Research

• Naomi Baron, professor emerita in the College of Arts and Sciences, joined The Report Card podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence is altering the ways students work and read. 

• Interim President David Marchick and Christina Eid, Kogod/BSBA ’26, spoke with Fox5 about AI at Kogod: A Three-Year Student Research Report and the current landscape of student AI use. 
• Hilary Allen, professor in the Washington College of Law, wrote an opinion piece for The Regulatory Reviewarguing why cryptocurrency assets are not stable enough to include in 401(K) retirement savings plans.

Perspectives

• Cynthia Miller-Idriss, founding director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab, spoke with USA Today about the waning popularity of “manosphere” influencer Andrew Tate.
• E. Andrew Taylor, director of the arts management program in the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke with The Washington Post about how the Trump administration’s control of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has affected the National Symphony Orchestra.
• Ricardo Torres, faculty fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke with The Wall Street Journal about the Chinese government’s solar energy investment in Cuba.
• Matthew Bakowicz, director of the Kogod School of Business’s sports business management program, spoke with Covers about the rise in partnerships between Major League Baseball teams and prediction market operators.
• Larry Noble, adjunct professor in the Washington College of Law, spoke with The Guardian about the growth of President Donald Trump’s personal wealth during his second term.
• Omékongo Dibinga, senior professorial lecturer in the School of International Service, spoke with DC News Now about the Trump administration’s approach to the US-Iran war.
• John Watson, associate professor at the School of Communication, spoke with The Southern Maryland News about a recent redistricting lawsuit filed by The Maryland Freedom Caucus and Republican state senators Steve Hershey and Justin Ready.
• William LeoGrande, professor emeritus in the School of Public Affairs, spoke with USA Today about how Latin American governments are responding to the second Trump administration.
• Jordan Matsudaira, School of Public Affairs professor and director of the Postsecondary Education and Economics Research Center, spoke with WTOP about whether recent Trump administration student loan caps can lower the prices of US graduate programs.