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Jan 13, 2025 | 
qoshe.com | David D Markowitz
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | David D Markowitz
“Mentorship is a favor you do for someone else.”“Becoming a mentor is only for people who have time to spare.”“Mentorship is about giving advice, not receiving anything in return.”These are just a few of the common beliefs about mentorship. They paint a picture of mentorship as a one-sided act of generosity, reserved for those with extra time and energy to give. But what if I told you that mentorship is just as much for the mentor as it is for the mentee?
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
asbmb.org | David D Markowitz
Artificial intelligence-generated summaries of scientific papers make complex information more understandable for the public compared with human-written summaries, according to my recent paper published in PNAS Nexus. AI-generated summaries not only improved public comprehension of science but also enhanced how people perceived scientists.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | Karabo Ledwaba |David D Markowitz |Hillary C. Shulman |Todd Rogers
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This week marks a groundbreaking moment for South Africa’s media landscape with the launch of the Digital News Transformation Fund (DNTF), a partnership between the Association of Independent Publishers (AIP) and Google. The fund will inject R114m into the local media sector over the next three years—South Africa's largest-ever investment in community journalism.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
jpost.com | David D Markowitz
Pro-Palestinian protesters were recently arrested at the University of Minnesota after occupying and damaging a campus building in a display of aggressive antisemitism. The arrests are part of a broader crackdown on hate, including recent sanctions against Samidoun, the sham charity group linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization and behind many of the campus protests over the last year.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
phys.org | David D Markowitz
Artificial intelligence-generated summaries of scientific papers make complex information more understandable for the public compared with human-written summaries, according to my recent paper published in PNAS Nexus. AI-generated summaries not only improved public comprehension of science but also enhanced how people perceived scientists.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | David D Markowitz |Hillary C. Shulman |Todd Rogers |Danette Breitenbach
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The regional winners for KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga in the 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards have been announced, with media outlets in both provinces celebrating their achievements across the competition's 12 categories. More than 1,200 entries were received from journalists around the country as they shared examples of their best work from the past year. Source: Supplied.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | David D Markowitz
On last month’s Olami Campus Leader Mission to Israel, we brought Jewish student leaders from universities across the United States and Canada to share their harrowing experiences of campus antisemitism with top Israeli government officials. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, and the Knesset members who heard their testimony were profoundly moved and shocked by the extent and intensity of antisemitism that students are facing on US campuses.
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May 31, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | David D Markowitz
The Rising Tide of Antisemitism on US CampusesMany college campuses were “unsafe spaces” for Jewish students during the 2023-24 academic year. From anti-Israel encampments to outright attacks on “Zionist” Jewish students, and even the revival of the blood libel accusing Jews of using blood to bake matzos, America’s campuses are burning with the fires of antisemitism. Implications Beyond the ClassroomEven as classes end for the summer, this wave of antisemitism is not over.
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May 3, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | David D Markowitz
In the wake of ongoing anti-Israel protests – which have devolved into outright antisemitism and now require constant police presence – Columbia University administrators have said all professors must offer remote options for upcoming exams. This is a continuation of the extraordinary trend in recent weeks of Jewish students avoiding threats of violence on campus and learning online, while other students have been studying in classrooms.
