WVU Art in the Libraries: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Your Education and Fields of Work:
Exhibition Launching August 2025, WVU Libraries
For the WVU Libraries' 6th Art in the Libraries collaborative exhibition, we explore how artificial intelligence (AI) transforms fields of study, work, career readiness, community engagement, and daily life. In 2023, the Art in the Libraries committee invited campus-wide submissions on AI in creative work. Along with showcasing contributions from students, staff, and scholars, we took a unique approach—curating the exhibit with the help of AI itself, with human edits along the way.
AI has rapidly become a driving force in the healthcare, entertainment, finance, and transportation sectors. While it offers remarkable innovations, it also raises important ethical, privacy, and bias concerns. This exhibit explores both the opportunities and challenges AI presents, inviting reflection on how it will shape—and be shaped by—our shared future. The exhibit will travel to WVU Beckley and Keyser campuses, with potential for more. The exhibit will debut at WVU Libraries in the fall of 2025 and become part of the Research Repository of WVU .
Call for AI Button Designs
Launch Panel Discussion in collaboration with the WVU Humanities Center:
Tuesday, September 30, 4pm, WVU Downtown Library Milano Room
Moderated by: Sharon Ryan, Director, WVU Honors College
Panelists: Megan A. Vendemia, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, West Virginia University; Gangqing (Michael) Hu, Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Lab of Genomic Data Science and Epigenome Biology, Director of the Bioinformatics Core, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, West Virginia University; Erin Brock Carlson, Assistant Professor of English; Mohamed Hefeida, Teaching Associate Professor, Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering; Brad Price, Professor of Management Information Systems; Amy Cyphert, Professor of Law.
Generous Sponsors:
Sponsor Opportunities
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If your department or organization is interested in helping support the production, travel or programming of this exhibition, see Sponsorship Opportunities here.
Partners
If your department or organization is interested in being involved in the exhibit development, promotion or programming, please contact Sally Brown.
Library Guide
Scholarly Committee
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Amy Cyphert, Director, ASPIRE Office; L
ecturer in Law, WVU College of Law
- Catherine Gouge, Professor of English and Coordinator, Medical Humanities
and Health Studies
- Paul Heddings, WVU Director of Integrity
- Mohamed Hefeida, Teaching Associate Professor, Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
- Gangqing (Michael) Hu, Assistant Professor, Lab of Genomic Data Science and Epigenome Biology, Director of the Bioinformatics Core, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, WVU School of Medicine
- Jonah McAllister-Eri c kson, WVU Scholarly Communications Librarian
- Amirah Mitchell, Junior, WVU Biomedical Engineering
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Jeffrey Moser, Assistant Professor, Interactive Design for Media, WVU College
of Creative Arts
- Seth Newell, Discovery Services Librarian, WVU Libraries
- Jennifer Sano-Franchini, WVU Professor of Rhetoric and Writing and Associate Professor of English
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Andrew Wheeler, Association Professor of Forensic Investigation, Department
of Social Sciences and Public Administration, WVU Institute of Technology
- Evan Widders, WVU Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
- WVU Art in the Libraries Committee