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AI for Land-Grant Impact

Since its founding in 1887, NC State has turned practical science into real-world impact for North Carolinians. The NC State AI Hub carries that land-grant legacy forward, connecting interdisciplinary research, educational pathways, ethical governance and strategic partnerships across the entire university.

Jointly sponsored by the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost and the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, the AI Hub serves as the central coordinator for our campus-wide AI ecosystem.

Three Core Responsibilities

Connect

Connect the people, expertise, programs, research, partnerships and opportunities that make NC State’s AI ecosystem strong.

Identify

Identify institutional needs and opportunities where university-level coordination can create greater value.

Invest

Direct strategic resources toward work that can translate AI expertise into measurable impact for the university and the state of North Carolina.

Five Platforms, One Vision

The AI Hub’s five platforms connect expertise and opportunities across the university to advance AI for Land-Grant Impact.

Student Experience  

AI opportunities, support and experiences that enhance student success and prepare students for an AI-enabled world.

Research & Discovery

Connections, infrastructure, collaboration and investment that strengthen AI-enabled research and interdisciplinary discovery.

Learning, Curriculum & Literacy

AI literacy, curriculum innovation, faculty support and shared approaches to teaching and learning with AI.

A graduate student works in the lab of Dr. Detlef Knappe on Centennial campus. Dr. Knappe is interested in drinking water quality and treatment, water reuse, organic micropollutants, development of AI enabled water treatment processes for polar and persistent organic pollutants, and the fate of organic pollutants in solid waste landfills.

Workforce & Industry Partnerships 

Connections between NC State’s AI expertise and employers, workforce needs and industry partners.

Extension & Public Impact

Applying AI expertise to North Carolina communities, organizations, industries and the public.

Farmworkers gather on equipment loaded with sweetpotato plants. NC State’s Big Data for Better Sweetpotatoes project was designed to combine AI and agricultural data to help growers improve crop quality, reduce waste and increase crop value.

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