Artificial Intelligence at Mizzou

Embracing the innovation and opportunity of AI while preserving academic integrity

Stay up to date on all of the provost's priorities throughout the year

Provost Martens initiated an AI and Information Technology Task Force to ensure Mizzou’s technical and policy infrastructure is aligned with the work and needs of students, faculty, and staff. The Task Force’s work is underway reviewing AI platforms and policies to determine what approaches would work best at Mizzou.

Approved AI Tools and Usage

AI Standing Committee

In Spring 2025, MU Faculty Council, the Provost, and the Chancellor established an Artificial Intelligence Committee to advise campus leaders on policies, use, and study of AI in teaching, learning, research, and business practices. The committee coordinates with the Provost’s Office, Teaching for Learning Center, MU Information Technology Committee, AI Teaching Fellows, Office of Research Innovation and Impact, Deans, and others to support the use of AI across Mizzou.

AI Standing Committee Membership AI Standing Committee Bylaws

AI Syllabus Statement

For Fall 2024, Provost Martens encouraged Mizzou faculty to add an AI syllabus statement addressing the use of Al in their courses. Working from the AI and Learning Environment Task Force report, he recommended a range of approaches that instructors could take related to AI usage in courses: AI fully integrated into the course, limited AI use permitted, and all AI usage prohibited. Faculty Council endorsed this approach and voted to require an AI syllabus statement in all courses beginning in the Summer 2025 semester.

AI Syllabus Statement

Campus Resources for AI Resources and Events

Links to resources from Missouri Online, Teaching for Learning Centers, and more

Learn more about AI training and events

In the spring 2024 semester, Provost Martens created an Artificial Intelligence and the Learning Environment Taskforce and charged tri-chairs Enid Schatz (Associate Dean, Graduate School), Tori Mondelli (Director, Teaching for Learning Center), and Ben Trachtenberg (Director, Office of Academic Integrity) to create a working group to research and make recommendations on the following three areas: 1) pedagogy, 2) learning, and 3) ethics. In June 2024, the taskforce submitted a report with recommendations to the Office of the Provost. The report outlined how they gathered input from across campus, consulted with AI experts, and analyzed industry best practices to create a roadmap for MU to become an “AI forward” institution. It also offered recommendations on potential policies and practices our campus should consider in relation to generative AI (Gen AI) and the learning environment.  The appendices of the report have numerous resources for instructors to use in crafting syllabi statements and assignment guidelines in relation to Gen AI.

Task Force Report Shared Governance Award Presented to Task Force

Each Mizzou college and school has unique needs related to AI in the learning environment. To better understand AI and teaching programming, support, and resource requirements across campus, Provost Martens asked each dean to identify a faculty member to serve as an AI Teaching Fellow for the 2024/2025 academic year. The AI Teaching Fellows were funded by the Provost’s Office and serve as coordinators, supports, and advocates for AI and teaching efforts for each college and school.