Clay weekly context brief for the University category (ISO week 2026-W32). Clay tracks publications from the University feed list. Below are recent items from this category, each with its source and a short description of what the publication covers when one is available in the source feed. Recent publications: 1. Montanas new right to try law cant come soon enough for some Source: MIT Technology Link: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/31/1140945/montanas-new-right-to-try-law-cant-come-soon-enough-for-some/ Kris DeVault is desperate. 2. Building energy security through more sustainable batteries Source: MIT News Link: https://news.mit.edu/2026/building-energy-security-through-more-sustainable-batteries-hugh-smith-0731 Lots of smart people have already made wind and solar very cheap, Hugh Smith says. The issue is reliability, and batteries can help solve that problem. 3. Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment announces new director Source: Stanford News Link: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/07/ines-azevedo-named-new-director-of-the-stanford-woods-institute-for-the-environment Inês Azevedo aims to foster rigorous, cross-disciplinary research and prepare the next generation of leaders and professionals. 4. U-M celebrates leaders shaping global learning Source: University of Michigan News Link: https://news.umich.edu/u-m-celebrates-leaders-shaping-global-learning/ Public health students encounter global health challenges firsthand in Ethiopia, future teachers learn how to lead multilingual classrooms in Ecuador and international students find a strong sense of belonging on campus. 5. Johns Hopkins partners with Baltimore libraries for safe gun storage distribution Source: Johns Hopkins University News Link: https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/07/30/safe-gun-storage-distribution/ Gun storage devices, including biometric safes and cable locks, will soon be available for free at at select branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library 6. Insights into bee biology could ease US rules for organic honey Source: Cornell Energy Environmental Sustainability Link: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/07/insights-bee-biology-could-ease-us-rules-organic-honey Strict regulations have prevented continentalU.S. beekeepers from participating in the lucrative organic honey market, but new findings could provide evidence to open organic markets to U.S. producers. 7. NUS and UM co-host AI symposium, sharing research outcomes in healthcare, robotics and more Source: National University of Singapore News Link: https://news.nus.edu.sg/nus-and-um-co-host-ai-symposium-sharing-research-outcomes-in-healthcare-robotics-and-more/ Lianhe Zaobao, 30 July 2026, Singapore, p10 8. Coffee refill? Go for it, says American Heart Association, with note of caution. Source: Harvard Gazette Link: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/07/coffee-refill-go-for-it-says-american-heart-association-with-note-of-caution/ Co-author of new guidance explains how many cups a day are safe possibly even good for you and why energy drinks are different 9. 6.5 million Americans face landslide risks a new database shows where they live Source: University of Washington News Link: https://www.washington.edu/news/2026/07/29/landslide-exposure-database/ University of Washington researchers created the Landslide Exposure Database, the first resource that maps per-building landslide vulnerability across the United States. 10. Thirteen early-career professors win NSF development awards Source: Cornell Computing Information Science Link: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/07/thirteen-early-career-professors-win-nsf-development-awards Researchers studying ribosomes, AI and quantum computing are among 13 early-career professors from Cornell whove recently been awarded National Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Awards. 11. Deans discuss democracy on new podcast series Source: Cornell Global Reach Link: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/07/deans-discuss-democracy-new-podcast-series A new series of episodes on a Cornell podcast will reflect on the 250th birthday of the U.S. and feature three Cornell deans. 12. Welcome home: New Americans begin their journey as US citizens Source: Cornell Law Government Link: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/07/welcome-home-new-americans-begin-their-journey-us-citizens Vardan Khachatryan and Lilit Abrahamyan did not plan to stay in the U.S. when they left Armenia in 2016 and moved to Virginia. That changed in 2018, when they arrived in Ithaca. 13. Princeton alumni awarded three of four 2026 Fields Medals in math Source: Princeton University News Link: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2026/07/23/princeton-alumni-awarded-three-four-2026-fields-medals-math The prestigious medal is awarded every four years by the International Mathematical Union to researchers under 40 years old for outstanding mathematical achievement and future promise. 14. Martie Young, great hero of Johnson Museum of Art, dies at 96 Source: Cornell Arts and Humanities Link: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/07/martie-young-great-hero-johnson-museum-art-dies-96 Martie Wing Young, professor of the history ofart, emeritus, died on July 12 in Prescott, Arizona. 15. Knowing a managers stance on unions can affect worker performance Source: Cornell Business Economics Link: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/07/knowing-managers-stance-unions-can-affect-worker-performance New research out of the SC Johnson College finds that publicly disclosing management's opposition to collective bargaining led workers who prefer individual bargaining to increase their effort and earn higher wages. 16. How social media interoperability could restore user choice Source: Oxford University Link: https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/how-social-media-interoperability-could-restore-user-choice/ Social networking interoperability is a leading policy proposal thatgivesusers a realchoiceofplatformproviders. New evidence shows it onlyworksif regulators get the specifics right, argues Philipp Riederle, doctoral researcher, OII. 17. Near Liberty Bell, public art lets freedom ring for US at 250 Source: Cornell Architecture Link: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/06/near-liberty-bell-public-art-lets-freedom-ring-us-250 Part of Philadelphia's semiquincentennial celebrations, an interactive bell tower designed by Paul Ramírez Jonas invites visitors to reflect on the meaning of freedom. 18. Many young people are being prescribed multiple psychiatric drugs at once which can be risky Source: University of Pennsylvania News Link: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/penn-in-the-news/many-young-people-are-being-prescribed-multiple-psychiatric-drugs-once-which-can Many young people are being prescribed multiple psychiatric drugs at once which can be risky Sean Hennessy of the Perelman School of Medicine led a study that explored the risks of prescribing multiple medications at once. 19. Robert J. David Source: McGill University News Link: https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22751 Robert David Title: Professeur(e) titulaire Department: Faculté de gestion Desautels Areas of expertise: Émergence de nouvelles industries; transformation des industries matures; évolution des pratiques de gestion; institutions et esprit d'entreprise Email address: robert. 20. Montanas plan to become an experimental medical hub just pushed forward Source: MIT Technology Link: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/30/1140942/montana-experimental-medical-hub-pushed-forward-right-to-try/ As of this week in Montana, any biotech company with an experimental drug has a clear path to selling it to consumers. 21. Daniela Rus receives Bavarian Minister-President's High-Tech Prize Source: MIT News Link: https://news.mit.edu/2026/daniela-rus-receives-bavarian-minister-presidents-high-tech-prize-0730 "Daniela Rus is a pioneer in soft robotics and physical AI," says Lorenzo Masia, professor of intelligent bio-robotic systems at the Technical University of Munich (not pictured). "The prize will help to bring this science to the forefront." Rus is seen here, second from right. 22. Behind the science in the Nanopatterning Cleanroom Source: Stanford News Link: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/07/go-behind-the-science-in-stanfords-nanopatterning-cleanroom Hamish Carr Delgado, a PhD student in materials science and engineering, shares how hes working at the nanoscale to produce more energy-efficient chips for AI data centers. 23. Former pandemic adviser says political infighting puts hard-won COVID-19 lessons at risk Source: University of Michigan News Link: https://news.umich.edu/former-pandemic-adviser-says-political-infighting-puts-hard-won-covid-19-lessons-at-risk/ University of Michigan public health and pandemic preparedness expert, Anand Parekh, advised federal policymakers on protecting the public from COVID-19 as the never-before-seen virus swept the globe and claimed millions of lives. 24. Abraham Kupfer, pioneer of cell therapy research at Johns Hopkins Medicine, dies at 77 Source: Johns Hopkins University News Link: https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/07/28/abraham-kupfer-obituary/ Kupfer, who helped build the immunobiology program in the Institute for Cell Engineering, remembered for his novel T-cell activation research 25. Cornell leads a Lake Ontario food web study in $1.5M Sea Grant research suite Source: Cornell Energy Environmental Sustainability Link: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/07/cornell-leads-lake-ontario-food-web-study-15m-sea-grant-research-suite Cornell Universitys James Watkins and Kade Keranen are leading a nearly $240,000 study to examine the abundance of mysid, small, shrimp-like crustaceans that are critical links in Lake Ontarios aquatic food web. 26. The carbon case for going green is only half the story Source: National University of Singapore News Link: https://news.nus.edu.sg/the-carbon-case-for-going-green-is-only-half-the-story/ By Assoc Prof Alberto Salvo, Deans Chair, and Assoc Prof Timothy Wong; both from the Dept of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS and Mr Zhihao Han, Research Fellow from the Asia Competitiveness Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS The Straits 27. Henry Chu named curator of Nieman Foundation for Journalism Source: Harvard Gazette Link: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/07/henry-chu-named-curator-of-nieman-foundation-for-journalism/ Prize-winning veteran foreign correspondent, editor aims to focus on challenges facing industry, including AI, press freedom, polarization 28. UW study identifies genetic changes tied to more severe cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia Source: University of Washington News Link: https://www.washington.edu/news/2026/07/28/uw-study-identifies-genetic-changes-tied-to-more-severe-cognitive-symptoms-in-schizophrenia/ Researchers at the University of Washington are investigating how genetic changes impact the severity of schizophrenia symptoms. 29. Strike a pose: Creating more realistic multi-person images Source: Cornell Computing Information Science Link: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/07/strike-pose-creating-more-realistic-multi-person-images A Cornell research group has devised a way to generate an image of multiple people, incorporating the poses of all individuals to inform the image generation and make the scene more believable and accurate. 30. Weill Cornell anesthesiologist appointed to commission on religious freedom Source: Cornell Global Reach Link: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/06/weill-cornell-anesthesiologist-appointed-commission-religious-freedom Weill Cornell Medicine anesthesiologistDr. Gunisha Kaur has beenappointed to theU.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an agency that monitors the universal right to freedom of religion or belief. Sources in this brief: Cornell Architecture; Cornell Arts and Humanities; Cornell Business Economics; Cornell Computing Information Science; Cornell Energy Environmental Sustainability; Cornell Global Reach; Cornell Law Government; Harvard Gazette; Johns Hopkins University News; MIT News; MIT Technology; McGill University News; National University of Singapore News; Oxford University; Princeton University News; Stanford News; University of Michigan News; University of Pennsylvania News; University of Washington News. Selected 30 of 328 available items for this weekly brief.