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Dyson Professor Melvin Williams speaks to USA Today amid coverage of leaked text messages involving Taylor Swift and Blake Lively. Professor Williams explains how the controversy clashes with Swift’s carefully cultivated parasocial relationship with fans, raising renewed questions about authenticity and celebrity branding. He notes that private communications made public can disrupt fan trust and reshape audience perceptions— the story gets picked up by Yahoo News Canada, Detroit Free Press, The Times Herald, Oshkosh Northwestern, Reno Gazette-Journal, Iowa City Press-Citizen, El Paso Times, and more.

The EDU Ledger, formerly known as Diverse: Issues of Higher Education reports that Provost Alison Carr-Chellman has officially begun her tenure at �鶹ֱ��.

�鶹ֱ�� has once again been recognized as a national leader in civic and community engagement, earning the .

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at �鶹ֱ�� welcomed Tyler Maulsby, Deputy Managing Partner of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein and Selz PC, to deliver the 2026 Philip B. Blank Memorial Lecture on Attorney Ethics speaking on, “Legal Ethics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” Held virtually on Monday, January 26, Tyler examined how the expanding use of generative AI is reshaping the legal profession and raising critical ethical questions for lawyers, clients, courts, and the public.

�鶹ֱ�� is accepting nominations for the Trustee Award and Community Service Award, honoring exceptional graduating students for their academic excellence and community impact. Submit your nomination by Friday, February 27, 2026!

In a recent essay published by Harvard Law School’s Bill of Health, �鶹ֱ�� Haub Law Professor Lauren Breslow and co-author Vanessa Smith call for stronger ethical and legal safeguards to protect genomic data from misuse, particularly when children and vulnerable communities contribute DNA for research purposes. “Precisely because so much genetic data is now collected, stored, and shared, the Times account raises the specter of a broader ethical vulnerability in genomic science: data systems built for beneficial research can be exploited for purposes to which volunteers who contributed their DNA did not agree,” write Breslow and Smith.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at �鶹ֱ�� is proud to announce that Achinthi Vithanage, Executive Director of the Environmental Law Program and Professor of Law for Designated Service in Environmental Law at �鶹ֱ�� Haub Law, was named to the . Professor Vithanage has been recognized on this list five times since the publication of the inaugural in 2021.

Law Professor Bennett Gershman provides expert legal analysis to amNewYork on the distinction between New York City’s corporation counsel and chief counsel. Gershman explains that while the Law Department represents the city in litigation, the chief counsel serves as the mayor’s personal legal adviser, operating under attorney-client privilege on sensitive policy and legal matters— and New York Metropolitan Magazine has the story.

�鶹ֱ�� President Marvin Krislov is featured internationally for his leadership in global higher education. Multiple outlets, including The Wire, Bar and Bench, and India Education, report that President Krislov participated in the launch of the World University Leaders Forum at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The forum brings together university leaders from around the world to advance collaboration on sustainability, innovation, and international engagement.

Dyson History Professor Joseph Tse-Hei Lee writes a piece in the Taipei Times on how historical lessons—particularly from civic resistance movements like Hong Kong’s 2019 protests—can inform Taiwan’s efforts to strengthen democratic institutions, legal safeguards, and international partnerships amid growing geopolitical uncertainty.