<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/0822-matt-walsh-2013.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>Skidmore alum combines science, AI, and public policy to confront global biothreats</title><author>James Helicke</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>08/22/2025 01:23:18 PM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>Matt Walsh ’13, who majored in chemistry at Skidmore and was Student Government Association president, now works at the intersection of biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and global security policy.</description><category>Alumni Stories</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2025/images/0822-matt-walsh-thumbnail.png" alt="Matt Walsh '13 sits at a table in discussion with faculty members"/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2025/images/0822-matt-walsh.png" alt="Matt Walsh '13 poses on second level balcony of Skidmore's Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences"/></image><caption/></item>