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Holiday shopping: Tips for using AI to compare prices and get gift inspiration

How can AI tools help consumers find the best deals and tackle the holiday shopping list? Associate Professor of marketing Purvi Shah spoke with NBC Boston about the technology driving retail transformation. "AI can help you compare products and prices across stores. It can also give you review summaries that can help you evaluate various product options based on those review summaries," Shah said. "All of this is done very efficiently."

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Worcester Business Journal
WPI granted $900K from U.S. Department of Education to boost diversity among biology researchers

The funding will finance fellowships for graduate students studying to become researchers and educators in cell and molecular biology and microbiology. Eight doctoral students will be funded in the Department of Biology and Biotechnology.

 

Worcester Business Journal
WPI researcher awarded $800K for cancer research

The Worcester Business Journal reported on Assistant Professor of Biology and Biotechnology Amity Manning’s grant from the American Cancer Society to support research that could possibly lead to future cancer therapies.