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<p>The ICDS/Huck AI Symposium, hosted by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences on Oct. 15, will bring together researchers from across Penn State and beyond to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the life sciences. </p>

September 17, 2026

Oct. 15 symposium to explore AI's role in life sciences research
<p>Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT), part of Penn State University Libraries, has named 21 recipients of the 2026 Faculty Engagement Awards with this year’s theme, “Teaching with AI Glasses: Augmented Reality for Real-Time Learning.”</p>

September 17, 2026

2026 Faculty Engagement Award recipients to explore AI-enabled smart glasses
<p>Teaching and Learning with Technology, part of University Libraries, has launched the AI Commons, a new service that helps Penn State faculty, staff and students explore generative artificial intelligence.</p>

September 16, 2026

TLT launches AI Commons to support AI exploration and applied learning
<p>The Digital Twins Hub at Penn State has launched the Digital Twin Literacy Center, a centralized space for students at Penn State to learn about and engage directly with digital twin models — virtual representations of real-life systems — and other immersive technologies. The hub is housed under the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences and the Cozoziello Institute for Real Estate Innovation.</p>

September 14, 2026

Digital Twins Literacy Center to engage students in immersive technologies
<p>A Penn State Harrisburg student was selected to participate in AI4ALL Ignite, a national, no-cost program that helps students build AI skills by pairing cross-institutional student teams with industry mentors for hands-on projects, mentorship and discussions about the broader social impact of AI.</p>

September 14, 2026

Penn State Harrisburg student participates in national AI program
<p>The more conversational an AI chatbot is, the more likely users will trust it — even when it shares misinformation, according to a new study by Penn State researchers. </p>

September 14, 2026

Chatty chatbots can mislead users, but verification tools help, researchers find
<p>The Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education has announced its funded projects for the 2026-27 academic year. The projects, submitted by College of Engineering faculty, are intended to promote enhancements to undergraduate and graduate education in the College of Engineering. </p>

September 14, 2026

Leonhard Center announces 11 funded projects for 2026-27 
<p>Researchers in the College of Information Sciences and Technology found that AI models approach high-stakes ethical decisions differently than humans do and show little of the uncertainty people may express when faced with difficult choices.</p>

September 14, 2026

Who gets the kidney? AI chatbots do not make the same moral choices humans do
<p>The annual Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences Symposium event will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 8:45 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. in Alumni Hall in HUB-Robeson Center at University Park. Registration is required by Oct. 4.</p>

September 11, 2026

ICDS Symposium scheduled for Oct. 14
<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