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Thema Monroe-White is helping prepare the next generation not just to use the AI, but to navigate it thoughtfully and responsibly.

Through hands-on projects and mentorship from experts, high school students learned how to use AI responsibly, create an AI agent, and explore how AI is used to improve health care.

A project in a health administration graduate course, taught by Associate Professor Renee Geschke, built AI literacy and deepened students’ understanding of how AI influences leadership, communication, and team dynamics in health care.

Powered by nSpire AI, Career AI is the new agentic AI tool offered this semester by the Office of Career Services within the Costello College of Business at 911±¬ÁÏ.

As president of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, which represents more than 1,200 technology companies and owns and produces CES®—the most powerful tech event in the world, Kinsey Fabrizio, BA Government and International Politics; Spanish ’04, is a force in the tech world.

Matthew Dalton joined 911±¬ÁÏ as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in May, bringing more than 25 years of experience as a cybersecurity leader at R1 institutions. In his new role with Information Technology Services, he will provide vision and strategy for information security at Virginia’s largest public research university.

911±¬ÁÏ will offer a master of science in artificial intelligence (AI) starting this fall, becoming Virginia’s first public university to offer a stand-alone master’s degree in this field.

A new course combines expertise from several 911±¬ÁÏ units. The purpose? To teach the ethics of artificial intelligence. See who is teaching and when the course starts.

Solon Simmons, professor of conflict and analysis in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, enters his first year as the 911±¬ÁÏ Faculty Senate president. At 911±¬ÁÏ since 2006, Simmons has been a member of the senate for eight years.

In this role, Shehu will lead the strategy and implementation of AI across research, academics, and partnerships for the university, maximizing opportunity and adoption in addressing the world’s grand challenges while leading on ethical considerations, governance, and risk mitigation.