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The Best of Our Knowledge
The Best Of Our Knowledge

Artificial intelligence, campus nutrition, and dragonflies

By Lucas Willard
Published September 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT
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A blue dasher dragon fly

A common dragon fly has an ability to not only survive in polluted water, but thrive.

We’ll explore how one private college is developing a strategy to safely integrate artificial intelligence into instruction.

And a public college in Massachusetts is taking a big step to combat food insecurity on campus.  

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Lucas Willard is a news reporter and host at WAMC Northeast Public Radio, which he joined in 2011. He produces and hosts The Best of Our Knowledge and WAMC Listening Party.
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