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Prof. William G. Howell features in Voa news article, Vowing to Defend Democracy, Biden Hits Hard at Trump

September 29, 2023

Prof. William G. Howell discusses the impact of Trump's legal battles on voter opinions
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Brad Bolman features in CityBeat’s article, “Lloyd Library’s Newest Exhibit, ‘A Foray into Fungi,’ Explores the International (and Local) World of Fungi”

August 23, 2023

Bolman says a lot of why American mycologists are so prominent now is because of Lloyd’s early efforts and research
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James Evans features in MarketWatch’s article, Opinion: AI Could Be Just the Productivity Boost the Economy Needs

August 09, 2023

University of Chicago professors Jamshid Sourati and James Evans found AI-based systems could help predict future scientific discoveries, dramatically accelerating science in some domains.
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Genevieve Lakier features in the New Yorker’s article, The Evolving Free-Speech Battle Between Social Media and the Government

July 17, 2023

Earlier this month, a federal judge in Louisiana issued a ruling that restricted various government agencies from communicating with social-media companies. Genevieve helps demystify what this means
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Postdoctoral Research Jordan Bimm features in an AP new article discussing the behavior of water molecules in the context of recent footage from Chinese astronauts showing a stagnant glass of water

June 26, 2023

“Water molecules like to stick to glass and also to other water molecules more than they like to disperse in the air,” Jordan Bimm said
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IFK Faculty Rebecca Willet features in abc7chicago’s article, Looking at AI, ChatGPT: The possibilities and pitfalls of artificial intelligence

May 25, 2023

"At its heart, what it's doing is it's just modeling probabilities. What's the probability of the next word given all of your past words?" Willet said.
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IFK Faculty Genevieve Lakier features in The Washington Post’s article, The largely forgotten book ban case that went up to the Supreme Court

May 25, 2023

“The line that the court draws is a very fine one,” Lakier said — too fine to settle the matter for good.
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IFK’s Jordan Bimm features in a Conde Naste Traveler’s article, Space Hotels—The Final Frontier for the Ultra Rich

April 27, 2023

As space tourism continues to grow, so does the potential need for somewhere to stay for those who make it there.
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IFK Postdoctoral Researcher Katherine Buse features in BBC’s article on What The Last of Us, Snowpiercer and ‘climate fiction’ get wrong

April 19, 2023

According to Katherine Buse, there is a mismatch between how climate novelists imagine the future and how climate scientists forecast it.
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IFK Faculty Rebecca Willett features in WBBM’s episode, Is AI friend or foe? Experts weigh in

April 19, 2023

WBBM Newsradio's Rob Hart on Tuesday hosted a live forum with experts about the pros and cons of Artificial Intelligence tech, including the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT.
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Adam Cifu on Ending Medical Reversal

March 30, 2023

Why do so many medical practices that begin with such promise and confidence turn out to be either ineffective at best or harmful at worst? IFK's Adam Cifu explores this with EconTalk's Russ Robert
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IFK’s James Evans features in The Economic Times in an article on the drop of tech breakthroughs from 1945-2010

February 27, 2023

"We have extremely ordered science," Evans said. "We bet with confidence on where we invest our money. But we're not betting on fundamentally new things that have the potential to be disruptive."
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Ada Palmer’s IFK features in a Forbes article on Ben Reinhardt’s mission to make Sci-Fi a reality

February 27, 2023

Since his days as an undergrad, Reinhardt’s been trying to build the world as it could be, one filled with the imaginings of science fiction novels like Ada Palmer’s Terra Ignota Series.
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Comparing green funeral options, from composting to natural burial to water cremation

January 31, 2023

IFK's Shannon Dawdy features in the Washington post the demystifies the shift in attitudes towards death and funerals in the United States; more and more people are seeking eco-friendly options.