Provost Bellamkonda and Emory faculty work to harness the ethical uses of AI
“We are in the middle of an AI revolution,” says Ravi V. Bellamkonda, Emory University’s provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. “We have a sense of it. But we’re not yet fully comprehending what it’s doing to us.”
Bellamkonda and his colleagues at Emory are among the first in higher education to dedicate themselves, across disciplines, to figuring out precisely the impact the rapid spread of AI is having on us—and how we can better harness its power.
Announcements and Statements
Liebeskind selected as interim senior vice provost for academic affairs
Vice Provost Lanny Liebeskind, a seasoned member of the Office of the Provost team with a long history of serving Emory in a variety of administrative roles since 1996, will serve as interim senior vice provost for academic affairs, beginning September 1, 2022.
Read more in Emory News CenterInterim Dean appointment for Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Carla S. Freeman, executive associate dean of Emory College of Arts and Sciences and Goodrich C. White Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, will serve as interim dean of Emory College. On August 1, 2022, she will succeed Michael A. Elliott as he leaves to assume the presidency of Amherst College.
Read more in Emory News CenterProfessor Pearl Dowe selected as vice provost for faculty affairs
Pearl Dowe has been selected as the next vice provost for faculty affairs. Dowe, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Political Science and African American Studies, will succeed Tim Holbrook, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law, on January 1, 2023, after working closely with him this coming semester as provost’s fellow and vice provost for faculty affairs designee.
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