Building the Future of STEM in Centre County—But We Need a New Home
On many evenings in Centre County, long after the school day ends, a group of students gathers around workbenches, laptops, and robot parts. Some are designing mechanical arms. Others are writing code. Still others are strategizing how their robot will compete against teams from across the region. And yet others are developing business strategies to financially sustain and grow their organization.
What they are really doing is learning how to solve problems, collaborate, and think like engineers.
The Assignment Comes First: Why Penn State and Our Community Must Understand Agentic AI
Something important is happening in technology right now, and it is beginning to affect how we work, how we teach, and how we run our businesses.
It is called Agentic AI.
Before that term causes you to tune out, let’s explain it simply.
Most people have experimented with chat based AI tools. You type in a question. It gives you an answer. That is helpful, but it is limited.
Agentic AI goes further.
Educational Blind Spot: Why Schools Must Teach to Convince, Not Just to Analyze
After attending the Nittany AI Series event at Pine Grove Hall last Wednesday and in discussions with three Penn State student presenters — Kartikay Pandey, Kanika Gupta and Oviya Raja, Frank Archibald submitted this article… AI Exposes the Gap…
The co.space: An Ongoing Experiment in Connection, Community, and Becoming
Over a decade ago, we started an experiment in downtown State College.
It began with a few simple questions:
What might be possible if people were more intentional about how—and who—they lived with?
What if housing wasn’t just a place to land at the end of the day, but a place that actively shaped who you were becoming?
What if we could retain creative young professionals in our town—through a unique housing model—who were passionate about making Happy Valley an amazing community to call home?
Those questions became the seed of the co.space.
Guiding Guests to Connection, One Room at a Time
At its core, Connect Happy Valley has a simple goal. We aim to connect guests into the community assets that make this place work. Those assets are our hosts. The locally owned venues, educators, creatives, nonprofits, and gathering places that quietly hold the town together.
This past week, that idea moved from concept to proof.
This AI Thing Is Not a Trend. It Is an Inflection Point in Human History.
We are living through one of the rare moments when the future bends in real time.
Artificial intelligence is not just changing tools or jobs. It is changing how nations think, how economies move, how knowledge spreads, and how people relate to one another. The most enlightened voices in the world are openly sharing ideas, warnings, hopes, and possibilities because the stakes are that high.
And yet, here is the quiet truth.
Big ideas still need small rooms.
What If a Community Could Run With Heart?
We live in the most connected generation in history, yet many of us feel more alone than ever.
Phones buzz. Feeds scroll. Yet somehow, real connection feels rare. We see everyone’s highlight reels but not each other’s eyes. We call it connection, but it often leaves us empty.
Something deeper is missing.
