A student-teacher team out of Penn State's Smeal College of Business is exploring how politeness when communicating with AI systems like ChatGPT affects accuracy.
Penn State Information Technology's (IT) Learning and Development team recently announced the soft launch of the AI Guidelines program which aims to help University faculty and staff take the first steps to learning and using AI tools.
The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences is accepting applications from graduate students, postdocs and non-tenure track faculty who wish to contribute to collaborative projects with seasoned faculty members doing research in AI, quantum, computational and data sciences or digital twins.

Feb 04, 2026 - Fifteen teams of students have been awarded a total of $4,500 in the "Prototype Phase" of the Nittany AI Challenge presented by the Nittany AI Alliance. Student teams each proposed an AI solution to a problem that could make the world a better place.

Feb 04, 2026 - Christopher Dancy, associate professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering and of computer science, is part of a multi-institutional research team that seeks to bring together humanists, archivists and computer scientists to support and expand access to Black digital archives.

Feb 04, 2026 - The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences is accepting applications from graduate students, postdocs and non-tenure track faculty who wish to contribute to collaborative projects with seasoned faculty members doing research in AI, quantum, computational and data sciences or digital twins.

Feb 03, 2026 - Students in Theatre 105 at Penn State Schuykill have been using virtual reality tools to experience theaters from different historical periods.

Feb 03, 2026 - Penn State Great Valley's online master's in IT programs have ranked high in the U.S. News and World Report's Best Online Programs for 2026. The master's in AI, data analytics and information technology are ranked No. 15 in the nation.