UA's New School of Data Science: AI for All

0:00It's April 29th. From your city to your ears, this is Birmingham News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. University of Alabama, President Dr. Peter Muller, is pushing hard for a brand new school of data science right there on campus, all centered around. Artificial intelligence. He plans to pitch it to the UA System Board of Trustees soon, aiming to make the capstone a leader in this exploding field. He dropped the news at a press conference inside the High Performance Center and Data Center, which is still under construction, but will house the school when it launches in 2027. AI isn't just for engineers anymore. Nursing students, business majors, and folks across campus are diving in, and employers are hungry for that skill, set in the hundreds of thousands. This school would link up with all 13 colleges at Alabama, reaching thousands of students and building real workforce ready grads. Let's hit the board in June, so keep an eye out. This could reshape how Alabama preps the next way for the AI era.