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Glen Casey will be the first to admit it: He wasn’t the perfect student in high school. “I was always doing the dumbest things; getting into fights, getting arrested,” he says. A student then at University City High, Casey failed ninth grade, and barely passed 10th. “I just really wasn’t into school,” he says.



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Philadelphia Business Journal

Meet the spinout guru behind Penn’s $1b tech transfer business

A profile looks at John Swartley of the Penn Center for Innovation and his work supporting the spin-out of 270 startups from the university, including 29 cell and gene therapy companies in the past four years.

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Associated Press

Scientists say climate change goosed New Zealand storm fury

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that climate models in general are insufficient to describe all of climate change’s impacts on extreme weather.

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Inside Higher Ed

Can AI write your next résumé and cover letter?

In an Op-Ed, Joseph Barber of Career Services offers recommendations for how graduate students can leverage AI tools like ChatGPT to explore career options and pursue opportunities.

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The New Yorker

The little-known world of caterpillars

Dan Janzen of the School of Arts & Sciences explains how the climate crisis has led to catastrophic declines in insect numbers.

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Inc.

Neuroscience explains why Bill Gates’ weird reading trick is so effective

A study by Penn researchers working in physics, neuroscience, and bioengineering found that people instinctively seek patterns and similarities in the data they absorb.

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Financial Times

Let’s cast a critical eye over business ideas from ChatGPT

In an Op-Ed, Christian Terwiesch of the Wharton School examines the pros and cons of AI-generated insights.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

What does ChatGPT mean for grammar, cyberbullying, and the future of language?

Chris Callison-Burch of the School of Engineering and Applied Science explains the processes by which AI chatbots learn and make mistakes.

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Technical.ly Philly

How can humans detect AI writing? These Penn researchers have some tips

Chris Callison-Burch of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and colleagues share the results of a study which examined how humans can detect AI writing.

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Bloomberg

Havana Syndrome is a mystery, but not of physics

Ken Foster of the School of Engineering and Applied Science says that microwaves can stimulate the cochlea and cause people to hear a clicking sound known as the Frey effect.

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The Washington Post

Tech’s hottest new job: AI whisperer. No coding required

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School is suspicious of attempts to make a “tech priesthood” out of the position of specialized AI whisperer.

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