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<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 five projects to receive funding from its seed grant program. The funding aims to support interdisciplinary research activities and generate preliminary results that may lead to bigger projects involving external funding. </p>

June 23, 2026

College of IST awards seed grants to five research projects

<p>Beginning this fall, undergraduate and graduate students at Penn State have access to the University’s AI literacy course AI Essentials and a suite of generative AI services, including AI Studio. </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. </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 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 Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences (NCEMS) at Penn State has awarded four researchers from across the world for their efforts in a competition to build machine learning-based approaches for streamlining publicly available datasets for reuse. </p>

June 01, 2026

Four researchers win data harmonization competition

<p>Penn State Great Valley 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, will lead the International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, a global organization focused on how intelligent software systems operate and interact. </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. </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 bachelor of science degree in <a href="https://harrisburg.psu.edu/business-administration/artificial-intelligence-methods-applications-bs">artificial intelligence methods and applications</a> (AIMA) beginning in fall 2026. The program is designed to equip students with the essential technical expertise, hands-on experience, and ethical grounding to lead in an AI-driven world. </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

May 14, 2026

Leadership insights: Provost Sotiropoulos on AI, doctoral education and the land-grant mission

<p>Dongwon Lee, professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, earned a fellowship to conduct misinformation research at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies in Germany this summer. He will study ways to better understand misinformation on a global scale and explore the use of AI to make it faster and easier to spot false information online.  </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

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Inaugural Gail E. Latimer, RN Nursing Leadership Lecture examines AI in nursing

College of IST awards seed grants to five research projects

AI literacy course, suite of services now available to Penn State students enrolled in summer classes

Undergrads gain hands-on machine learning experience in summer program

SAFES grants to address Critical Issues Initiatives in College of Ag Sciences

Digital twins could help melt the mystery of Alaska’s thawing permafrost

AI and the Economy Initiative builds momentum with second workshop

Passive AI use at work increases feelings of work meaninglessness, study finds

Users trust AI and human fact-checkers equally, but for different reasons

Four researchers win data harmonization competition

Great Valley launches MBA in artificial intelligence

IST researcher elected president of global intelligent systems foundation

Calling Doctor GPT: AI responses to healthcare queries are nearly 76% accurate

Q&A: The Pentagon’s new UFO files in the age of drones and AI

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

WATCH: Advancing biorobotics by studying the natural world

Penn College faculty incorporate creative use of artificial intelligence in classes

$1.3M NSF grant to expand statewide cyberinfrastructure for researchers

Penn State Harrisburg adds AI methods and applications degree for fall 2026

Leadership insights: Provost Sotiropoulos on AI, doctoral education and the land-grand mission

Leadership insights: Provost Sotiropoulos on AI, doctoral education and the land-grant mission

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

AI Center of Excellence launches instructional innovation grant programs

TLT to host 'Learning Tools for Teaching: Engage, Explore, Elevate Summer' series

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