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One‑U RAI Launches Expanded Visiting Fellowships, Replacing Distinguished Visitors Program

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February 20, 2026 The One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative’s former Distinguished Visitors Program is now the Visiting Fellows Program: it welcomes a wider range of participants—from rising stars to prominent leaders—and invites applications on a rolling basis rather than quarterly. In addition to broadening pathways to participation, the updated program formalizes the role of a […]

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February 20, 2026

Faculty Fellow Ryan Johnson Awarded $700K to Take AI-Powered Hydrology Research to Alaska’s Remote Rivers

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Republished February 2, 2026, from the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. Ryan Johnson is a One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative faculty fellow. Alaska: Famed for its dramatic landscapes, stunning glaciers, colossal mountains, and abundant wildlife. Yet equally striking is the sheer scale of its river systems. With more than 365,000 miles of rivers, Alaska […]

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February 2, 2026

KSL: The Pro-Human Pivot—Inside Utah’s $100M Bet on the Future of Work

Categories: In the Media, News

February 2, 2026 Read a KSL story featuring Manish Parashar, director of the One-U Responsible AI Initiative, and Kevin Williams, who co-leads the initiative’s Community Consortium. Highlight: As we dive into the legislative session, the message from the top is clear: The horse is out of the barn. Parashar emphasizes that the goal of the $100-million […]

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February 2, 2026

Faculty Fellow C. Thi Nguyen’s New Book ‘The Score’ Shines Light on How Data Often Misses What’s Most Important

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January 9, 2026 (Updated January 13, 2026) Modern institutions run on metrics and measures of success—in higher education, for instance, grades, graduation rates, and job placement drive strategies. But these metrics often seem to miss the most important part of education, according to University of Utah One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative (One-U RAI) faculty fellow […]

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January 9, 2026

Postdoc Fellow Marshall Trout Uses AI to Improve Bionic Hands, Receives National Media Coverage

Categories: General News, In the Media, News

December 15, 2025 Marshall Trout, a new One-U Responsible AI Initiative postdoctoral fellow, is part of a University of Utah research team that pioneered a new way to improve a commercially available bionic hand for its users. Trout and his advisor, Jacob A. George, added proximity and pressure sensors to the hand and trained an […]

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December 15, 2025

Utah Business 2025 Innovation Awards Feature Two Startups Involving One-U RAI Fellows

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Utah Business Magazine’s 2025 Innovation Awards honored three University of Utah startups, two of which involve new awardees from the One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative. Faculty fellow Heather Holmes is a co-founder of Trace Air Quality and postdoctoral fellow Marshall Trout works on the BIOS team. Read a summary from the Technology Licensing Office and […]

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December 11, 2025

One-U RAI Welcomes 12 New Faculty Fellows Driving Responsible AI Across Disciplines

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December 1, 2025 The University of Utah One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative (One-U RAI) at the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute has named 12 new faculty fellows, nearly double the number of awardees announced last year. This expansion underscores the university’s commitment to rapidly advancing ethical, interdisciplinary AI research that addresses real-world challenges, from […]

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December 1, 2025

Wired West: Why AI Needs More Than Tech Experts at the Table

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Penny Atkins serves as the director of research and science for the University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, home of the One-U Responsible AI Initiative. She also helps to facilitate the Utah Responsible AI Community Consortium, and she co-authored the AI Leadership Blueprint—a roadmap to help organizations with responsible AI adoption. Watch Atkins […]

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November 12, 2025