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We use the UMBC group umbc-ai to share news about AI research, events, and opportunities at UMBC. UMBC faculty, staff, and students can join the group to receive email messages. Anyone can view past news on the group or on the AI.UMBC.EDU website. Below are short summaries of recent messages from the UMBC AI Center.

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Event: Future Ready Maryland AI Summit

8:30-4:00pm Saturday, June 21, 2025 at UMBC

The Maryland Center for Computing Education (MCCE) will hold a free one-day event at UMBC on Saturday, June 21, 2025, focused on AI in all levels of education. The Future Ready Maryland AI Summit...

Posted: April 30, 2025, 10:33 AM

Webinar: Enhancing Critical Thinking with GenAI

Video exploring how higher education is preparing students for the rise of AI from a UMBC webinar on April 1. Learn how to leverage generative AI to improve student outcomes and uphold academic...

Posted: April 28, 2025, 6:02 PM

Webinar: Student Voices on Navigating AI in Higher Education, 4/9

12-1pm EDT, Wednesday April 9, 2025, online

The final session of the spring AI in Practice webinar series sponsored by the University of Baltimore, JHU, and UMBC will take place 12-1 pm EDT on April 9, 2025. Join the online event to hear...

Posted: April 8, 2025, 12:17 PM

Video and slides from Generative AI and Higher Education

Prof. John Schumacher's Lipitz Lecture, March 27, 2024

The video and slides of UMBC Professor John Schumacher’s Lipitz Lecture on “Generative AI and Higher Education: Practical Insights for Today and Tomorrow” are now available online. Generative...

Posted: April 3, 2025, 7:56 AM

Enhancing Critical Thinking with GenAI 4/23

12-1:30pm EDT, Wednesday April 23, online

This timely webinar will explore how higher education is preparing students for the rise of AI. Presenters Drs. Eugenia Novokshanova and Michelle Kassorla will share insights from The Multimodal...

Posted: April 1, 2025, 12:50 PM

Teaching with AI: two workshops for UMBC faculty and staff, January 23

In person in PAHB 337 on Thursday, January 23, 2024

Dr. José Antonio Bowen will visit UMBC on Thursday, January 23, to lead two in-person workshops for UMBC faculty and staff based on his book Teaching with AI, co-authored with C. Edward Watson,...

Posted: November 26, 2024, 11:19 AM

Microsoft Webinar: Copilot Studio for Education, 11/21

Build a generative AI chatbot in minutes, 11/21, 11-12 EST

Microsoft’s Copilot Studio is a conversational AI platform that lets you create agents using natural language or a graphical interface that are based on the GPT-4 series of large language models....

Posted: November 16, 2024, 6:58 PM

Teaching with AI, book discussion 12-1 pm Wednesday, Oct. 30, online

Learn how AI can support educators & impacts grading

UMBC's Faculty Development Center will hold the second online discussion session on Teaching with AI on Wednesday, October 30 from 12-1  based on the book Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a...

Posted: October 26, 2024, 6:35 PM