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AI at Small Liberal Arts Colleges 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n

Friday, April 4<\/em>th<\/em>
<\/sup>Noon \u2013 4pm  Preconference student workshop – Code & Beats: Soft Power in the DARQ Ages<\/em> led by Daouda Leonard<\/a>, founder and CEO of Create Safe<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

4pm  Is Liberal Arts Education Compatible with Generative AI?<\/em> by Per Urlaub<\/a> & Eva Dessein<\/a> from MIT Global Languages in Ostrove Auditorium in the Diamond Building<\/a> [Slide Deck<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\r\n

Networking opportunities over dinner. Options include a Colby dining hall<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

7pm   Soft Power in the DARQ Ages<\/em> in Page Commons<\/a>. Daouda and his workshop students will demonstrate what they learned today about the obstacles, challenges and successes from working with AI.<\/p>\r\n

Here is our A New Renaissance for AI in the Liberal Arts<\/em> video highlight of the event [30 second version<\/a>; 80 second version<\/a>].<\/p>\r\n

Saturday, April 5th<\/sup><\/em> \u2013 all events in the Diamond Building<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Breakfast buffet available at 8am<\/p>\r\n

8:20am   Bagels & Bots seminar \u2013 Multimodal AI for Research and Teaching<\/em> Tahiya Chowdhury<\/a> (Colby College).<\/p>\r\n

10am   Panel #1: Ethical, Moral and Cultural Issues of AI.<\/em> Moderated by Stacy Doore<\/a> (Colby College). Panelists include  Fernando Nascimento<\/a> (Bowdoin College) [Slide Deck<\/strong><\/a>], Diane Uwacu<\/a> (Mount Holyoke College) [Slide Deck<\/strong><\/a>] and Sarah Sweeney<\/a> (Skidmore College) [Slide Deck<\/strong><\/a>] [Sound File<\/a>].<\/p>\r\n

11am  Panel #2: AI and Language.<\/em> Moderated by Arne Koch<\/a> (Colby College). Panelists include Per Urlaub<\/a> (MIT) [Slide Deck<\/strong><\/a>], Junjie Luo<\/a> (Gettysburg College) [Slide Deck<\/strong><\/a>] and Ghada Gherwash<\/a> (Colby College).<\/p>\r\n

noon   Panel #3: The AI Teaching Conundrum: Adapt, Resist, or Redefine.<\/em> Moderated by Jordan Troisi<\/a> (Colby College). Panelists include Lew Ludwig<\/a> (Denison University) and Lindsey Hamilton<\/a> (Bates College). Slide Deck 1<\/strong> [Introduction<\/a>] and Slide Deck 2<\/strong> [The Conundrum<\/a>]<\/p>\r\n

1 \u2013 2pm  Buffet lunch<\/p>\r\n

2 pm  Panel #4: Information Literacy in the Age of AI<\/em>. Moderated by <\/span>Michael Yankoski <\/span><\/a>(Colby College). Panelists include <\/span>Kara Kugelmeyer<\/a>  (Colby College) <\/span> Susan Archambault<\/a> (University of Washington\/LMU ) and <\/span>Jessica McCullough<\/a> (Connecticut College).  [Slide Deck<\/strong><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\r\n

3pm  Snacks & Chats<\/em> \u2013 Follow-up conversations with panelists and opportunities to experience multimodal AI applications hosted by students from the DavisAI Artificial Intelligence Lab.<\/p>\r\n

Continue your conversations over dinner. Options include a Colby dining hall<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

6:30pm  Maine Film Center (downtown Waterville<\/a>) public showing of the Oscar Award winning movie Her<\/a> (set in 2025!). Introduction and discussion following the film by Veronica Romero<\/a> (Colby College).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
<\/a><\/td>\r\nA Co-Sponsor of AI@SAC 2025<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AI at Small Liberal Arts Colleges 2025 Friday, April 4thNoon \u2013 4pm  Preconference student workshop – Code & Beats: Soft Power in the DARQ Ages led by Daouda Leonard, founder and CEO of Create Safe. 4pm  Is Liberal Arts Education Compatible with Generative AI? by Per Urlaub & Eva Dessein from MIT Global Languages in … <\/p>\n

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