{"690085":{"#nid":"690085","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Advancing Teaching with AI: A Fellowship Opportunity","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Bill Kent Family Foundation AI in Higher Education Fellowship invites Georgia Tech educators to explore how emerging tools can elevate teaching, learning, and student development through hands-on experimentation grounded in real classroom practice.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOffered through the College of Lifetime Learning, the fellowship provides dedicated time and space to test ideas, evaluate outcomes, and help shape how the Institute advances thoughtful, responsible innovation in teaching and learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u201c\u003C\/strong\u003EThe Bill Kent Family Foundation\u2019s philanthropic support enables us to turn new ideas about teaching and learning into action.\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003ETheir investment empowers our fellows to explore\u2014both in theory and in practice\u2014how AI is changing long-standing academic practices and equipping educators with new tools,\u201d Dean Bill Gaudelli said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the 2025\u201326 academic year, fellows Professor Ying Zhang, Patrick Danahy, Joy Arulraj, and Professor Flavio Fenton moved from concept to classroom \u2014 piloting AI\u2011supported tutoring in large engineering courses, integrating AI and robotics into design studios, developing privacy-conscious AI tools for computing courses, and reimagining scientific writing and physics instruction. Their work is sparking interdisciplinary collaboration and informing broader conversations about the future of teaching at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe encourage Georgia Tech academic professionals, lecturers, professors of practice, and tenure-track faculty who are excited to advance their understanding and application of AI in higher education to apply for the BKFF AI Fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/c21u.gatech.edu\/bkff-ai-fellowship\u0022\u003Ecall-for-proposals webpage\u003C\/a\u003E for more information. The submission period runs from May 1 to June 1, 2026.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPictured from left to right: Patrick Danahy, Lesley Baradel (BKFF), Eric Sembrat (College of Lifetime Learning), Ying Zhang, Flavio Fenton, and Joy Arulraj.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe call for proposals for the 2026-27 cohort is open to Georgia Tech academic professionals, lecturers, professors of practice, and tenure-track faculty members.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The call for proposals for the 2026-27 cohort is open to Georgia Tech academic professionals, lecturers, professors of practice, and tenure-track faculty members."}],"uid":"33969","created_gmt":"2026-04-30 21:41:47","changed_gmt":"2026-05-01 14:16:14","author":"ymrv3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680139":{"id":"680139","type":"image","title":"BKFF-Fellows-2025.jpg","body":null,"created":"1777585462","gmt_created":"2026-04-30 21:44:22","changed":"1777585462","gmt_changed":"2026-04-30 21:44:22","alt":"Patrick Danahy, Lesley Baradel, Eric Sembrat, Ying Zhang, Flavio Fenton, and Joy Arulraj","file":{"fid":"264379","name":"BKFF-Fellows-2025.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/30\/BKFF-Fellows-2025.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/30\/BKFF-Fellows-2025.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2094306,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/30\/BKFF-Fellows-2025.jpg?itok=qgg2VCCL"}}},"media_ids":["680139"],"groups":[{"id":"66244","name":"C21U"}],"categories":[{"id":"194606","name":"Artificial Intelligence"}],"keywords":[{"id":"193860","name":"Artifical Intelligence"},{"id":"193940","name":"college of lifetime learning"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193655","name":"Artificial Intelligence at Georgia Tech"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ymrv3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYelena M. Rivera-Vale \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E(she\/her(s)\/ella)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Program Manager\u003Cbr\u003EC21U, College of Lifetime Learning\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}