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Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, influential physicist who forged new paths to understanding the universe, dies at 92 | MIT News

Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, influential physicist who forged new paths to understanding the universe, dies at 92 | MIT News

MIT Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss ’55, PhD ’62, a renowned experimental physicist and Nobel laureate whose groundbreaking work confirmed a longstanding prediction about the nature of the universe, passed away on Aug. 25. He was 92. Weiss conceived of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) for detecting ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves, and was later a leader of …

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The Biggest Signs That AI Wrote a Paper, According to a Professor

The Biggest Signs That AI Wrote a Paper, According to a Professor

Mark Massaro has taught English Composition at Florida Southwestern State College for years, but his job became significantly more difficult in 2023. Not long after AI apps like ChatGPT became freely available, higher education throughout the U.S. was hit with a tsunami of automated cheating. Students have been using AI to write essays—and the trend appears to be worsening as …

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UC Berkeley professor killed in Athens: Suspect claims he acted for victim’s ex-wife, leaked police confession reveals

UC Berkeley professor killed in Athens: Suspect claims he acted for victim’s ex-wife, leaked police confession reveals

CNN  —  On the morning of July 4, an American marketing professor was walking towards his ex-wife’s house in Athens to pick up their two young children. It should have been an unremarkable, if strained visit – the couple had apparently been disputing the terms of custody arrangements. But Przemyslaw Jeziorski never made it to the front door. In broad …

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Greek police arrest 5 in killing of UC Berkeley professor, including ex-wife – SFGATE

Greek police arrest 5 in killing of UC Berkeley professor, including ex-wife  SFGATE 5 Charged in U.C. Berkeley Professor’s Killing in Greece, Including His Ex-Wife  The New York Times Greek police charge five people in murder case of UC Berkeley professor, including his ex-wife  CNN Przemyslaw Jeziorski: UC Berkeley professor killed in Greece remembered: ‘He was murdered in cold blood,’ family says  ABC7 San …

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Colleagues rally round California professor arrested during Ice raid on cannabis farm | US immigration

Colleagues rally round California professor arrested during Ice raid on cannabis farm | US immigration

Academics and colleagues are rallying around a California university professor who was arrested and charged with assaulting a federal officer during a chaotic immigration raid at a cannabis farm that resulted in a worker’s death. John Caravello, a math and philosophy professor at California State University Channel Islands, joined a crowd of protesters who confronted immigration agents when they arrived …

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Przemyslaw Jeziorski: Ex-wife arrested for allegedly arranging killing of UC Berkeley professor in Athens, Greece, family says

Przemyslaw Jeziorski: Ex-wife arrested for allegedly arranging killing of UC Berkeley professor in Athens, Greece, family says

BERKELEY, Calif. — Police have arrested the ex-wife of a University of California, Berkeley professor for allegedly arranging his murder earlier this month in Athens, Greece, according to the victim’s family. Przemyslaw Jeziorski, 43, was gunned down outside of his ex-wife’s home in what was described at the time as a gang-style killing. RELATED: UC Berkeley professor killed in Greece …

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Greek police questioning five people in murder case of UC Berkeley professor, including professor’s ex-wife

UC Berkeley professor killed in Athens: Suspect claims he acted for victim’s ex-wife, leaked police confession reveals

Athens, Greece CNN  —  Greek police have brought five people in for questioning in the case of murdered UC Berkeley professor Przemyslaw Jeziorski, who was shot dead on July 4 while visiting Athens to see his children and attend a family custody hearing. One of the five individuals is the professor’s ex-wife, Greek police spokesperson Konstantina Dimoglidou told CNN. “Five …

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UC Berkeley marketing professor killed by gunman in Greece in broad daylight

UC Berkeley marketing professor killed by gunman in Greece in broad daylight

Athens CNN  —  Police in Greece are searching for the killer of a University of California Berkeley professor who was shot dead on July 4 while visiting Athens to see his children and attend a family custody hearing. Przemyslaw Jeziorski, 43, an economist and professor of marketing at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, was shot multiple times at close …

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