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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
<p>Copy-and-pasting artificial intelligence responses for work tasks can make people doubt their skills and find their work meaningless, according to a recent study by a team that includes&nbsp;a faculty member from the Smeal College of Business.</p>

June 05, 2026

Passive AI use at work increases feelings of work meaninglessness, study finds
<p>Users tend to trust artificial intelligence (AI)-powered fact-checkers as much as human fact-checkers, but for different reasons, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. The researchers said there is no definitive “winner” when comparing the two fact-checking systems, because users see distinct strengths and weaknesses in each.</p>

June 04, 2026

Users trust AI and human fact-checkers equally, but for different reasons
<p>The U.S. National Science Foundation National Synthesis Center for&nbsp;Emergence in the&nbsp;Molecular and Cellular Sciences (NCEMS) at Penn State has awarded&nbsp;four&nbsp;researchers&nbsp;from&nbsp;across the&nbsp;world&nbsp;for&nbsp;their efforts in a competition to build machine learning-based approaches for streamlining publicly available datasets for reuse.&nbsp;</p>

June 01, 2026

Four researchers win data harmonization competition
<p>Penn State Great Valley&nbsp;will offer a master of business administration in artificial intelligence beginning in fall 2026. This 33-credit interdisciplinary program is designed to meet the growing need for business leaders who are proficient in both AI and management.</p>

May 29, 2026

Great Valley launches MBA in artificial intelligence
<p>Hadi Hosseini, associate professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology,&nbsp;will lead&nbsp;the International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, a global organization focused on how intelligent software systems operate and interact.&nbsp;</p>

May 29, 2026

IST researcher elected president of global intelligent systems foundation
<p>Large language models respond to everyday health queries with nearly 76% accuracy, raising concerns about their trustworthiness in real-world applications, according to a new study by Penn State researchers.</p>

May 28, 2026

Calling Doctor GPT: AI responses to healthcare queries are nearly 76% accurate
<p>Greg Eghigian, professor of history and bioethics at Penn State, unpacked the release of the Pentagon's new UFO files in the age of drones and artificial intelligence.&nbsp;</p>

May 28, 2026

Q&A: The Pentagon’s new UFO files in the age of drones and AI
<p>A new study, co-authored by a Penn State Smeal College of Business professor, demonstrated that AI can mass-produce academic papers that look nearly indistinguishable from human-authored research, raising concerns about the potential impact on the academic community.</p>

May 28, 2026

AI can mass-produce finance research papers indistinguishable from human work

May 26, 2026

WATCH: Advancing biorobotics by studying the natural world
<p>As Pennsylvania College of Technology prepares to offer minors in artificial intelligence (AI) this fall, faculty across campus incorporated the technology in courses throughout the 2025-26 academic year, reflecting AI’s expanding role in the workforce.</p>

May 20, 2026

Penn College faculty incorporate creative use of artificial intelligence in classes
<p>The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, in collaboration with five other institutions in Pennsylvania, received a two-year, $1.3 million U.S. National Science Foundation Campus Cyberinfrastructure (NSF CC*) award to build upon prior efforts to expand the foundation for a statewide network that transforms science-driven research and education at under-resourced or non-research institutions of higher education.</p>

May 20, 2026

$1.3M NSF grant to expand statewide cyberinfrastructure for researchers
<p>Penn State Harrisburg will offer a new&nbsp;bachelor of science&nbsp;degree in&nbsp;<a href="https://harrisburg.psu.edu/business-administration/artificial-intelligence-methods-applications-bs">artificial intelligence methods and applications</a>&nbsp;(AIMA) beginning in fall 2026. The&nbsp;program&nbsp;is&nbsp;designed to equip students with the essential technical&nbsp;expertise, hands-on experience,&nbsp;and ethical grounding to lead in an AI-driven world.&nbsp;</p>

May 14, 2026

Penn State Harrisburg adds AI methods and applications degree for fall 2026
<p>In a recent op-ed, Executive Vice President and Provost Fotis Sotiropoulos shares his thoughts about the impact of AI on doctoral education and how those changes could shape Penn State’s land-grant mission.</p>

May 14, 2026

Leadership insights: Provost Sotiropoulos on AI, doctoral education and the land-grand mission
<p>In a recent op-ed, Executive Vice President and Provost Fotis Sotiropoulos shares his thoughts about the impact of AI on doctoral education and how those changes could shape Penn State’s land-grant mission.</p>

May 14, 2026

Leadership insights: Provost Sotiropoulos on AI, doctoral education and the land-grant mission
<p>Dongwon&nbsp;Lee, professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, earned a fellowship to conduct&nbsp;misinformation&nbsp;research&nbsp;at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies in Germany this summer.&nbsp;He will study&nbsp;ways&nbsp;to better understand misinformation on a global scale&nbsp;and explore&nbsp;the use of AI to make&nbsp;it faster and easier to spot false information online.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

May 12, 2026

IST faculty member awarded fellowship to study claim-making and fact-checking

May 11, 2026

AI Center of Excellence launches instructional innovation grant programs
<p>Penn State Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) and Penn State IT will host the "Learning Tools for Teaching: Engage, Explore, Elevate Summer" series, a virtual professional development opportunity designed to help faculty and staff explore educational technologies that enhance teaching and learning.</p>

May 05, 2026

TLT to host 'Learning Tools for Teaching: Engage, Explore, Elevate Summer' series
Vasant Honavar, who currently serves as the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Biomedical Data Sciences and Artificial Intelligence, will guide a comprehensive AI strategy and advance Penn State's leadership in human-centered and ethical AI innovation across teaching, learning, research and operations.

May 05, 2026

Vasant Honavar named vice provost for artificial intelligence at Penn State
<p>Five Penn State instructors from three campuses worked in teams with Penn State's Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) over the past two years as part of the 2024-26 TLT Faculty Fellows program. Their goal was to enrich the student engagement experience through technology, addressing themes such as&nbsp;generative AI, student connection and belonging, and digital fluency.</p>

April 30, 2026

2024-26 Teaching and Learning with Technology Faculty Fellows recap projects
<p>Tanya Berger-Wolf, professor of computer science engineering; of electrical and computer engineering; and of evolution, ecology and organismal biology at Ohio State University, gave a lecture titled&nbsp;“AI for Nature: From Science to Action" as part of the&nbsp;Distinguished Lectures in Life Sciences series presented by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.</p>

April 29, 2026

Heard on Campus: Tanya Berger-Wolf on AI for nature
<p>A case competition held in conjunction with the second annual Dan and Robyn Ives AI Innovation Day at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business highlighted a significant shift in how students are engaging with artificial intelligence, moving beyond ideas to building real, working solutions.</p>

April 28, 2026

Penn State Smeal AI case competition shows leap from ideas to working prototypes