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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.
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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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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).
University of Richmond Magazine
AI @ UR
Artificial intelligence is now part of higher education. UR’s approach encourages experimentation focused on enhancing student learning.
UR Now: Student Experience
University of Richmond team wins first place at VFIC Applied Ethics Bowl
Sixteen Virginia college teams debate about ethics and artificial intelligence.
UR Now: RESEARCH & INNOVATION
UR faculty awarded more than $2 million for research in the sciences and humanities
Projects focusing on climate change, disease control, and AI recently received funding.
UR Now: Research & Innovation
University of Richmond faculty share their expertise with media outlets
Here's a sampling of professors called upon to lend their voices to news stories about teaching rats to drive, artificial intelligence, and other topics during 2024.