{"id":184028,"date":"2026-02-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/uw-system-president-says-ai-can-help-move-wisconsin-forward\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T06:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:10:09","slug":"uw-system-president-says-ai-can-help-move-wisconsin-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/uw-system-president-says-ai-can-help-move-wisconsin-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"UW System president says AI can help move Wisconsin forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/uw-system-president-says-ai-can-help-move-wisconsin-forward\">UW System president says AI can help move Wisconsin forward<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/uw-system-president-says-ai-can-help-move-wisconsin-forward\">https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/uw-system-president-says-ai-can-help-move-wisconsin-forward<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-03 06:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wpr.org\">www.wpr.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman emphasizes that artificial intelligence (AI) is now directly influencing how public universities in the state operate.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Rothman stresses the importance of AI literacy and the development of essential skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving, as part of preparing students for the future.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Ahead of a Board of Regents meeting, the UW System will discuss AI\u2019s role in higher education, including its use in classrooms and partnerships with business.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Several UW campuses are launching AI-related programs and majors, reflecting a broader institutional commitment to AI education and innovation. Notable initiatives include the new College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence at UW-Madison, and new AI programs at UW-Whitewater, UW-Eau Claire, Carroll University, and the Milwaukee School of Engineering.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Rothman advocates for ensuring AI literacy across all fields of study to prepare graduates to thrive in an AI-enhanced future, recognizing Wisconsin\u2019s potential leadership in the AI space.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW System president says AI can help move Wisconsin forward https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/uw-system-president-says-ai-can-help-move-wisconsin-forward Publish Date: 2026-02-03 06:00:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/251001_UWPRESSER01-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-184028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184028"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184030,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184028\/revisions\/184030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}