Cracking the Code: Preparing Students for an AI-Driven Future
January 1, 2026
from McCormick School of Engineering
Northwestern Computer Science faculty strike a balance between mastering core skills and leveraging generative AI in CS education.
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When It Comes to Creativity, AI Doesn’t Always Have the Answer
January 1, 2026
from Kellogg School of Management
While it might be tempting to turn to AI for creative tasks such as brainstorming, studies show that humans are better at this than bots. There are still plenty of uses for AI in the creative process, however. Rather than asking bots for answers, asking them for advice on how to approach a problem offers a more-effective way to collaborate creatively with AI, which can assist with the creative process but cannot replace it.
Say Hello to Your New AI Study Buddy
January 1, 2026
from Kellogg School of Management
As students continue to use generative AI for their homework, Kellogg’s Robert Bray and Sébastien Martin found a way to enrich rather than combat the experience, creating a customized large-language model to act as a tutor for a class of MBA students.
Distinguished Speaker Series
The Northwestern Network for Collaborative Intelligence Distinguished Speaker Series convenes leading voices in data science and artificial intelligence to illuminate emerging ideas, foster interdisciplinary dialogue, and examine how these fields intersect with diverse domains of study.
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Jan
20
2026
Using AI to Evaluate the Accessibility of Third Party Tools
10:00 AM
According to Northwestern’s Digital Accessibility Policy as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), all softw...
Jan
20
2026
"AI in the Judiciary" - U.S. District Court Judge Xavier Rodriguez
12:15 PM Arthur Rubloff Building, 375 E Chicago Ave
Join us for an in-person Distinguished Speaker event, co-hosted with the Law and Technology Initiative at Pritzker Schoo...
Jan
22
2026
TEACHxperts Empowering Students to Flourish: Teaching “AI, Race, and the Future of Humanity”
2:00 PM
Speakers: Professor and Chair of Black Studies, Sylvester Johnson
How is artificial intelligence (AI) shaping our soci...
Jan
23
2026
Clinical Informatics Learning Roundtable (CI-LRT)
12:00 PM
The Clinical Informatics Learning Roundtable (CI-LRT) is a partnership with the Northwestern Clinical Informatics Fellow...
Jan
23
2026
Prompt Engineering for Northwestern Instructors
1:00 PM
Writing, iterating, and critiquing prompts to generative AI tools are critical skills needed to understand the limitatio...
Jan
28
2026
WED@NICO Winter Seminar Series returns on January 28th!
12:00 PM Chambers Hall, 600 Foster St
The Wednesdsays@NICO speaker series will return for the winter quarter on January 28th, 2026, running through March 4th....