Academic first: University of Utah to offer minor in business AI

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The University of Utah will offer a minor in business AI, starting in the fall of 2026.

The academic program will be available to students from all majors and colleges.

The announcement of the business AI minor is the latest move by the university to advance opportunities in artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence and the University of Utah have shared plenty of headlines this year.

In January, the school’s chief — President Taylor Randall — told Utah lawmakers that the University of Utah will be placing “a big focus” on seizing the “incredible potential for AI.”

A month later, the state’s flagship university appointed Manish Parashar as its inaugural chief artificial intelligence officer — or “AI czar.”

And in August, the University of Utah claimed a No. 77 “