Research led by Afsaneh Razi, PhD, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Computing, showing that teens are experiencing feelings similar to addiction when using AI chatbots, was mentioned in June 1 Agence France-Presse and FOX Business News stories about Florida’s lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman claiming the company knows its chatbots are unsafe and ignored potential harms to users. Razi's research was cited in the suit.
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Abi Aghayere, PhD, a professor in the College of Engineering and Computing, was quoted in a June 1 Philadelphia Inquirer story about a hospital parking garage in New Jersey, deemed unsafe due to sagging concrete roof panels, and its connection to the company that provided precast concrete for a garage being built in Philadelphia that collapsed in April, killing three people.
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Aakash Desai, MD, an assistant professor in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a May 27 Medpage Today article about early data on use of GLP-1 drugs for inflammatory bowel disease.
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Ali Afify, PhD, an assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a June 2 Chemical & Engineering News story about recent research showing that the insect repellant DEET might actually attract mosquitoes under certain conditions.
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A May 26 column about AI companies’ legal liabilities when their products harm users, authored by Anat Lior, JSD, for The Conversation, was republished by The Tampa Bay Times on June 2.
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Research on the benefits for sellers when listing homes on multiple listing services (MLS) from Kevin Gillen, PhD, principal research fellow at the Wilbur C. Henderson Real Estate Institute and adjunct professor in LeBow College of Business, was mentioned in a June 2 HousingWire opinion piece about the fight between Zillow and Compass to access MLS data.
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Delaware’s First Medical School Will Be a Partnership With Jefferson
The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2
Thomas Jefferson University will open a second location for its Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Delaware in 2028.
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The Historically Women’s Moore College of Art and Design Will Enroll Men Beginning in 2027-28
The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2
The decision comes as colleges nationally are coping with greater enrollment pressures and the number of women's colleges declines.
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A University System Went All In on A.I. Now It’s Tearing Itself Apart.
The New York Times, June 1
California’s public universities spent $16.9 million on A.I. during a financial crisis, and the result has been chaos.
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New Federal Guidelines Threaten Almost Half of Graduate Arts Programs
The New York Times, June 2
Many musicians, filmmakers and artists earn less than the Education Department’s proposed guidelines for alumni, imperiling federal aid for students in those programs.
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Some Colleges Have Prerecorded Student Speeches to Avoid Drama. At This Campus, It Didn't Work.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 2
Commencement speeches have become a minefield in recent years, leading to revoked invitations, last-minute withdrawals, viral videos of booing, and campus apologies.
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