Events

Upcoming Events

Faculty Brownbag – GenAI in Teaching

The Baker School of Business would like to invite faculty and staff to attend a GenAI in teaching brownbag.

When: Tuesday, February 3
Time: 12:15 –1:30 PM
Location: Bastin 104

Session 1

Title: Snapshot from HBS – Workshop on Teaching with AI
Presenters: Arpit Sharma, Michael Chitavi, & Kirsten Passyn 

Session Details

Harvard Business School, in collaboration with the Kennedy School of Government, recently organized a workshop focused on the integration of artificial intelligence within higher education. The event was attended by approximately eighty-five faculty members from around the world, including four representatives from The Citadel School of Business who will present their key takeaways at the forthcoming BSB AI roundtable.

The session will address practical applications of AI in educational settings, such as the development of instructional materials, implementation of chatbots for student inquiries, infographic generation from video content, and creation of educational games and simulators. Participants will gain actionable strategies and resources to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes through AI. The roundtable is designed to provide educators with innovative techniques and illustrative examples to elevate both classroom experiences and academic results.

Session 2

Title:  AI Judgement and Trust
Presenters: Susan Wrigth 

Session Details

This research agenda examines how generative AI reshapes judgment, trust, and accountability in institutions whose legitimacy depends on evaluating and certifying human reasoning—particularly auditing, higher education, and professional accounting education. Framed through a socio-technical systems lens, the work investigates how AI introduces epistemic opacity into contexts that historically require epistemic transparency. Across three integrated research streams—AI in auditing and assurance, AI in higher education assessment and governance, and AI-enabled Excel-based accounting pedagogy—the research highlights professional and academic judgment as the indispensable core. The agenda advances conceptual frameworks, empirical questions, and applied artifacts that emphasize human-centered AI design, demonstrating that institutional resilience in an AI-enabled world is not a function of automation, but of how judgment is protected, enabled, institutionalized, and legitimized through intentional design.

Past Events

AI Action Plan Speaker Series

Please join the Office of the Provost and the School of Engineering for the next installment of the AI Action Plan Speaker Series.

Teaching with AI

When: January 21, 2026

Location: Register to find out

  • Faculty/Staff Workshop Part I: Working wtih AI: Tools & Techniques (9am-11am)
    • Breakfast is included with Workshop I.
  • Lecture for Faculty, Staff & Students: Thinking with AI (noon-1pm)
  • Faculty/Staff Workshop Part II: AI Assignments & Custom Bots (1pm-2:30pm)
    • Lunch is included with Workshop II.
Headshot of Dr. Jose Brown, January 2026 guest speaker at AI Action Plan Speaker Series
Dr. Jose Brown, author of Teaching with AI, Teaching Naked, & Teaching Change: How to Develop Independent Thinkers using Relationships, Resilience and Reflection. He has won teaching awards at Standford & Georgetown, was Dean of Fine Arts at Miami University & President of Goucher College. Honored as a Distinguished Alumni Scholar from Stanford, he has presented keynotes & workshops at more than 300 campuses & conferences in 46 states & 17 countries. In 2018, he was awarded the Ernest L. Boyer Award for significant contributions to American higher education & is now a senior fellow for the American Association of Colleges & Universities.

AI Action Plan Speaker Series

Please join the Office of the Provost and the School of Engineering for the next installment of the AI Action Plan Speaker Series.

Although these workshops are focused around engineering scholarship, they will be informative for anyone in the STEM and related fields. Dr. Kajfez will provide insightful coaching for faculty on their own research projects.

When: December 11, 2025

Location: Register to find out

  • Faculty/Staff Workshop Part I: Engineering Education Research & Scholarship in the Age of AI (8am-11am)
    • Breakfast is included with Workshop I.
  • Faculty/Staff Workshop Part II: Review of Morning Workshop, Study Alignment & Application (1pm-4pm)
    • Lunch is included for Workshop II.

Dr Rachel Kajfez professional headshot
Dr. Rachel Kajfez, an associate professor at Ohio State University, is the principal investigator for the RIME Collaborative and actively involved in the Toy Adaptation Program. Her goal is to enable academic success for all students & faculty through strategic, innovative and learner-centered action.

AI Action Plan Speaker Series

Please join the Office of the Provost and the School of Engineering for the fourth installment of the AI Action Plan Speaker Series.

Question the Machine: Generative AI & the Curious Student

When: November 19, 2025

Location: Register to find out

  • Faculty/Staff Workshop Part I: Foundations of Generative AI for Academia (8am-9:30am)
  • Faculty/Staff Workshop Part II: Applying Generative AI for Course Development (10am-11:30am)
  • Lecture for Faculty, Staff & Students: Question the Machine: GenAI, Contrarian Thinking, and the Curious tudent (12pm-1pm)

Lunch is included with registration

Dr. Mark Budnik, Carnegie Mellon University, is the inaugural Disney Inspiring Brilliance Teaching Award recipient, and Teaching Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering. His classes have enrolled close to 100,000 students from 170 countries.

Free Live Training: Responsible AI in Higher Education

Scite is hosting a free live training on October 30 (9:00–10:30 AM EST) titled Responsible AI in Higher Education.

This 90-minute event will help academic librarians, instructors and researchers:

  • Understand the ethical and practical dimensions of AI in higher ed.
  • Learn how to critically evaluate AI-generated content using citation context.
  • Explore policies and classroom strategies for integrating AI responsibly.
  • Receive free access to Scite during the session and earn a certificate of completion.

Date & Time: October 30, 2025 | 9:00–10:30 AM EST

Cost: Free Details & Registration

AI Action Plan Speaker Series

Please join the Office of the Provost and the School of Engineering for the third installment of the AI Action Plan Speaker Series.

Developing Human Intelligence in Times of AI

When: October 17, 2025

Faculty/Staff Workshop Part I: AI-Supported Reflection (8am-9:45am)

  • Faculty/Staff Workshop Part I: AI-Supported Reflection (8am-9:45am)
  • Faculty/Staff Workshop Part II: AI-Supported Creativity (10am-11:45am)
  • Lecture for Faculty, Staff & Students: Developing Human Intelligence in Times of AI (12pm-1pm)

Lunch is included with registration

Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, Ph.D., author of Experiments in Reflection, co-founder & co-director of the University Innovation Fellows at Stanford Hasso Plattner Institude of Design (d.school).

AI In Industry Panel

Please join us for the second installment of the AI Action Plan Speaker Series for a panel discussion on AI in Industry.

When: Monday, October 6, 2025

Time: 5PM-6PM

Guest Panels

Deniz Keskin, guest panel for the AI Action Plan Speaker Series

Deniz Keskin
Lead Machine Learning Engineer Scientific Research Corporation

Austin Evans, guest panel for the AI Action Plan Speaker Series

Austin Evans
Data Science Analyst, Production System BMW Manufacturing Co, Inc.