The global hunger crisis affects more than 8% of the world’s population, hitting hardest in developing nations, according to a 2025 United Nations report. Bineyam Taye, associate professor of biology and global public and environmental health, and his student Angie Zhu ’26 conducted a study examining how household food insecurity influences the gut microbiome composition of Ethiopian schoolchildren. It was supported by a grant from the Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute and conducted in spring and fall 2025; their findings were published in the online journal Nutrients last February. Many previous studies have discussed the long-term, often intergenerational impact food insecurity…
Author: Kaitlin Dowling ’29
Bestselling author TJ Klune, a Picker exhibition, and an artistic performance were all part of Queer X-travaganza.