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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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It's been a whirlwind year for AI in higher education - while many of the pressures of higher education remain the same, students and faculty alike are revising their ways of tackling difficulties and AI tools are beginning to feature more heavily in their approaches. Many of our AI Bites this year have considered our increasingly ability to streamline our work processes and ease collaboration, while concerns about deskilling, academic integrity, and sustainability remain in the foreground of many of our minds. Balancing a passion for innovation with thoughtful consideration of the invevitible environmental, social, and cultural impacts of these tools will remain a GAINS goal in 2026, when we look forward to including more of your own reflections in our AI Bites.
The GAINS team wishes you all a peaceful holiday season!
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Ali Hassan tells how AI assisted his GAINS internship.
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Athiana Tettaravou discusses how AI can complement economics research, but may widen the gap between capital and labor income.
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Seth Davis argues that debates should replace AI-age academic essays.
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Michael Itkin discovers that AI can spout answers, but can't ask questions like an academic.
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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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The Teaching and Learning Center is here to provide you with information and options so that you can address generative AI in your teaching, whether that entails crafting course policies to mitigate possible student misuse of those tools, teaching students AI literacy, or otherwise incorporating generative AI into teaching and learning.
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University faculty, staff, and students now have enterprise-level access to Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, NotebookLM, and PittGPT - powerful AI tools that open new possibilities for research, teaching, and creative work across disciplines.
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Looking to build the next best AI model? The Center for Research and Computing at Pitt provides access to advanced computing power including A100 NVIDIA GPUs.
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The University Center for Teaching & Learning is hosting a Gradescope workshop covering essential features, including setting up courses and assignments, using AI-assisted grading, and reviewing assignment analytics.
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Morgan Frank, an Assistant Professor at the School of Computing and Information at the University of Pittsburgh, will be discussing how emerging AI technologies are impacting early-career opportunities and perceptions.
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The summit brings together leaders in digital medicine to advance health care delivery and education. Held twice a year, it serves as a hub for cross-disciplinary collaboration, a platform for developing multispecialty grant proposals centered on patient outcomes, and a catalyst for AI-driven innovation in digital health.
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Alyssa Burgart, MD will be speaking on the ethical use of AI in medicine. The talk may be joined online and in-person in Rangos Auditorium at Children’s Hospital
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The Center for Teaching & Writing is offering a 30-minute introduction to NotebookLM, Google’s AI-powered research and writing assistant that helps organize ideas, summarize sources, and generate insights from your own materials. This session will highlight how NotebookLM can support common academic tasks, from synthesizing literature and drafting proposals to managing notes across multiple projects.
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