Register Now for the LEAPS Symposium: ‘Taking the LEAP: AI in Professional and Graduate Educational Research’
February 04, 2026

Registration is now open for the fourth annual Leaders in Education: Academy of Presidential Scholars (LEAPS) Symposium on March 26. The symposium is titled "Taking the LEAP: AI in Professional and Graduate Educational Research."
This year’s event is designed to empower faculty scholars to engage with artificial intelligence (AI) on their educational research and scholarly projects. Interactive sessions will emphasize practical strategies for using AI to further their educational research agendas, using concrete examples from UMB educational scholars. Participants will explore questions about the ethics, policy, and professional identity impacts of AI in this new educational research landscape.