Tag: awardees
Postdoc Fellow Marshall Trout Uses AI to Improve Bionic Hands, Receives National Media Coverage
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 […]
Read MoreUtah Business 2025 Innovation Awards Feature Two Startups Involving One-U RAI Fellows
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 […]
Read MoreNew Postdocs Will Advance Tutor Chatbots, Bionic Hands, and Understanding of Adolescent AI Use and Pollution’s Impact on Reproductive Health
December 10, 2025 (Updated January 5, 2026, to include Sadia Khan)
Read MoreOne-U RAI Welcomes 12 New Faculty Fellows Driving Responsible AI Across Disciplines
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 […]
Read MoreSecond Annual Symposium Recap: Initiative Fuels State Leadership in Responsible AI
At its second annual Symposium on Friday, September 12, 2025, the University of Utah One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative (One-U RAI) showcased how it’s raising the state’s profile in ethical innovation by forging cross-sector partnerships, boosting regional infrastructure, and supporting researchers using AI to improve lives—to diagnose rare diseases in children, restore water to the […]
Read MoreDistinguished Visitor Dietram Scheufele Brings Expertise on Public Perception of AI—Watch His Lecture
Speaker: Dietram Scheufele, One-U RAI distinguished visitor; investigator, Morgridge Institute for Research; Taylor-Bascom Chair and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, University of Wisconsin—Madison When: Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, 2–3 pm Where: Evans Conference Room (WEB 3780), Warnock Engineering Building, University of Utah, 72 S Central Campus Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Thematic Area: Environment Abstract: […]
Read MoreOne-U RAI Faculty Fellow Isabelle Freiling on ‘The Elephant in the Room’ for Science Communication
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Read MoreNew One-U RAI Postdoc Fellows Will Use AI to Address Plastic Waste, Language Gaps in Online Therapy, and Disaster Response
June 23, 2025 Using AI to Accelerate Solutions to the Plastic Waste Crisis Philip P. Lampkin Mentors: Matt Sigman, Jacob Lessard, Taylor Sparks Thematic Area: Environment Lampkin’s project aims to address plastic pollution by developing plastics that are “degradable and upcyclable on demand.” He’ll use AI models to accelerate the discovery of special additives that […]
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