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Arthur Brooks 15Q Portrait
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Arthur Brooks 15Q Portrait

Scruggs Paris Silver Medal
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After Historic Olympic Gold, Lauren Scruggs is Giving Back

Hailing from Queens, NY, Lauren Scruggs ’25 is a fencer and Philosophy concentrator. She rose to athletic stardom overnight for her performance at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where she won a team gold medal and an individual silver medal, becoming the first Black American woman to win an individual medal in fencing.

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Fifteen Questions: Finale Doshi-Velez on AI Decision Making, Novel Writing and Unicorns

Computer Science Professor Finale Doshi-Velez sat down with Fifteen Minutes to talk about artificial intelligence in healthcare decision making, the dangers of “boring AI,” and writing what may be her first novel.

Spencer Weinreich
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Spencer Weinreich

Spencer Weinreich
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Fifteen Questions: Spencer Weinreich on Solitary Confinement, Religious Violence, and Quizbowl Grooming

Junior Fellow Spencer Weinreich sat down with FM to discuss the history of solitary confinement, the meaning of his tattoos, and being a “textual omnivore.”

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Fifteen Questions: Bruce H. Mann on Legal History, Studying Debt, and Owning Golden Retrievers

Legal Historian Bruce Mann sat down with FM to discuss socratic teaching, the pervasiveness of debt, and supporting his wife, Senator Elizabeth Warren, on the campaign trail.

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Zoë Hitzig is Generative and Intelligent. Is She Artificial?

Much like a large language model, the Zoë Hitzig available by Google search is so prolifically published that she seems capable of writing something about anything — from poetry to economics to philosophy — almost instantaneously.

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Zoe Hitzig Portrait

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Vera Mironova: A Scholar at the Frontlines of War

Mironova’s work takes her to the center of war. A scholar of armed conflict, she has embedded with military units around the world, including in Iraq and Ukraine.

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Vera Mironova Photo

“The goal of my scholarship would be to better understand war through individual behavior in conflict,” Mironova says.

.Maya Jasanoff 15Q Portrait
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Fifteen Questions during the Solar Eclipse: Maya Jasanoff on the British Empire, Joseph Conrad, and Judging The Booker Prize

The history professor talked with Fifteen Minutes during the solar eclipse about being in a family of academics, postcolonial literature, and reading.

Maya Jasanoff Eclipse 15Q Picture
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Maya Jasanoff Eclipse 15Q Picture

The trees began to sway and the bushes gently rustled as a breeze came over the courtyard. The shadows lost their strength.

Michael Ferguson Portrait
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Michael Ferguson Portrait

Michael Ferguson Portrait
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Exploring Neurospirituality with Michael Ferguson

To Michael Ferguson, contemplating spirituality in both the chapel and the laboratory makes his experience of religion more rich.

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