By Angel Calderon. QS continues to produce bigger subject rankings year after year. Now in its eighth consecutive year, the 2018 edition covers 48 subject areas and includes 1,122 institutions across 73 countries. There are no significant shocks in this edition and this bodes well for the longevity of this carefully calibrated ranking. More...

By Wondwosen Tamrat. Despite the various advantages they can offer in terms of the production and sharing of local knowledge and augmenting visibility, the publication of local journals in Ethiopia continues to suffer from a variety of challenges. Any new initiative in this direction is usually confronted by the perennial hurdles of lack of funding, expertise and structures that are critical to bring it all together successfully. More...

By Sharon Fonn. In this complex world a number of factors affect both the distribution and prevalence of disease and the effectiveness of interventions to prevent or reduce disease. These factors are social, physical, environmental and historical. It follows, then, that challenges in public health require a multidisciplinary approach. More...

By William Tierney. As far as academic fêtes go, this one felt pretty run of the mill. It was 2014 at my institution, the University of Southern California (USC), and the event was an elaborate dinner to celebrate the unveiling of a statue – that of Judge Robert Maclay Widney, one of the institution’s founders. More...