Events and Opportunities

CTL: Assignment “Makeovers” in the Age of AI (Workshop)

As semester winds to a close, many instructors are reflecting on their assignments in response to the capacities and limitations of generative AI. This reprise of the Fall 2025 CTL workshop supports faculty in identifying their own values and pedagogical principles as they think about the role of AI in their future courses, and in revising one or more course assignments. Repeat attendees welcome. Bring a device to access your assignment(s). Register here

Snacks provided

Dates, Times 

• • Thursday, May 7, 2:30-4p.m.

  • Tuesday, May 12, 2:30-4p.m.

Location: TBD

Facilitators: Jordan Troisi (CTL) and Eric Aaron (Computer Science)

Sponsor: Center for Teaching & Learning

For questions contact: Jordan Troisi (jdtroisi@colby.edu)

[DavisAI] Partner with DavisAI to Bring Expert Speakers to Campus

The Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence (DavisAI) is looking for motivated student researchers to join our interdisciplinary team. We want students from all academic disciplines to help us bridge the gap between technical expertise and real-world innovation.

Applications received by Tuesday, May 12th will be given equal consideration. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis thereafter.

What you’ll do:

• Conduct research or build projects tailored to your own interests.

• Engage the Colby community and beyond in vital discussions about AI.

• Enable engagement with DavisAI external partnerships (locally, nationally, and/or internationally)

• Explore diverse topics like:

  • Deep Learning, NLP, and Computer Vision.

  • User experience and survey instruments.

  • Writing opinion pieces on the impact of AI on education and society.

The Details:

• Pay: $15.60 per hour.

• Commitment: 5–6 hours per week during the academic year.

• Who: Open to all years—no prior coding experience required!

APPLY NOW

Contact: Leslie Lima at davisai@colby.edu

[DavisAI] Partner with DavisAI to Bring Expert Speakers to Campus

The Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence (DavisAI) is pleased to offer a new opportunity to enhance our campus conversation around the evolving role of AI across all disciplines.

We are offering funding for speaker stipends and expenses for experts you recommend from your fields of interest who have engaged meaningfully with AI. Whether through evening talks, classroom visits, or specialized student-faculty engagements, we want to support the presence of experts who matter to you.

If your speaker is selected, the DavisAI Institute will provide financial support for these engagements.

To submit your speaker suggestions, please complete our DavisAI Speaker Recommendation Form.

Contact: Leslie Lima at davisai@colby.edu

[AI Society] How do AI models “feel”?

Today’s topic: How does the presence of “emotion-related representations” in language language models change how we work with them? It will be helpful, but not necessary, to review this summary of a much larger paper from Anthropic on the topic.  Plus, sneak peak of

Who: All students, no AI or CS experience necessary.
What: Weekly low-stakes discussion group.
When: Tuesdays, from 4–5 p.m.
Where: Olin Collaborative Space (the large glass room on the first floor of Olin Science Center).
Why: The AI Society is a weekly student gathering hosted by DavisAI to discuss recent AI developments and studies, share how AI is affecting learning and scholarship across disciplines, and collaborate on projects. Bring your questions and curiosities!

[DavisAI] Interdisciplinary Summer Bridges Program

DavisAI Interdisciplinary Summer Bridges Program is now live on Handshake and accepting applications! It is a paid eight-week program where students can learn AI fundamentals during phase one and turn ideas into practice during phase two. 

No coding experience required! All majors & year levels up to juniors are welcomed!

Application Deadline: Monday, March 16, 2026

Contact: DavisAI at davisaiadmin@colby.edu

[DavisAI] Call for work: Journal of Writing With and About AI

The Journal of Writing With and About AI (JWAI), is an annual online journal published by the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence at Colby College (DavisAI).

JWAI’s mission is to engage the Colby community in critical AI literacy through creative and scholarly writing. Published by DavisAI, the journal features works that investigate and examine the changing natures of human-machine interactions through experimentation and critical reflection.

Colby College students, staff, and faculty are welcome to submit to our third issue from January 1–May 15, 2026. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Find our full submission guidelines, including how to submit, here.

Contact: DavisAI at davisaiadmin@colby.edu