AI@Colby
Stay up-to-date on the latest policies, guidelines, and resources for teaching and researching with AI at Colby.
For Faculty and Staff
Become Informed
MuleChat Appointments
DavisAI offers free one-on-one appointments on weekdays to Colby community members. We’ll tailor the session to you, so bring your questions, curiosities, and concerns.
Distinguished AI Speaker Series
The Distinguished AI Speaker Series brings prominent thought leaders and experts—ranging from corporate leaders and public policy specialists to novelists and artists—to the Colby community to explore the ethical, creative, and strategic frontiers of human-centered artificial intelligence.
Become Involved
Tech Grants
We offer technology grants for AI course development and exploratory research projects. Faculty will be awarded grants of up to $3000 per year in various forms of support.
- Michael Donihue
- Daniel LaFave
- Scott Taylor
- Stacy Doore
- Dale Kocevski
- Ben Scharadin
- Dan Shea
- Nicholas Jacobs
- Tanya Sheehan
- Ying Li
- Hong Zhang
- Aaron Hanlon
- Alison Bates
- Amber Hickey
- Gianluca Rizzo
- Amanda Lilleston
- Liam O’Brien
- Tariq Ahmad
- Hannen Wolfe
- Ashton Wesner
- D. Whitney King
- Kara Kugelmeyer
- Eric Aaron
- Lindsey Madison
- Thomas Klepach
- Naser Al Madi
- Jose Martinez
- Oliver Layton
- Ekaterina Seregina
- Chris Walker
- Nicholas Record
- Bruce Maxwell
- Oscar Santillian
- Farah Qureshi
- David Freidenreich
- Jim Behuniak
- Andrea Tilden
- Derek Huffman
- Keith Peterson
- Lydia Moland
- Dan Cohen
- Stacey Sheriff
- Carol Hurney
- Justin Becknell
- Karena McKinney
- Philip Nyhus
- Denise Bruesewitz
- Gail Carlson
- Jerzy Wieczorek
- Ben Lisle
- Sonya Donaldson
- Yang Fan
- Yee Mon Thu
- Sam Hayes
- Ben Baker
- Aleja Ortiz
- Veronica Romero
- Dean Allbritton
- Matt LeVan
Become Invested
Faculty Fellows
Each year, the Davis Institute for AI hosts a Colby faculty scholar; a faculty member part of whose sabbatical is spent working with the Institute. Candidates will be faculty at Colby with (a) a sabbatical coming up in the 2025-26 academic year and (b) experience with or interest in scholarship at the intersection of their discipline and AI. Faculty with one-semester sabbaticals are also welcome to apply.
- Aleja Ortiz (Environmental Studies), 2022-23
- Vero Romero (Psychology), 2022-23
- Dale Kocevski (Physics & Astronomy), 2023-24
- Hong Zhang (East Asian Studies), 2023-24
- Kara Kugelmeyer (Libraries), 2024
- Jose Martinez (Music), 2024–25
- Sonya Donaldson (African American Studies), 2024–25
- Jen Coane (Psychology)
- Farah Qureshi (Anthropology)
- Taka Suzuki (Art)
Conferences
We host symposiums, workshops and conferences. The following are welcome to participate: researchers from across the state; faculty and their student research assistants from colleges across the state; faculty and staff at Colby. More info to follow!