To our campus community:
At Case Western Reserve University, we recognize that artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming learning and education. We are equipping individuals with the skills to navigate and shape an AI-driven world, integrating AI into our curriculum, research, and operations with a focus on ethics and societal impact.
Our decade-long partnership with Microsoft to innovate teaching and learning has entered a new phase, providing access to a growing number of AI models to enhance our educational impact and ensure responsible AI use across campus.
Initiatives like the Spartan Answers chatbot now serve as a virtual front door for accessing university information. Additionally, we have launched initiatives such as our AI Literacy Lunch and Learn Series, integrated into UCITE, [U]Tech’s TLT, and KSL programs. Recent events like the AI in Education Symposium, attended by nearly 150 people, is just the start of similar events being planned across campus.
The momentum continues to build:
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Growing the number of faculty are actively using AI in research, teaching, or both.
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Increasing AI-integrated courses across numerous departments—from medicine and engineering to the humanities.
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Introducing new educational programs, including an AI Major and Minor in Computer and Data Science, an AI in Medical Imaging track in Biomedical Engineering, and a Humanity & Technology Major in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Our faculty are leaders in the field of AI, driving innovation and shaping the future of research and applications across disciplines. For example, the recently launched Center for AI Enabling Discovery in Disease Biology (AID2B) leverages AI to advance disease detection and treatment. In a collaboration between faculty in the departments of Physics and Art History and Art, AI approaches are being used to distinguish the individual brushstrokes between painters to revolutionize the field of art attribution. At the Inamori Center, faculty are pioneering ethical AI practices, addressing issues like bias and accountability.
Workshops, hackathons, and AI-integrated courses add to the momentum, showcasing our expertise in the development, application and responsible use of AI. The AI Task Force, composed of faculty, staff, and students, is orchestrating these efforts to bridge gaps and build lifelong skills.
At CWRU, we are not just preparing the campus community for the future—we are empowering them to shape it. Together, we are building a legacy of innovation and ethical leadership that will serve generations to come.
Sincerely,
Joy K. Ward
Provost and Executive Vice President