Santa Clara University announced plans Tuesday for a new artificial intelligence center after receiving a donation of nearly $25 million, one of the largest in its 175-year history.
A Jesuit institution that values a person-oriented approach to education grounded in ethics may not sound like the best fit for the center, but Debora Shoquist thought otherwise.
Shoquist, Nvidia’s executive vice president for operations and a Santa Clara University graduate, made the multimillion-dollar donation to Santa Clara to create the Cunningham Shoquist Center for Applied AI and Human Potential, a hub for various departments on campus to explore and collaborate on AI tools…