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<p> Seven Penn State students were nominated for the 2027 Rhodes, Marshall and Churchill scholarships, among most prestigious and competitive awards available to U.S. students.</p>

September 16, 2026

Seven students earn University nominations for competitive UK scholarships

<p>Fifteen Penn State alumni have been named 2026 Alumni Fellows, the highest honor bestowed by the Penn State Alumni Association.</p>

September 16, 2026

Fifteen Penn Staters named 2026 Alumni Fellows

<p>Penn State graduate students in a research-based degree program are invited to participate in Penn State's annual Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT), hosted by the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School. 3MT helps graduate students improve their research communication and presentation skills, permitting just three minutes and one static presentation slide to effectively communicate their research and its impact to an audience outside their field.</p>

September 15, 2026

Graduate students invited to participate in Three Minute Thesis competition

<p>As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 20 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.</p>

September 15, 2026

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters

<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>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>Khushi Khurana, 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

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September 04, 2026

Media Mention: Hadi Hosseini

<p>Students from the College of Information Sciences and Technology visited Stockholm, London and Paris to learn about cyber strategy and critical infrastructure in Europe. </p>

September 03, 2026

IST students travel to Europe to gain a global perspective on national security

<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>National parks in the United States have a potentially contradictory dual mission: protect natural areas while also facilitating recreational use of those areas. In this Q&A, Bing Pan, professor of recreation, park, and tourism management, addressed how to balance these factors and more.</p>

September 01, 2026

Q&A: Can U.S. parks promote safety, recreation and environmental protection?

<p>The J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School has appointed eight faculty members to serve as graduate student ombudspersons, expanding the formerly two-volunteer Ombudsperson Program. </p>

September 01, 2026

Fox Graduate School expands Ombudsperson Program with seven new members

<p>The J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School has appointed eight faculty members to serve as graduate student ombudspersons, expanding the formerly two-volunteer Ombudsperson Program. </p>

September 01, 2026

Fox Graduate School expands Ombudsperson Program with six new members

<p>Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at Penn State College of Medicine recently received a seven-year, $28.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. The funding will help the institute pioneer scalable models to solve health challenges in rural areas and turn medical discoveries into real-world treatments, according to Jennifer Kraschnewski, who directs CTSI.</p>

September 01, 2026

NIH awards Penn State CTSI $28.2M to improve rural health

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