<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/ubalt-news-jessica-stansbury-bbj-article-on-city-and-ai.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>01/29/2026</pubDate><title>Dr. Jessica Stansbury: Baltimore's Economic Future Hinges on Mastery of AI  </title><description>Dr. Jessica A. Stansbury, director of The University of Baltimore's Center for AI Learning and Community-Engaged Innovation and director of teaching and learning excellence for UBalt's Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Technology, writes in the Baltimore Business Journal that the economic success of the city depends on a population that is fluent in AI. At UBalt, familiarity with generative AI is rapidly on the rise.</description><author>UBalt News</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/jstansbury.jpg" alt="Dr. Jessica A. Stansbury, director of The University of Baltimore's Center for AI Learning and Community-Engaged Innovation and director of teaching and learning excellence for UBalt's Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Technology"/></image><image-cap>Dr. Jessica A. Stansbury, director of The University of Baltimore's Center for AI Learning and Community-Engaged Innovation and director of teaching and learning excellence for UBalt's Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Technology</image-cap><quote>Students are using AI to enhance rather than replace teaching. They're also becoming more ethically attentive. This is ethical maturation—a student body seeking fairness, clarity and guidance.</quote><quote-name>Dr. Jessica Stansbury</quote-name><quote-info>director of the Center for AI Learning and Community-Engaged Innovation</quote-info><tags><tag>AI</tag><tag>Academics</tag><tag>CAILI</tag><tag>CELTT</tag><tag>Main News</tag><tag>Technology</tag><tag>career</tag></tags></item>