{"id":207018,"date":"2026-04-29T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/ua-president-to-recommend-new-school-of-data-science-focused-on-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:20:12","slug":"ua-president-to-recommend-new-school-of-data-science-focused-on-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/ua-president-to-recommend-new-school-of-data-science-focused-on-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"UA president to recommend new School of Data Science focused on artificial intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/2026\/04\/29\/ua-president-recommend-new-school-data-science-focused-artificial-intelligence\/\">UA president to recommend new School of Data Science focused on artificial intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/2026\/04\/29\/ua-president-recommend-new-school-data-science-focused-artificial-intelligence\/\">https:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/2026\/04\/29\/ua-president-recommend-new-school-data-science-focused-artificial-intelligence\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-29 07:48:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wbrc.com\">www.wbrc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Alabama President Dr. Peter Mohler announced plans to establish a new School of Data Science focused on artificial intelligence (AI).<\/li>\n<li>The intent is to expand AI education beyond engineering, making it accessible to students in various fields such as nursing and business.<\/li>\n<li>The High Performance Center and Data Center, currently under construction, will serve as the academic home for the proposed School.<\/li>\n<li>The School of Data Science aims to collaborate with all 13 colleges and schools at the University of Alabama, impacting thousands of students.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Mohler emphasized the growing demand for AI competency in the workforce, projecting the need for hundreds of thousands of AI-competent graduates.<\/li>\n<li>The proposal is pending approval from the UA system Board of Trustees, with more details expected during their June meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UA president to recommend new School of Data Science focused on artificial intelligence https:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/2026\/04\/29\/ua-president-recommend-new-school-data-science-focused-artificial-intelligence\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gray-wbrc-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/44KIRSFHQRF6TBM6BBDEZV4HS4.jpg?auth=a1f702bc3ce4d887c1e928a0367e3fb045e1277844e52aec759f6f544d2bb6e0&width=1200&height=600&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-207018","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\/207018"}],"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=207018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207020,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207018\/revisions\/207020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}