September 18, 2026 Reposted from the Price College of Engineering. Featuring work from One-U Responsible AI Initiative postdoctoral fellow Marshall Trout. Participant Tests Direct Nerve Interface of Thought-Controlled “LUKE Arm” at Home At age 16, Alexander “Avi” Davidson fell 35 feet from the top of a telephone pole, an accident that left him paralyzed from […]
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2026 Utah Business explores a bionic limb built by startup BIOS and University of Utah researchers and how the device relies on a small chip that communicates faster than the human brain. Featuring work from One-U Responsible AI Initiative postdoctoral fellow Marshall Trout. Continue reading on Utah Business
Read MoreJuly 30, 2026 Congratulations to the newest cohort of University of Utah One-U Responsible AI Initiative postdoctoral fellows. The program includes salary and benefits for two years and a research appointment at the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute. Read more about postdoctoral fellowships.
Read MoreUsing machine learning, University of Utah researchers found that repeated exposure to combinations of common air pollutants in early pregnancy was associated with nearly three times greater odds of early preterm birth July 16, 2026 Reposted from @theU. Brenna Kelly is an incoming postdoctoral fellow for the One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative. Pregnancy puts higher […]
Read MoreBrenna Kelly, an incoming postdoctoral fellow with the University of Utah One-U Responsible AI Initiative, wrote a Salt Lake Tribune opinion piece spurred by recent wildfires and the resulting smoke that blanketed the valley. Kelly holds a Ph.D. in population health sciences from the U and has expertise in analyzing the health effects of air […]
Read MoreUtah 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 MoreDecember 10, 2025 (Updated January 5, 2026, to include Sadia Khan)
Read MoreAt 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 MoreJune 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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