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Boost your AI skills

Learn how to enhance your productivity with AI--no matter what tool you use. Check out these videos:

Copilot Chat

Copilot gives UI students, faculty, and staff access to a generative AI-powered platform with enterprise data protection. Copilot can help generate content, analyze data, summarize documents, create images, write code, learn new skills and more. 

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI-powered assistant integrated directly into Microsoft 365 apps, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams. This tool is designed for faculty and staff who want an AI tool that can interact with documents, emails, and meeting content.

ChatGPT Edu

ChatGPT Edu is an AI-powered assistant available to faculty and staff. It helps streamline everyday tasks such as creating project plans, drafting documentation, writing emails, and preparing meeting content.

Select a tool

AI tools can significantly improve efficiency and productivity, but it’s important to match the capabilities of the AI with the needs of your role.

Attend workshops

Participate in events that expand your understanding of AI and develop your skill set through instructor-led trainings. See what’s happening, so you can discover what's possible with AI.

Request help

If you have questions about how AI can be applied or what tools to use, contact the Information Technology Services AI Support Team. 

Stay connected

The monthly AI at Iowa newsletter is for faculty and staff who want to learn about new tools, best practices, and upcoming events.

Upcoming events

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AI-Assisted Inverse Design of Organ-Inspired Auxetic Metastructure Patches

Thursday, October 8, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center

Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar

PRESENTATION: Mechanical compatibility is a critical requirement for therapeutic patches applied to soft tissues and organs, where large deformation, nonlinear mechanical responses, and auxetic surface behavior may occur. However, conventional patch design often relies on expert-defined architectures, manual parameter tuning, and finite design libraries, making it difficult to explore the large design space of auxetic metastructures. In this...

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AI and the Environment

Thursday, October 8, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Biology Building East
The UI Debate Team will take the stage for this panel event to explore the environmental impact of artificial intelligence and discuss the role of responsible and sustainable approaches to AI development and use.
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CS Colloquium - "Looking Behind the Seen: Generative AI for Environment Understanding, Forecasting & Optimization"

Friday, October 9, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
Peeking beyond immediately observed data in three domains: holistic environment understanding, forecasting, and optimization.
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Public Talk on AI-driven Science

Thursday, October 22, 2026 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Public Talk on AI-driven Science
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Artificial Intelligence Lightning Talks

Wednesday, October 28, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
Join AI Lightning Talks to hear short, engaging presentations from members of the University of Iowa community about practical and innovative uses of artificial intelligence. These sessions provide an opportunity to learn about emerging AI trends, exchange ideas across campus, and discover new ways AI is being applied in teaching, research, and operations.