AI IN EDUCATION NEWS ARCHIVE
2026 News Releases
Professor Mohan Paturi Named Associate Dean for Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Implementation
June 26, 2026
UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering Professor Mohan Paturi has taken on a new role in the Jacobs School of Engineering: Associate Dean for Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Implementation. Full Story
Students Get an Intro to AI in First AI Major Class at UC San Diego
April 30, 2026
More than 100 undergraduate students enrolled in UC San Diego’s new AI major took their first major-specific course, CSE 25: Intro to AI, over winter quarter. The class aims to introduce AI principles that the students will see repeatedly over the next four years, and level the playing field between students who may have taken AI coursework on their own, and students for whom this is all new material. Full Story
What Does It Mean To Learn With AI?
April 9, 2026
Across higher education, universities are grappling with a central question — will generative AI undermine learning or reshape it? At UC San Diego, faculty members are exploring both sides of that question, developing AI tools designed to support teaching while preparing students to build the next generation of AI systems. Full Story