AI News & Events
We've compiled some recent happenings relating to AI. If you've come across a great article or resource, let us know so that we can add it.
AI Symposium
When: Thursday, November 13, 2025 9:30am - 3:15pm (MST)
Where: Main Campus / Student Union Building - Ballroom B & Acoma
How to (and how not to) use AI in your classroom – Speaker: Melanie Moses. 9:30am-10:30am, Ballroom B.
A 30 minute panel with 30 minutes of discussion in small groups.
AI Advancing Research at UNM – Speaker: Melanie Moses. 10:45am-11:45am, Ballroom B.
Short talks highlighting AI in natural science, social science, engineering, medicine and art & design. We will also describe ongoing AI research efforts including RAISE and the Trustworthy AI Grand Challenge Team.
Practical AI - Tools You Can Use – Speaker: Melanie Moses. 1:00pm-2:00pm, Ballroom B.
IA brief 20-30 minute panel followed by 30-40 minutes of "ask an expert" at small tables so faculty and students can get advice on AI tools appropriate for their problems.
Advancing Public Health through AI - Speaker: Ming Ji. 2:15pm-3:15pm, Acoma.
This roundtable seeks to ignite cross-disciplinary dialogue and spark collaborations that push the boundaries of what AI can do for public health. Together, we can build a research ecosystem that advances population well-being while upholding ethical integrity and inclusiveness.
Selected News:
Pupils fear AI is eroding their ability to study, research finds
The Guardian, October 15 2025
Human-centered AI education: BC Engineering Department initiative will include a focus on ethical and social considerations
Boston College News, September 2025
UTEP Launches Master’s in Education with Artificial Intelligence Focus
The University of Texas El Paso Newsfeed, Setpember 24 2025
The Fever Dream of Imminent Superintelligence Is Finally Breaking
The New York Times, September 8 2025
How AI Impacts Academic Thinking, Writing, and Learning: Does AI make for better grades or better thinkers?
Psychology Today, September 7 2025
Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity
Model Evaluation & Threat Research (METR), July 10 2025
Your Brian on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
MIT Media Lab, June 10 2025
Musk's AI Grok bot rants about 'white genocide' in South Africa in unrelatedchats
The Guardian, May 14 2025
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
New Socialist, February 9, 2025
New Mexico Schools Use AI to Track Student Absences
Government Technology, January 13, 2025
AI may soon help detect wildfires in New Mexico
KOB 4, December 9, 2024
Seeing the future: How a New Mexico start-up is testing AI for detecting eye disease
KRQE, April 30, 2024
Past Events
17th Annual Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference (March 7-8, 2025)
The 17th annual Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference at the University of New Mexico invites graduate students to examine the manner in which networks of power, visibility, and technicity shape contemporary forms of social organization, ideological formations, and cultural narratives. Specifically the following presentations:
Panel II. Technologies of Knowing, Saturday March 8th, 1:00pm-2:30pm
Student Union Building (SUB) Acoma & Fiesta meeting rooms
Gender Bias in Generative AI: Discursive, Cultural, and Ideological Perspective
Elliot Jackson, University of New Mexico
Questions Concerning Teleology in Artificial Intelligence
Arlo O'Blaney, University of New Mexico
Keynote Presentation, Saturday March 8th, 3:00pm-4:00pm SUB Acoma
Machine Learning and the Crisis of Decision
David Bates, University of California, Berkeley
AI in Research (February 28, 12:30pm-2pm via Zoom)
Join Computer Science Professor Melanie Moses and Research IT Manager Grace Faustino for a discussion about the current state of AI in Research (as opposed to research on AI). They will talk about best practices when using existing tools, some of the potential pitfalls, and where things stand in terms of policies around AI in research and research administration at UNM and federally. They will also demo an AI tool or two and will invite attendees to test them out in real time during the session.
