I was gutted to stop assigning research papers in my undergrad courses. I just don't think we can do it in the age of AI. But I've been really happy with the new thing I'm doing instead, which combines digitized historical newspapers + presentation + mini-viva: salh.law.wisc.edu/2026/06/18/p...

Presentations not papers for teachingI’ve given up trying to assign undergraduate research papers in the age of AI. The misconduct approach–assigning papers and trying to catch AI use–does not seem to be working. However, I am happy with...salh.law.wisc.edu