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<p>Throughout the 2026 fall semester,&nbsp;Teaching and Learning with Technology will facilitate numerous virtual opportunities for faculty who are new to Penn State to strengthen their teaching practices with technology.</p>

July 30, 2026

New faculty offered opportunities to enhance teaching with technology practices
<p>Penn State was awarded $20 million by the&nbsp;U.S. National Science Foundation&nbsp;to lead one of 20 teams across the country&nbsp;over the next four years&nbsp;as part of the federal government’s&nbsp;Genesis Mission, a national effort to harness AI for scientific discovery.</p>

July 23, 2026

Penn State awarded $20M to lead an NSF ‘programmable cloud laboratory’
<p>Three projects led by Penn State scientists&nbsp;are&nbsp;among&nbsp;those&nbsp;selected&nbsp;for funding&nbsp;under&nbsp;Phase I of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Genesis Mission,&nbsp;a historic national initiative led&nbsp;by the U.S. Department of Energy to build an&nbsp;integrated science discovery&nbsp;platform.&nbsp;In addition, Penn State is a partner on the&nbsp;Prometheus project,&nbsp;led by Idaho National Laboratory, which&nbsp;is the first&nbsp;Genesis Mission&nbsp;Phase II&nbsp;award&nbsp;recipient.</p>

July 23, 2026

Penn State scientists to lead three Genesis Mission projects
<p>The Penn State AI Hub, a research hub housed under the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, has awarded 14 students, faculty and alumni with 2026 Artificial Intelligence Awards for their AI-related research projects, dissertations and innovations.&nbsp;</p>

July 22, 2026

AI Hub honors 14 individuals with Penn State AI Awards
<p>Penn State Great Valley&nbsp;will offer a master of science in artificial intelligence (AI), beginning in fall 2026. This 30-credit graduate program, delivered through hybrid courses, is designed to prepare students with advanced technical expertise, research experience, and practical skills for careers in industrial research and development, academic research and doctoral study.&nbsp;</p>

July 21, 2026

Great Valley adds research-focused master's to artificial intelligence programs
<p>Dajiang Liu, a University Distinguished Professor and director of artificial intelligence and biomedical informatics, discussed the promises and risks of a new generation of AI tools for scientific discovery.</p>

July 20, 2026

Q&A: What can AI realistically do for medical research right now?
<p>Dajiang Liu, a University Distinguished Professor and director of artificial intelligence and biomedical informatics, discussed the promises and risks of a new generation of AI tools for scientific discovery.</p>

July 20, 2026

Q&A: What can AI realistically do for biomedical research right now?

July 20, 2026

Gemini and Gemini Notebook added to portfolio of AI services
<p>Carly Schissel, assistant professor of chemistry, is part of a multi-institution team that has been selected to receive funding from the Scialog: Automating Chemical Laboratories initiative. The initiative supports teams of early-career scientists doing fundamental science to accelerate advances in laboratory technologies using automation and artificial intelligence.</p>

July 20, 2026

New grant to improve discovery of potential diagnostic, therapeutic molecules

July 16, 2026

High school to high-tech healing: Intern helps drive AI cancer research
<p>Second opinions from AI assistants may increase or decrease patient perceptions of doctor credibility and medical certainty, according to a study led by Penn State researchers.</p>

July 16, 2026

AI disagreement may shake patient trust in doctors
<p>Penn State’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Institute of Energy and the Environment recently hosted the AI Data Center Integration to Power Grids Workshop at the Engineering Collaborative Research and Education Building on the University Park campus.</p>

July 15, 2026

AI data center workshop discusses strategies for resilient energy production

July 15, 2026

Penn State faculty member invited to National Academy of Engineering Symposium
<p>Soundar Kumara, the Allen E. and Allen M. Pearce professor of industrial engineering, has been named to the 2026 Society of Manufacturing Engineering College of Fellows. The recognition celebrates his decades of contributions to manufacturing engineering, particularly his pioneering research in artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well as his leadership in education and mentorship.</p>

July 13, 2026

Industrial engineering professor named manufacturing engineering fellow
<p>Roderick Lee, associate&nbsp;professor&nbsp;in&nbsp;the College of Information Sciences and Technology,&nbsp;was named the 2026 Higher Education Professional of the Year by the Sloan Scholars Network.</p>

July 10, 2026

Roderick Lee receives Sloan Higher Education Professional of the Year Award
<p>A reimagined, open educational resource from Penn State&nbsp;designed to dispel myths about professional presentations now embeds artificial intelligence literacy directly into the public speaking curriculum.&nbsp;</p>

July 08, 2026

New open educational resource brings AI literacy into public speaking courses
<p>The Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education hosted a three-day faculty summer academy on effective use of artificial intelligence in the engineering classroom from June 2-4.</p>

July 01, 2026

Leonhard Center hosts three-day AI-TELL Academy faculty workshop
<p>Nursing students and leaders gathered in March at the Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel for the inaugural Gail E. Latimer, RN Nursing Leadership Lecture, which addressed artificial intelligence in healthcare.</p>

June 23, 2026

Inaugural Gail E. Latimer, RN Nursing Leadership Lecture examines AI in nursing
<p>The College of Information Sciences and Technology recently selected&nbsp;five&nbsp;projects to receive funding from its seed grant program. The funding aims to support interdisciplinary research activities and generate preliminary results that&nbsp;may&nbsp;lead to bigger projects involving external funding.&nbsp;</p>

June 23, 2026

College of IST awards seed grants to five research projects
<p>AI Essentials and AI Studio are now available for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in summer classes and will be available for all students beginning this fall.</p>

June 22, 2026

AI literacy course, suite of services now available to Penn State students enrolled in summer classes
<p>Across two weeks in May, Professor Hongtao Sun hosted a summer research experience for undergraduates centered on artificial intelligence-enabled research.</p>

June 22, 2026

Undergrads gain hands-on machine learning experience in summer program

June 22, 2026

SAFES grants to address Critical Issues Initiatives in College of Ag Sciences
<p>Researchers at Penn State have developed an artificial intelligence-powered modeling framework that uses fiber-optic sensors to monitor and predict permafrost degradation in the Arctic, offering a new tool for monitoring the stability of buildings and roads in this warming climate.</p>

June 16, 2026

Digital twins could help melt the mystery of Alaska’s thawing permafrost
<p>Penn State’s AI and the Economy Initiative hosted nearly 350 researchers from academia and the public sector to examine the economic and societal impacts of artificial intelligence.&nbsp;</p>

June 11, 2026

AI and the Economy Initiative builds momentum with second workshop