In the SpotlightRead in-depth coverage of Northwestern faculty work and research. |  From Scientific American Based on studies on how newborns' brains function, engineers at the company DeepMind created a machine-learning system that outperformed its conventional equivalents at several tasks. Cognitive psychologist Susan Hespos spoke with Scientific American about the superiority of babies’ brains over AI, describing this study as a step toward improving the efficiency of machine learning systems as thinkers. |  From ABC Chicago A team at Northwestern led by associate professor Tali Figueroa-Feliciano sent a rocket to space to study how stars die and create the materials that form planets. Figueroa-Feliciano talked to ABC Chicago about how the rocket camera is a prelude to future X-ray telescopes. |  From WBEZ Chicago Rebecca Zorach, a professor of art and art history, discussed with WBEZ a recently released report calling for the demolition of 13 monuments located throughout the city of Chicago in addition to financing for the creation and erection of new monuments. |
| NU Voices | Read perspectives from Northwestern faculty in national media. |  From Steven Lubet, The Hill “It is vital for the (American Association of University Professors) to challenge such political interference in curriculum design concerning antisemitism or other subjects, especially when coupled with funding consequences,” Steven Lubet writes in The Hill, criticizing a recent report by the AAUP on legislative threats to academic freedom that proposes antisemitism not be specifically covered in civil rights legislation. |  From Zachary Clopton, Chicago Tribune "In the long term, salvation is not coming from supreme court justices, whether in D.C. or the 50 state capitals. Rather, taking those justices down a peg — and bolstering more democratic solutions — might be the best path forward,” Zachary Clopton writes in the Chicago Tribune. |
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