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U of U Board of Trustees approve $50M AI investment.

Changes to future curricula as well as a large artificial intelligence (AI) investment deal were among the most significant items of business at the University of Utah's Board of Trustees meeting, held last Tuesday at the Cleone Peterson Eccles Alumni House.

Dr. Manish Parashar presents before members of the University of Utah's Board of Trustees The University of Utah Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to approve a large investment into artificial intelligence (AI), and to both create and discontinue certain degree programs as part of an ongoing reallocation of campus resources at the urging of state lawmakers.

Following presentations from representatives of the university's schools of law and music for the creation of new degrees in Legal Studies and Music Education, the board heard from Dr.

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