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AI is on our minds at UR
President Hallock reflects on efforts across campus to understand and teach the AI-related skills and competencies Spiders should have when they graduate.
Presidential Advisory Group on AI
The Presidential Advisory Group on AI at UR (PAG-AI) is charged with developing an action plan for advancing AI at UR, including identifying areas of priority and potential use cases, implementation strategies, key colleagues to involve, key tools (both existing and new) to utilize, data collection and metrics for assessing progress, resources required, and costs and benefits of possible decisions. The group may also discuss data security and privacy considerations and make recommendations to the administration for relevant policy updates.
The committee will have a set of initial recommendations by the end of the December 2025 and will develop a final set of recommendations by the end of March 2026.
Learn about a new tool for experimentation in teaching & learning at the University of Richmond
Generative AI: A Brief Primer
This primer provides foundational knowledge about generative AI, covering its definition, how it works, a comparison of widely used tools, key capabilities relevant to higher education, limitations and considerations for implementation, and the potential impact areas within academic settings, ensuring everyone has a common understanding.
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University of Richmond Center for Liberal Arts and AI Announces Theme and Fellows for 2025–26 Academic Year
The Center for Liberal Arts and AI will host 23 fellows from 10 institutions and offer numerous programming opportunities during the 2025–26 academic year.
Prioritizing the public in public service
An internship in a congressional district office gives senior an appreciation for the complexities of governing.
University of Richmond’s Distant Viewing Lab Receives $1M Mellon Foundation Grant to Expand Access to AI Tools
The Distant Viewing Lab has received a Mellon Foundation grant to expand access to computer vision models used in digital humanities research.
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Post-graduation Spiders continue their studies
Four members of the Class of 2025 heading to Syracuse University, Penn, Oxford, and MIT are among the 100-plus recent Richmond alumni on their way to graduate school this fall.
IT Governance Discusses AI for UR
2024 saw the introduction of support for artificial intelligence (AI) at the University of Richmond, with the publication of usage guidelines for students, faculty, and staff on a new GenAI website and a pilot program for faculty and student use of different AI systems via SpiderAI . A tool for anyone at the University who communicates, MessageAI, was also released (note that you must be on the campus network or VPN to access).