Colby Meets the AI Moment in 2025
The Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence navigates a fast-evolving learning landscape
In the fast-evolving world of artificial intelligence, 2025 was characterized by a shift from pure experimentation to the scaling of practical, advanced AI systems. At Colby, the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence met the moment. Here are highlights of our most popular stories about AI.
Longtime IBM Executive to Lead Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence
David Watts, an innovation-driven tech leader, joined the College this summer to advance the interdisciplinary mission of AI at Colby
Davis Institute for AI to Participate in Major NSF Grant
Colby researchers will work to improve the reliability of AI chatbots related to mental health
The No. 1 Skill Employers Want Right Now? AI Literacy
How Colby prepares students to use artificial intelligence when they enter the ‘real world’
A Lively Conversation About AI
Kathryn Guarini, a technology and business leader, explores how technology is changing teaching and learning
How Will Artificial Intelligence Change Higher Education?
The Davis Institute for AI hosted experts from liberal arts colleges to answer that question
The Doctor is Always In: AI in Medicine
Sara Hoffman ’18 is director of AI initiatives at Harvard Medical School
