Artificial Intelligence at Gies
Empowering students for the future of business
At Gies College of Business, artificial intelligence isn’t just a buzzword. It’s woven into the fabric of our education as we prepare you to thrive in a fast-changing world. Whether you’re sitting in a classroom in Wymer Hall, joining a live session from across the globe, or collaborating on a real-world project with industry leaders, AI is helping you learn faster, think deeper, and prepare more confidently for your career.
We're not only teaching you how to use AI—we're showing you how to lead with it.
Career readiness for a changing job market
AI is reshaping the workplace, and Gies Business is helping students turn that disruption into opportunity.
Exploring new career paths with AI
Students can use AI tools with our career services team to identify transferable skills, explore adjacent industries, and adapt in a market where traditional entry-level roles are evolving.
Applied AI in experiential learning
Students use AI to analyze data, brainstorm, and refine deliverables—then practice explaining how they did it, a key skill for interviews. The Disruption Lab and client-based projects are great settings for this.
AI in professional development
From resume tailoring to mock interviews, students use AI in workshops and advising sessions to build confidence and polish communication skills.
Ethical AI use in the workplace
Students learn how to use AI responsibly in the workplace – protecting privacy, thinking critically about AI output, and translating AI feedback into actionable results.
AI-enhanced learning: Bringing innovation into the classroom
At Gies Business, AI is transforming how we deliver education—making it more agile, inclusive, and impactful.
To ensure you get the best education, we invest heavily in upskilling our faculty, we encourage our faculty to use AI to enhance your educational experience, and we regularly hold academic integrity conversations where we explore the ethical landscape of AI in education to ensure consistent growth and leadership in the field.
Learn to lead with AI-focused courses
At Gies Business, AI isn’t something you learn about once – it’s something you learn with, every day. Gies offers a large selection of course that incorporate AI – or are fully centered around AI – that will help you lead in the era of intelligent technology.
Students in Professor Douglas Laney’s class interview Cleo, an award-nominated AI chatbot that simulates a corporate communications director. By asking Cleo questions about data strategy, governance, and monetization, students practice real-world business conversations—developing critical thinking, analytical, and communication skills essential for today’s data-driven economy.
AI dubbing for global access
Through AI-powered translation and lip-synced dubbing, we’re piloting multilingual versions of courses, breaking language barriers for global learners.
Smart learning support
Our AI-powered chatbots offer 24/7 support for online students—answering questions, explaining concepts, and guiding learners in real time.
Spaces that support the future
AI innovation needs the right environment, and our new facilities – especially our brand new Steven S. Wymer Hall make that possible. Opened in Fall 2025, Wymer Hall features flexible classrooms, a 200-seat auditorium, and informal learning spaces. Two 40x40-foot sound stages support our AI-driven digital course production—from green screens to news-desk setups. And our collaborative learning spaces, including our tiered auditorium with group discussion tables, promote dynamic, AI-supported engagement.
Partnering with AI industry leaders
Through our partnership with Google, Gies students gain access to cutting-edge AI platforms like Gemini and NotebookLM. You'll develop hands-on expertise with the same tools shaping the future of business.
Learning to use AI, by using AI
ACCY 593: AI for Business, led by our Chief Disruption Offer and Professor Robert Brunner, teaches both fundamentals & advanced applications of AI, helps you develop technical skills, and promotes responsible use by showing you how to navigate the ethical, social, and legal implications of AI technologies.
Launch an AI‑powered startup in 15 weeks.
In BADM 372 (Information Systems & Operations Management Practicum), you'll command generative‑AI tools (Lovable, Bolt, Cursor, Windsurf) to ideate, design, code and publicly launch a real web or mobile product.
AI in action across business domains.
Students explore AI applications in marketing, supply chains, HR, and more—learning to use technologies like deep learning, generative AI, and robotics to solve real business problems.
Real assignments, real tools.
In BADM 544 (Strategic Management), students use AI for idea generation and feedback. In MBA 565 (Infonomics), you interact with AI-powered chatbots to craft business cases. Each course includes clear guidance on ethical AI use and attribution.
Our leadership in AI: Read the latest news
At Gies Business, we're leaders in both the theory of practice of artificial intelligence. Our faculty and staff are using it every day to make your experience as personal and impactful as possible
- Seven selected as 2025-26 Gies Faculty Innovation Scholars
- Zhang examines the intersection of machine learning and business
- Dancing in the Dark: Academia’s reckoning with Generative AI
- Ghosts in the Machine: The human legacy powering our digital future
- Rethinking AI through the lens of empowerment
- Data analytics expert explores value of user-owned
- AI Faculty Leading the Charge for AI Innovation