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Why would 15% of kids rather talk to a chatbot than a person? Bots don’t judge, says Linda Charmaraman, director of the Youth, Media, & Wellbeing research lab: “They’re never mad at them or moody.”

Tamanika Ferguson, visiting research scholar in women’s and gender studies, says protecting incarcerated people’s access to physical mail/inside-led print publishing is a feminist public safety issue.

“[Families] are going to go to other places where it’s not so expensive to live,” said Wendy Robeson, senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women, “and that’s bad for everybody.”

Petra Rivera-Rideau, associate professor of American studies, on Bad Bunny headlining the Super Bowl halftime show: “The fact that [he’s] a Spanish-speaking artist … is a political statement already.”

The Women’s Edge marks 25 years of celebrating the top 100 women-led businesses and nonprofits in Massachusetts. Wellesley College is 22nd on the list.

The Seattle Storm’s next coach will be New York Liberty assistant coach Sonia Raman. She has extensive coaching experience, including six seasons as the lead assistant basketball coach at Wellesley.

Wellesley Centers for Women writer-in-residence Laura Pappano describes her experience at the Moms for Liberty summit, where parents were urged to turn their grievances into lawsuits.

Economist Phillip Levine said drawing more money from Harvard’s reserve funds is not a “sustainable path” for its financial future: “At some point, it could start to weaken the institution.”

Musician and computational neuroscientist Kimaya Lecamwasam ’21, a PhD student in MIT’s Media Lab, uses neuroscience, AI, and music to explore music’s impact on mental health and well-being.