INNOVATION FEATURE
Teaching Tomorrow's Innovators
Growing Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor is now offered at all Penn State campuses. Not every student graduates looking for a job. The entrepreneurial spirit can strike early, and Penn State is answering the call for programs and resources to support young people with big ideas. Teaching entrepreneurship in the classroom isn’t exactly a new concept […]
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Being Human in the Age of AI: The Student Startups Bringing Us Back Together
From Whirl Pong to Now You Know, Penn State founders are building experiences that trade screen time for real connection, signaling where the world is heading.
Something is changing.
Not slowly. Not quietly.
You can feel it at Penn State tailgates, in student apartments, and at pitch competitions where the ideas gaining traction are no longer just apps or platforms.
They are experiences. They are real. And they are solving a problem that has been hiding in plain sight.
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…
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