{"id":227906,"date":"2026-03-26T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/uncs-ai-chief-to-take-new-role-at-worcester-polytechnic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:50:11","slug":"uncs-ai-chief-to-take-new-role-at-worcester-polytechnic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/uncs-ai-chief-to-take-new-role-at-worcester-polytechnic\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC&#8217;s AI chief to take new role at Worcester Polytechnic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edscoop.com\/uncs-ai-chief-to-take-new-role-at-worcester-polytechnic\/\">UNC&#8217;s AI chief to take new role at Worcester Polytechnic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edscoop.com\/uncs-ai-chief-to-take-new-role-at-worcester-polytechnic\/\">https:\/\/edscoop.com\/uncs-ai-chief-to-take-new-role-at-worcester-polytechnic\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-26 14:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"edscoop.com\">edscoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Bardzell, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s vice provost for artificial intelligence and chief AI officer, has accepted a position at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, as the the Peterson Family Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, the Daily Tar Heel reported.<\/p>\n<p>A university press release noted that Bardzell will continue in his present role until late May, \u201creturning to a deanship that aligns closely with his long-standing passion for interdisciplinary scholarship, aligning academic programs with emerging societal needs, and the development of academic communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarolina is immensely grateful for Jeff\u2019s leadership and service. His insight and commitment to our mission will leave a lasting impact on our University,\u201d Provost Magnus Egerstedt said in the release. \u201cAs both a dean and as vice provost for artificial intelligence and chief AI officer, he helped shape important conversations about how our institution can lead responsibly in a rapidly changing landscape. We wish him the best as he heads to Worcester Polytechnic Institute later this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bardzell previously served as dean of the UNC School of Information and Library Science, and helped shape the university\u2019s data science offerings, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Tar Heel reported that he also advanced the university\u2019s AI work, helping to create a framework called AI for Public Good. He will also co-chair the university\u2019s inaugural AI for Public Good Conference next month.<\/p>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by EdScoop Staff<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edscoop.com\/uncs-ai-chief-to-take-new-role-at-worcester-polytechnic\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC&#8217;s AI chief to take new role at Worcester Polytechnic https:\/\/edscoop.com\/uncs-ai-chief-to-take-new-role-at-worcester-polytechnic\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-26 14:14:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/edscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-820779380.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-227906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227908,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227906\/revisions\/227908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}