{"id":195283,"date":"2026-03-12T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/cuny-awards-3m-to-advance-ai-innovation-including-york-initiative-york-college-city-university-of-new-york\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:20:11","slug":"cuny-awards-3m-to-advance-ai-innovation-including-york-initiative-york-college-city-university-of-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/cuny-awards-3m-to-advance-ai-innovation-including-york-initiative-york-college-city-university-of-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"CUNY Awards $3M to Advance AI Innovation, Including York Initiative &#8211; York College \/ City University of New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.york.cuny.edu\/news\/2026\/cuny-awards-3m-to-advance-ai-innovation-including-york-initiative\">CUNY Awards $3M to Advance AI Innovation, Including York Initiative &#8211; York College \/ City University of New York<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.york.cuny.edu\/news\/2026\/cuny-awards-3m-to-advance-ai-innovation-including-york-initiative\">https:\/\/www.york.cuny.edu\/news\/2026\/cuny-awards-3m-to-advance-ai-innovation-including-york-initiative<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-12 15:42:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.york.cuny.edu\">www.york.cuny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The City University of New York (CUNY) has been awarded $3 million by the AI Innovation Fund to support 113 campus-led initiatives intended to leverage AI across various areas including teaching, research, and student support.<\/li>\n<li>The CUNY AI Innovation Fund will focus on initiatives such as micro-credentials and certificates, combating food insecurity, and enhancing career readiness. <\/li>\n<li>Several CUNY colleges are specifically integrating AI into their curricula and operational practices: <\/li>\n<li>York College is creating an AI-enhanced micro-certificate for allied health, nursing, biology, sociology, and psychology students, focusing on applying AI responsibly.<\/li>\n<li>Brooklyn College plans to use AI agents to tackle food insecurity among students by optimizing food resource management and inventory forecasts.<\/li>\n<li>John Jay College of Criminal Justice is developing an AI proxy website to provide premium AI model access to students at institutional rates, eliminating personal financial barriers.<\/li>\n<li>LaGuardia Community College will offer students a practicum learning how to responsibly use AI tools to assist incarcerated individuals, focusing on the ethical implications of AI usage.<\/li>\n<li>The CUNY AI Innovation Fund also aims to promote AI education and literacy through various initiatives, such as embedding AI literacy into the Hostos Community College first-year seminar and creating multi-part initiatives at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies to develop an AI policy framework.<\/li>\n<li>CUNY has also established the CUNY AI Lab as a hub for faculty- and staff-led AI experimentation, featuring tools like language partners, multilingual transcription services, and chatbots for academic assistance.<\/li>\n<li>Broadly, CUNY offers over 200 AI-related programs, ranging from various graduate studies to the CUNY AI for Everyone initiative aimed at developing AI fluency and workforce skills in all students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CUNY Awards $3M to Advance AI Innovation, Including York Initiative &#8211; 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