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Thursday, April 2, 2026

UChicago Receives $50 million to recruit AI Faculty reposted by Ruth Paget

The University of Chicago has received $50 million dollars to fund 20 faculty positions devoted to Artificial Intelligence Research and Teaching.

Rika and Joe Mansueto have donated $50 million dollars to the University of Chicago as part of a $200 million dollar initiative to fund Artificial Intelligence Reeearch at the University of Chicago.

Details about this gift and philanthropic initiative follow:


https://news.uchicago.edu/story/50-million-gift-advance-uchicago-research-and-support-faculty-ai?utm_medium=04.02email&utm_source=UChicagoNews&mkt_tok=MjUwLUNRSC05MzYAAAGg7m99cWIx-qg6nCsT0DDin0qR-siBFK-tdtXvRmkCaz6HqCwVZ75KH9l0zfUw_XlYEgeGK8Zy8I4_87c0T61P4XbRchIE1YIQob1wM7lAKSAkKus


Reposted by Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games