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From Health to Climate to Classrooms: Meet 13 New Faculty Fellows Putting Responsible AI to Work for Utah

October 8, 2026 The University of Utah One-U Responsible AI Initiative at the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute this week announced its third cohort of faculty fellows, totaling 13 researchers across 11 departments. The initiative’s largest and most interdisciplinary cohort to date, the fellows will advance practical, people-centered uses of AI—from personalized health care and […]

October 8, 2026

New Interdisciplinary Class Explores the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Categories: General News, News

September 29, 2026 Will AI become superintelligent? Would superintelligent AI take care of us? Or would it become evil and kill us all? The professors who designed the University of Utah’s new AI Ethics class think that is only one of many worries—and some of the other ones are affecting us right now. As artificial […]

September 29, 2026

Teaching AI with Clarity and Care: Faculty Fellow Receives Two Awards for Teaching Excellence

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September 22, 2026 In the classroom, One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative (One-U RAI) faculty fellow Ana Marasović faces what one student calls the “formidable challenge” of teaching complex, rapidly evolving technologies reshaping the world: natural language processing and large language models, like those that power ChatGPT. Her students say she meets this challenge deftly and […]

September 22, 2026

Issues in Science and Technology: AI Slop Risks Future Discovery

Categories: In the Media, News

August 13, 2026 One-U Responsible AI Initiative faculty fellow Isabelle Freiling co-authored a short piece that appeared in the summer 2026 edition of Issues in Science and Technology, a quarterly policy-focused journal published by the National Academy of Sciences and Arizona State University. Freiling worked with fall 2025 distinguished visitor Dietram A. Scheufele and Duke […]

August 13, 2026

University of Utah Team Selected for NSF Initiative to Shape the Future of AI in Science Education

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July 29, 2026 Reposted from the The Research Post. Featuring work from One-U Responsible AI Initiative faculty fellow Vineet Pandey. As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into classrooms and workplaces, researchers at the University of Utah are helping answer an important question: How can AI support learning without replacing the critical thinking and problem-solving skills […]

July 29, 2026

University of Utah Selected for Elite National Network of AI-Driven “Cloud Laboratories”

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July 22, 2026 Reposted from the John and Marcia Price College of Engineering. Featuring work from One-U Responsible AI Initiative faculty fellow Mike Kirby. The University of Utah has been selected by the U.S. National Science Foundation to build one of twenty Programmable Cloud Laboratory Nodes in the nation, a new class of research facility […]

July 22, 2026

Amplifying Impact: Huntsman Mental Health Institute’s Bold Commitment to Responsible AI

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Instead of asking, “Is AI going to replace my job?” we’re focused on “How should we work with AI for the benefit of patients?” July 7, 2026 Reposted from Huntsman Mental Health Institute’s 2025 annual report. Featuring work and insights from Nina de Lacy, a psychiatrist and One-U Responsible AI Initiative faculty fellow. A new […]

July 7, 2026

U Researchers Confront Urgent AI Ethics Questions at Workshop, Launch Interdisciplinary Effort

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April 29, 2026 As researchers across the University of Utah build, study, and use generative artificial intelligence (AI), they’re uncovering high-stakes ethical questions that can’t easily be solved by technologists or humanists alone. Physician Ryan A. Metcalf is exploring how AI might help doctors decide who truly needs a blood transfusion—a common, lifesaving treatment that […]

April 29, 2026

Utah Charts a New Path for Regulating Mental Health AI

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April 8, 2026 Reposted from Huntsman Mental Health Institute. Nina de Lacy is a One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative faculty fellow. Zachary Boyd helped launch Utah’s Responsible AI Community Consortium, which is facilitated by the initiative. As generative AI rapidly expands into mental health care, Utah has emerged as a national leader in developing a […]

April 8, 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 […]

January 9, 2026