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<p>Experts from across the nation will gather to foster cross-disciplinary idea exchange and spark new collaborations in an April 13-14 workshop on artificial intelligence's transformative impact on the economy and society. Registration is required for this free workshop — the first in a new “AI and the Economy Initiative" — which is open to the Penn State community.</p>

April 02, 2026

Workshop to discuss AI’s transformative impact on the economy, society

<p>In this Q&A, Jae Wan Ahn, Penn State’s first Pennsylvania Legislative Science and Technology Policy Fellow, discussed his contributions to a recent Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission report on the evolution of artificial intelligence and the related applications, policy recommendations and regulatory considerations across key sectors.</p>

March 31, 2026

Q&A: How will policy shape the future of AI in Pennsylvania?

<p>Students from the Nittany AI Alliance's Advance program are using artificial intelligence to design solutions that help the Office of Physical Plant work more efficiently and enhance how it serves customers. </p>

March 30, 2026

Nittany AI students designing AI solutions to improve Physical Plant processes

<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

<p>As a kickoff to Penn State Startup Week, six student teams pitched their startups to a panel of judges, competing for prizes totaling $35,500 in funding in the 2026 Invent Penn State Inc.U Competition. SlammedU, a startup founded by Smeal College of Business student Niklas Restrepo, won first place and $15,000.</p>

March 30, 2026

Student startups win funding in Invent Penn State Inc.U Competition

<p>Volunteers from Penn State Abington, Beaver, Berks, Fayette, New Kensington and University Park spent spring break volunteering at food pantries in Pittsburgh and the Greater Philadelphia Region.</p>

March 27, 2026

Student, staff volunteers spend spring break serving Pennsylvania communities

<p>Penn State Center for Social Data Analytics and the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making, in collaboration with the Social Science Research Institute, has announced the recipients of their most recent seed grant awards.</p>

March 27, 2026

Social Science Research Institute awards AI seed grants

<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. </p>

March 24, 2026

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

<p>Roderick Lee, associate professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, has been named a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource AI Education Fellow by the Computing Research Association. </p>

March 18, 2026

IST faculty member named to inaugural cohort of national AI education fellows

March 18, 2026

Penn State students can now apply to IBM co-op program for summer 2026 positions

<p>Penn State student Shamar Gordon’s experience allowed him to apply the skills and concepts he learned through his online program, which is offered in partnership with the College of Information Sciences and Technology.</p>

March 18, 2026

Finishing the marathon: How one Penn State student persevered to earn his degree

<p>The context of long-term conversations can cause an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot to begin mirroring the user’s viewpoints, possibly reducing accuracy or creating a virtual echo-chamber, according to researchers from Penn State and MIT. </p>

March 18, 2026

AI-powered chatbots can become too agreeable over time, researchers report

<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. 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>The Penn State community is invited to watch the culmination of the 2025-26 Penn State Three Minute Thesis competition, where 10 graduate students will summarize their research and its impact while competing for monetary prizes of up to $1,000. The event will take place at 3 p.m. March 28 at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus and also will be livestreamed.</p>

March 16, 2026

Stage is set for final round of Three Minute Thesis competition on March 28

<p>Shomir Wilson, associate professor in the Penn State College of IST, received a Best Paper Award at the Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.</p>

March 12, 2026

IST researcher earns Best Paper Award for student mentorship framework

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