Summer GAINS
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The Graduate AI Innovation & Networking Series Newsletter
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GAINS is a Dietrich School initiative that explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping graduate education, teaching, and research. We spotlight innovative practices, projects, and essential resources to promote informed and responsible use of AI in the university setting. By sparking cross-disciplinary dialogue around one of the most compelling topics, GAINS creates a platform for discussion, discovery, and new connections within the Pitt community.
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The GAINS initiative at the University of Pittsburgh is a collaborative space where graduate students explore how AI can enhance education, research, and the world. Summer of 2025, we’re excited to welcome a group of brilliant, creative, and deeply thoughtful interns whose work spans chemistry, ethnomusicology, political science, and film studies. Though their disciplines differ, they are united by a common curiosity: how can we use AI to better understand ourselves, our societies, and the complex systems we study?
Ali Hassan - PhD Student in Ethnomusicology
Isil Idrisoglu - PhD Candidate in Political Science
Mikhail Itkin - PhD Student in Slavic and Film Studies
Kaveen Tennakoon - PhD Student in Chemistry
Learn more about them here!
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Paula Orozco-Espinel reflects on allowing AI use in writing assignments and requiring disclosure. Few students admitted substantial use, revealing uncertainty and stigma around AI.
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Leila Nilipour explains how GenAI-powered bots manipulate algorithms to spread disinformation, eroding trust in media and institutions.
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Share your take on AI in grad education - research, teaching, concerns, or discoveries. Selected entries will appear on the GAINS site and newsletter (honoraria available). See our website for details.
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University faculty, staff, and students now have enterprise-level access to Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and NotebookLM -powerful AI tools that open new possibilities for research, teaching, and creative work across disciplines.
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Wondering how to approach AI tools like ChatGPT in your writing-intensive classes? The Writing Institute at the Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences has gathered a set of materials designed to help instructors understand AI writing tools, how students are using them, and how to revise assignments to account for their presence.
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An in-person symposium at Carlow University will spotlight the impact of AI on higher education, with the CMU's professor Illah R. Nourbakhsh serving as a keynote speaker. The event is open to all, consider registering here!
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This exciting international symposium at CMU will bring together experts from the US and Switzerland to explore creative applications of AI in media production, architecture, and design. The event also features a digital exhibition with participating artists from around the world. Registration is open until August 13—don't miss it!
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Join Pitt’s Center for Teaching and Learning for a virtual workshop exploring how to effectively use Gradescope—an AI-driven tool designed to simplify grading written assignments. Register now!
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