Campus events are passionate about expanding AI education and accessibility

 

POSTED ON Apr 04, 2025

 

The Artificial Intelligence at Small Liberal Arts Colleges conference will take place on April 4-5. The event will be held at Colby College in Maine and is sponsored by the Davis Institute of Artificial Intelligence at Colby.

The conference will kick off with a pre-conference workshop for students, followed by a seminar that explores the compatibility of arts education with Generative AI.

The first day will conclude with a workshop in which students will showcase what they have learned about the obstacles, challenges, and successes of working with AI.

On Saturday, the “Bagels & Bots Seminar: Multimodal AI for Research and Teaching” will be the first seminar, followed by a series of panels that address the ethical, moral, and cultural issues surrounding AI.

The first panel will feature panelists from Colby College, Bowdoin College, Mount Holyoke College, and Skidmore College. Another panel focusing on AI and language will include participants from MIT, Gettysburg College, and Colby College.

Afternoon panels will include “The AI Teaching Conundrum,” featuring panelists from Denison University and Bates College; “Information Literacy in the Age of AI,” with panelists from the University of Washington and Connecticut College; and follow-up discussions with panelists.

There will also be opportunities to experience multimodal AI applications hosted by students from the DavisAI Artificial Intelligence Lab.

Additionally, the HBCU AI Conference and Training Summit took place from April 1 to 3.

This transformative gathering brought together students, educators, researchers, industry leaders, policymakers, and community advocates to bridge the gap between historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

Hosted by Huston-Tillotson University, an institution dedicated to forward-thinking innovation, the summit offered a dynamic platform for collaboration, cutting-edge research, and career-building opportunities.

It was open to all individuals passionate about expanding AI education and accessibility.