Insights and Impact Research, trends, and action

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Fighting Fire with AI

Computer science professor Leah Ding is leading an $870,000 NSF-backed initiative to revolutionize wildfire forecasting

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The Apes of Wrath

Do women still have to be naked to get into the Met?

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Labor of Love

Twenty years, one definitive portrait—Nicholas Boggs, CAS/MFA ’09, on writing Baldwin: A Love Story

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Book-ish

AI can summarize a story—but can never replicate the “pains and joys” of truly feeling one, argues professor emerita Naomi Baron

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Madam Senator, Mr. President

Eighty-three percent of voters want more women in office—yet WPI’s latest poll reveals the double standards still blocking the path to the White House

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3 Minutes on Slang

CAS professor Amelia Tseng explores how slang—from “out of sight” to “6-7”—builds solidarity

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Audacious Eagle: Page Turner

After championing Black literature through his book club, Sidney Keys III, CAS-SOE/BA ’28, wants to bring representation to the head of the classroom

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Q&A: For the Birds

Avian advocate Jamie Bussey works on behalf of our fine-feathered friends