Penn State research supports Pennsylvania’s nation-leading mushroom industry

By Sean Yoder Pennsylvania is the #1 mushroom producing state in the country and Penn State’s one-of-a-kind mushroom science program is unlike any other in North America.  Pennsylvania’s mushroom cultivators produced 446.58 million pounds of white button mushrooms and accounted for 66 percent of the total volume of sales during the 2021-2022 growing season, according […]

By Stephanie Kalina-Metzger Tim Hurley doesn’t shy away from sticky situations. After starting out as a mentor to the spotLESS Materials team, he took on the role of Vice President of Business Development in November, 2022. In bringing Hurley on board, the company’s goal is to attract more customers in the both residential and commercial […]

by Cara Aungst Opening ChatGPT for the first time reminded me of my first memory of the world wide web (yes, I’m that old). I was in the Audio-Visual department at my small liberal arts college, and the AV director showed me how to find, and buy, a font to use in the yearbook design. […]

This story is part of our "AI wrote this newsletter" series and was completely written by ChatGPT. It has not been fact-checked and has been shown to include some inaccuracies and outdated information. For reactions from Penn State's AI Hub to other ChatGPT stories, see this accompanying article. For more about the tools used to create […]

We asked ChatGPT to write an article about Penn State’s capabilities in AI, from materials science to ethics and sustainability. And then, we asked David Hunter, who was recently appointed as director for a cross-functional Penn State AI Hub, for his reaction to what artificial intelligence said about the University. “I accept your challenge!” he […]

By Stephanie Kalina-Metzger As the saying goes, “Not all heroes wear capes” and in a nation that is divided, there is one thing on which we can all agree: the world would be better without shudder-inducing bed bugs. Dr. Nina Jenkins, affiliate professor in the Department of Entomology at Penn State, has made it her […]