Previewing University-wide programming for Penn’s third annual AI Month
Previewing University-wide programming for Penn’s third annual AI Month
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Publish Date: 2026-04-02 23:53:00
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Penn is hosting its third annual AI Month this April.
Schools and centers across the University will organize symposiums, seminars, and workshops covering a variety of fields. The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with several event organizers about artificial intelligence programming scheduled from March 31 to May 1.
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School professor and Director of the Penn Program on Regulation Cary Coglianese explained that “AI Month showcases the importance of AI to society and to our economy.”
“It provides incredibly unique learning opportunities for students about these transformative technologies that will be affecting students’ lives for years,” he added.
AI Month programming will include two Foundations of Optimization, Learning, and Data Science seminars — a series created this year to address the “increasingly intertwined” advances across these fields, according to professor Jason Altschuler.
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Altshuler, one of the faculty members organizing the series, wrote in a statement to the DP that the seminars — which will take place on April 2 and April 9 — serve “as a university-wide hub to bring together the many communities across Penn interested in these areas.”
Wharton Human AI-Research will host an AI Horizons virtual discussion on April 9 where speakers will consider how the technology has “deskilled” us, and an April 16 event on AI use in building creative organizations.
At AI Horizons, “leading faculty research meets the questions people are genuinely grappling with, including whether AI is quietly eroding the skills that students, professionals, and organizations depend on,” Marketing professor and April 9 event host Bob Meyer wrote to the DP.
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