A new study in ECNU Review of Education by Yansi Hou analyzes the 2024 National Education Conference, highlighting five major education policy tasks and the rhetorical role of leadership speeches in China’s policymaking. The research reveals how structured political discourse—covering history, theory, current conditions, and future goals—guides national education strategy and public consensus. The study sheds light on China’s evolving efforts to build a world-leading education system by 2035.

Pennington Biomedical Research Center is pleased to announce the arrival of Dr. Adithya Hari, MD, as Assistant Professor and Physician/Nuclear Oncologist in the Division of Clinical Science, effective April 21. Dr. Hari’s recruitment represents a strategic expansion of Pennington Biomedical’s research capacity in cancer metabolism and nuclear medicine and was a collaborative effort involving Pennington Biomedical partners Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, and LSU Health New Orleans.

Mounting evidence supports ayahuasca’s potential to improve mental health, but its long-term effects are shaped by both individual mental health history and the context in which the psychedelic is used, according to a study published on April 30, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS Mental Health by Óscar Andión from Research Sherpas, Spain; José Carlos Bouso from the International Centre for Ethnobotanical Education, Research, and Services (ICEERS) and the University of Rovira i Virgili, Spain; Daniel Perkins from the University of Melbourne and Swinburne University; and colleagues.

Baycrest is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. Lei Wang as the inaugural Vice-President of Scientific Affairs with Baycrest Academy for Research and Education (BARE).

Following an international search, Dr. Wang will join Baycrest on August 19, 2025 from The Ohio State University’s College of Medicine, where he is a tenured Full Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioural Health, and Neuroscience.