Strategic investments in an AI-driven future

Provost Sotiropoulos discusses Penn State’s AI Transformation initiative.

In February, Penn State announced several strategic investments to help position the University as a leader in artificial intelligence education, cross-disciplinary research, and innovation. The Penn State AI Transformation investment and educational commitments include:

• University-wide AI literacy and transformation of teaching and learning
• AI-focused faculty hiring
• AI tools, infrastructure and resources expansion
• Centralized AI leadership

Find more details about these commitments, AI vision and goals, and next steps, on Penn State News.

Events and Deadlines

3/3 Designing and Creating Research Posters | Undergraduate Research and Fellowships Mentoring
3/3 Smarter Not Harder: Organizational Strategies for Teaching | Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
3/3 Applying to the Rhodes and Marshall Scholarship | Undergraduate Research and Fellowships Mentoring
3/3 EDGE Spotlight: Accessibility in Virtual Exchange | Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
3/3, 3/4, 3/16, 3/17, 3/24 Study Smarter Workshop | Penn State Learning
3/4 Developing AI Literacy in Students: Academic Advising Seminar | Division of Undergraduate Studies and Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
3/4 Assessing Student Learning | Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
3/5 Developing AI Literacy in Students + Optional 30-Minute Design Sprint | Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
3/6 AI Literacy Institute: Designing for Learning Application Deadline | Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
3/8 Daylight Saving Time Begins
3/8–3/14 Spring Break
3/16 AI Literacy in Faculty + Optional 30-Minute Design Sprint | Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
3/17 2026 Undergraduate Exhibition Application Closes | Undergraduate Research and Fellowships Mentoring for Undergraduate Education
3/18 Starfish Mid-Semester Progress Survey Period Ends | Division of Undergraduate Studies
3/19 First-Gen Student Support Summit | Penn State Chaiken Center for Student Success
3/19 LEAP Webinar 1: What is the LEAP Summer Start Experience? | Penn State Chaiken Center for Student Success
3/20 GreenGov Webinar Series: Emerging Water Issues in PA: Managing Pollutant Threats | Sustain Penn State
3/20 Engaged Scholarship Community of Practice meeting | Sustain Penn State
3/23 'Thank A Professor' Submissions Open | Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
3/23 Ethan Tapper Book Reading | Sustain Penn State
3/23–3/27 Penn State Startup Week
3/24 2026 Schreyer Conference on Alternative Grading | Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
3/24 Undergraduate Research at the Capitol | Undergraduate Research and Fellowships Mentoring
3/24 Sustainability Showcase Keynote — Ethan Tapper, forester and author of "How to Love a Forest" | Sustain Penn State
3/27 The 2026 Penn State Graduate Exhibition
3/27 Bridewealth Payments in Ghana: Marriage Prestations and Women's Marital Autonomy | Center for Faculty Development and Advancement
3/30 All-UE Meeting, 10:30–11:30 a.m., Boucke Building
3/31 Knight-Hennessy Scholars Information Session | Undergraduate Research and Fellowships Mentoring

For additional Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence events, visit schreyerinstitute.psu.edu.

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