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<p>Four undergraduate student teams received awards for their digital business ideas in the 2026 Bardusch Family IdeaMakers Challenge.</p>

March 30, 2026

App to prevent misuse of personal imagery wins top prize in IdeaMakers Challenge
Farmer's High School HUB pillar.

March 27, 2026

AI literacy framework rolled out for students, faculty, and staff
<p>Penn State’s Teaching and Learning with Technology is accepting applications through April 23 for the 2026-27 Faculty Engagement Awards. This year’s theme is “Teaching with AI Glasses: Augmented Reality for Real-Time Learning.”</p>

March 27, 2026

2026-27 Faculty Engagement Award applications now being accepted
<p>Natalie Bazarova, professor of communication and associate vice provost for research at Cornell University, will present “Fostering Healthier Digital Ecosystems Through Prosocial Design and Digital Literacy Interventions” at 12:10 p.m. on April 9 in E208 Westgate Building at University Park as part of the College of Information Sciences and Technology's Distinguished Lecture Series.&nbsp;</p>

March 24, 2026

IST Distinguished Lecture Series to host digital communication expert on April 9

March 23, 2026

Online faculty development course adds AI exploration for the first time
<p>The Penn State AI Hub, one of the five research hubs housed under the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, is seeking nominations for the annual&nbsp;Artificial Intelligence (AI)&nbsp;Awards&nbsp;— a University-wide competition that recognizes research excellence across different categories in&nbsp;AI including projects that have made impacts on society, best undergraduate and graduate theses, and best doctoral dissertations.&nbsp;</p>

March 23, 2026

Penn State AI Hub seeking nominations for annual Artificial Intelligence Awards
<p>The AI literacy framework outlines what it means to be AI literate at Penn State and offers guidance for learning, teaching,&nbsp;research&nbsp;and administrative work across the university.</p>

March 19, 2026

Penn State launches AI literacy framework to advance University-wide AI literacy initiative

March 19, 2026

College of Education launches program supporting AI graduate research
<p>Professors at the Beaver, Behrend and Greater Allegheny campuses are focusing not only on teaching students how to use AI, but on teaching AI literacy that incorporates ethical and critical use of the emerging technology.&nbsp;</p>

March 19, 2026

Thoughtful integration, ethical use at core of AI literacy  
<p>Penn State faculty are encouraged to apply for Teaching and Learning with Technology’s fourth annual Digital Education Exchange Retreat, set for May 18–20, with the theme "Cultivating Creativity: Designing Learning for a Changing World."&nbsp;</p>

March 18, 2026

Faculty applications open for fourth annual Digital Education Exchange Retreat
<p>Replacing your primary care physician with artificial intelligence could be dangerous, but Penn State Health physicians are finding innovative and safe ways to use this technology to help improve patient care.</p>

March 18, 2026

The Medical Minute: Is 'Dr. ChatGPT' doing more harm than good?
<p>Acclaimed science-fiction author Ted Chiang will give the Rock Ethics Institute’s 2026 Richard B. Lippin Lecture in Ethics at 6 p.m. on March 25 in Freeman Auditorium, HUB-Robeson Center, University Park. Chiang’s lecture will consider the incompatibility between generative AI (artificial intelligence) and art, a subject that he has examined extensively.&nbsp;The lecture is free and open to the public.</p>

March 17, 2026

Sci-fi author Ted Chiang to give 2026 Richard B. Lippin Lecture in Ethics
<p>Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) Dreamery Speaker Series will host three hybrid sessions with guest speaker Jordan Mroziak April 13–14. Coinciding with TLT AI Fest on April 13–17, Mroziak’s sessions will focus on building durable teaching practices through human-centered artificial-intelligence literacy.</p>

March 12, 2026

Dreamery Speaker Series sessions to focus on human-centered AI literacy
<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the field and practice of medicine, including legal liability. A new study found that the perception of physician liability is influenced by the way in which AI is integrated into a clinician’s workflow and the number of times a radiologist reviews a case when AI is involved.</p>

March 10, 2026

How AI is integrated into clinical workflow lowers medical liability perception
portraits of Suresh Madhuvarsu and Howard Dover

March 05, 2026

Harrisburg to host AI in Sales Symposium II on March 25
Two students and professor in the College of Health and Human Development work over a laptop.

March 04, 2026

Leadership insights: President Bendapudi on AI-ready graduates and people-first innovation
A Penn State Behrend student conducts a microbiology experiment under a ventilation hood.

February 25, 2026

Commonwealth Campus investments strengthen faculty, student research excellence
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November 20, 2025

Institute funds 20 faculty fellows in AI and quantum sciences
Screenshot of the landing page for the Commonwealth Campus Teaching Support's Generative Artificial Intelligence and Teaching Toolkit.

August 12, 2025

The Commonwealth Campus Teaching Support’s Generative AI & Teaching Toolkit
Profile of human face full of nodes and 1s and 0s alongside text "2025 AI Awards"

April 18, 2025

Doctoral students honored for AI dissertations
Penn State students and faculty stand in a line for a photo surrounded by their research posters during poster session.

April 17, 2025

AI Week spotlights student, faculty research on artificial intelligence
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September 24, 2024

The Global Impact Forum showcases ‘importance of collaboration’ in advancing AI for social good
Mehrdad Mahdavi poses for a headshot photo.

July 08, 2024

AI Hub names new director

May 12, 2024

AI-Related Dissertation Contest Finalist, Winner Reflect on Process