumni Bulletin)

Behind the global apparel industry’s push for human rights. (Hue)

Fewer Americans are moving across state lines in search of higher wages. That’s a problem. (Think)

Is the electric car finally on the road to mass-market adoption? (HBS Alumni Bulletin)

Test-riding a pair of fancy-fabric action pants. (Pomona College Magazine)

Erin Barbato, director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic (IJC) at the University of Wisconsin Law School, has a knot in the pit of her stomach. (Gargoyle)

In the face of police brutality and mass protests, a business school asks: How can we answer the call to improve our world and address systemic racism and oppression? (Rice Business)

Dean Gillispie has spent 20 years in prison for kidnapping and rape. Former Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro has made it his job to free him. (Denison Magazine)

Activist and organizer Dante Barry talks about the people and events that shaped him, and his ongoing fight for social justice. (Monmouth Magazine)

How a small group of faculty and students helped bring gay life at Denison University out of the closet. (Denison Magazine)

After witnessing terrible wrongs as a medical student, Dr. Karen Benker devoted her career to the fight for medical justice. (Pomona College Magazine)

Confronting a man involved in the murder of her own parents turned Noreen Deiss into an advocate for restorative justice. (Gargoyle)

Celebrating 30 years of pioneering computer art. (Visual Arts Journal)

Loosening up artists’ residencies. (Visual Arts Journal)

A multimedia show uses an anxiety-inducing score and set to bring audience members face to face with some of America’s classic conspiracies. (The Guardian)

A picture of his Polish grandfather’s mandolin orchestra inspired Avner Yonai to start his own. (Tablet)

Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky’s poetry gets a rhythm section. (Tablet)

Computer music moves out of the lab. (The Walrus)

Dan Farkas subjects kids’ toys to Borg-like modifications, then makes music with them. (Wired)

A jazz saxophonist draws on cryptography and number theory for his riffs and rhythms. (Wired)

If you want to see whales, you needn’t bother chasing after them in a boat. Just pitch a tent by the St. Lawrence River and wait for them to come to you. (The Montreal Gazette)

Calm waters, green monkeys, and giant caves: Barbados has something for everyone, no matter how young. (The Boston Globe)

Istanbul was once a center of Sephardic Jewish life and music. But that energy has moved elsewhere. (The Forward)

Bingeing on Jewish delicacies in my hometown. (The Forward)

Though only a tiny fraction of what it was in the 18th century, Barbados’s Jewish community—and its 1750 synagogue—still stand proud (Tablet)

For resort chic on a budget, pitch a tent and (sort of) rough it. (The New York Times)

When I was invited to drum in Ghana, I gladly accepted. Then something went wrong. (Nautilus)

A tale of love and dysentery. (Skive)

How I got my Ghanaian groove back. (YorkU)

Though you’d never guess it by looking at my pale Canadian Jewish face, I was once an African drummer. (The Forward)