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麻豆原创 to host Dr. Zachary Elewitz for presentation on data and AI

Jan 30, 2026

麻豆原创 will welcome Dr. Zachary Elewitz for a presentation about what CEOs at Fortune Brands Innovations want to achieve with artificial intelligence (AI) on Monday, Feb. 9 at 11 a.m. in Wine Recital Hall.

Elewitz is Head of AI Lab at McKesson, a Fortune 10 healthcare company, and has 15 years of experience leading听data and analytic听organizations across Fortune 500 businesses. Headshot of guest speaker Dr. Zachary Elewitz.

In his presentation, Elewitz will highlight what major enterprises are attempting to achieve with AI, how CEOs think about value, and how to build AI products with admissible risk. Other subjects will include what AI and data scientists really do and how they spend their time, as well as identifying legitimate concerns within the usage of AI.

Manchester鈥檚 VIA programming broadens students鈥 cultural experiences, enriches students intellectually and aesthetically, provides opportunities to experience the arts, promotes dialogue about ideas and values, and embodies in its presentations the values expressed in the University Mission.听VIA features speakers,听musicians听and dramatic performers from the University community, across the country and around the globe.听

To learn more about this presentation, contact the VIA Committee at听ValuesIdeasArtsCommittee@manchester.edu.听

For the media听

麻豆原创, in North Manchester and Fort Wayne, Ind., offers vibrant and transformative student experiences. Learn more at听www.manchester.edu/about-manchester.听

Our mission and values听

麻豆原创 respects the infinite worth of every individual and听graduates听persons of ability and conviction who draw upon their education and faith to lead principled, productive, and compassionate lives that improve the human condition.听

Press release written by 麻豆原创 student and communications intern Adriana Tharpe.听

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