Archive: Faculty in the Media

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Faculty in the Media

The Neuroscientist Who Wants Us To Be Nicer to Psychopaths

Abigail Marsh has found that many psychopaths don’t want to be cruel and uncaring, and argues in a New Scientist article that they deserve support to help them get…

March 19, 2026

Faculty in the Media

Is AI Making Us Stupid? Cal Newport Is Worried.

The Georgetown computer scientist talked to The Chronicle of Higher Education about resisting the temptation to automate hard.…

March 13, 2026

Faculty in the Media

Why Is Everyone Saying the Word Tranche?

Deborah Tannen, a professor of linguistics, told The New York Times that the word’s current prominence was reflective of a phenomenon known as “lexical touch-off,” which…

March 12, 2026