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<p>Penn State’s Teaching and Learning with Technology Dreamery Speaker Series will host guest speaker Mitch Colver, associate provost and vice president at American Public University System, on Oct. 12- 13. He will lead three sessions focused on cultivating human potential in an artificial-intelligence-driven world.</p>

September 09, 2026

Dreamery Speaker Series sessions focus on thinking, learning in the age of AI
<p>Khushi Kharuna, a high school student who creates and leads coding camps in the Philadelphia area, collaborated with Priya Kumar, PNC Technologies Career Development Professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, to explore a youth-led STEM learning model that puts children’s voices at the center of the learning experience.</p>

September 09, 2026

Peer-led computing camps engage children, study finds
<p>A new tool in Canvas lets Penn State faculty quickly set clear AI expectations for their students by adding small icons that show whether generative AI use is allowed, limited, or not permitted.</p>

September 08, 2026

Penn State launches tool to help faculty set clear AI expectations with students
<p>Scott Milner, William H. Joyce Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been writing and publishing across careers in both industry and academia for decades. In his new book, “Writing and Presenting for Scientists and Engineers,” publishing later this year through MIT Press, Milner provided insights into methods for writing about scientific research in a more compelling way. </p>

September 02, 2026

Q&A: Scott Milner on 'Writing and Presenting for Scientists and Engineers'
<p>Penn State’s Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence invites short proposals for its annual seed funding program. Applications will be accepted through Nov. 2, with projects expected to start in spring 2027 and last up to two years.</p>

September 01, 2026

Center for Socially Responsible AI invites 2027 seed funding proposals
<p>The AI Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning has awarded 46 grants to Penn State faculty and faculty teams through the inaugural cycle of two instructional innovation grant programs supporting the thoughtful integration of generative artificial intelligence into teaching and learning.</p>

August 28, 2026

AI Center of Excellence awards first instructional innovation grant recipients
<p>Penn State has selected 16 faculty members for its 2026-27 AI-Aware Faculty Leaders program, designed to help departments, colleges and campuses respond thoughtfully and effectively to the opportunities and challenges artificial intelligence presents for teaching and learning.</p>

August 28, 2026

Faculty named to 2026-27 AI-Aware Faculty Leaders program

August 28, 2026

Lecture: AI Applications Across Industries
AI emblem for Penn State

August 28, 2026

A student guide to AI at Penn State: Resources and tips to know this fall
<p>Teaching and Learning with Technology will again host the Teaching with Technology Series in fall 2026. This ongoing series of virtual workshops introduces instructors to University-approved educational technologies designed to strengthen course content, foster student engagement, and support digital accessibility.</p>

August 28, 2026

Fall 2026 Teaching with Technology virtual workshop series open for registration
<p>Penn State College of the Liberal Arts and Schreyer Honors College alumnus J.B. Branch reflects on his journey from Penn State to AI governance, the experiences that shaped his career, and what he’s learned along the way.</p>

August 25, 2026

Q&A: Liberal Arts roots ground Penn State alum's rise in AI governance
<p>With the invasive emerald ash borer beetle decimating black ash across North America, according to the U.S. Forest Service, a team led by Penn State researchers conducted an expansive study of genetic diversity in black ash seeds collected across the tree’s geographic range and stored in seed banks. As part of the research, the team established three large common gardens — experimental plantings — of black ash that someday may play a role in producing seeds needed to bring the species back.</p>

August 25, 2026

Adaptation and a ‘Noah’s Ark for trees’ offer hope for endangered black ash

August 24, 2026

Penn State expands AI literacy with new writing-focused resources
<p>Penn State Teaching and Learning with Technology has launched AI Creative Labs, a collection of hands-on learning experiences designed to provide instructors with a way to help students explore artificial intelligence through creativity, play and experimentation.</p>

August 24, 2026

TLT launches AI Creative Labs, expanding hands-on AI learning at Penn State
<p>A summer AI institute brought Allentown School District students to Penn State Lehigh Valley to complete college courses while still in high school. The partnership is part of a growing portfolio of dual enrollment programs demonstrating the critical role Penn State's Commonwealth Campuses play in providing local access to higher education and pathways toward a Penn State degree.</p>

August 23, 2026

Dual enrollment gives high school students an early pathway to college
<p>Christopher Dancy, associate professor in the Colleges of IST, the College of Engineering and the College of the Liberal Arts, will discuss how AI intersects with Blackness, human identity and memory, with a focus on digital archives and disaster recovery.</p>

August 21, 2026

IST Research Talks presents 'Critically Considering the Human and AI in Human-AI Interaction'
<p>Timothy Simin, professor of finance in Penn State's Smeal College of Business, discussed the value of newer economic sentiment measures and what they reveal about both hedge funds and the risks — and potential rewards — involved in betting against public perception.</p>

August 18, 2026

Q&A: How does public sentiment on the economy affect hedge fund returns?
<p>Economics student Emine Barik spent this summer exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and business with Global Indemnity Group, thanks in part to funding from the Chapel Executive Internship Program.</p>

August 18, 2026

Liberal Arts student explores AI adoption through Chapel Internship
<p>Penn State University Libraries’&nbsp;Teaching and Learning with Technology has revised the Faculty Tech Academy for 2026-27 in the&nbsp;Learning Resource Network for faculty and staff to explore the current opportunities for teaching with Penn State-provided technologies.</p>

August 11, 2026

Revised Faculty Tech Academy for 2026-27 now available in Learning Resource Network
<p>Penn State&nbsp;Great Valley graduate students&nbsp;Venkata Sai Renusree Bandaru and Faizan Raza&nbsp;both said they had to read the emails more than once before it sank in that they had received Penn State’s prestigious Fox Scholar awards, which celebrate graduate students for their exceptional academic achievement, research and professional impact.</p>

August 07, 2026

Two Great Valley students receive $10,000 Fox Scholarships for academic achievement
<p>Penn State Lehigh Valley's SMART and BRIDGE AI summer programs help incoming students build academic confidence, strengthen foundational skills and develop AI literacy before beginning college. The programs reflect Penn State's broader commitment to student success by preparing students to think critically, adapt to emerging technologies and thrive in an evolving academic and professional landscape.</p>

August 06, 2026

Summer programs connect AI, academic readiness and student success

August 05, 2026

IST intern uses AI to help streamline alumni and donor engagement
<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’