Archive: Faculty in the Media

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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 she…

March 12, 2026