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In a Q&A, Andrew Bode-Lang, teaching professor of English at Penn State and winner of Rattle literary magazine’s 2026 poetry chapbook prize, discussed poetry’s relevance in an increasingly artificial intelligence-driven age.
Chaiken Scholar Shaquana Simpson turned her own challenges as a first-generation student into a commitment to support others, using leadership, mentorship and mindfulness initiatives to help peers navigate college and prioritize well-being.
A panel of industry experts and Penn State faculty awarded a total of $29,000 to student teams at the Nittany AI Challenge Celebration. The winning teams will use their prize money to further develop projects that apply artificial intelligence to address real-world challenges and benefit society.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 20 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Fourteen faculty and graduate students from across the College of the Liberal Arts will receive more than $60,000 in support from the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s Research in Democracy Support Grant program to advance their work on topics related to democracy.
The College of Information Sciences has announced the winners of the 2026 David and Kathy Hozza Learning Assistant Award.
Brian Thiede, associate professor of rural sociology, of sociology and of demography, has been named the director of the Population Research Institute at Penn State.
Jui Baliga was one of 58 students to present their research at the annual Liberal Arts Undergrad Research Expo on April 17.
Penn State alumnus Troy S. Thornton has made a commitment to advance the University’s educational equity efforts through the creation of a new discretionary fund designed to address emerging and evolving programmatic needs across the institution.
Penn State’s Rock Ethics Institute has announced the winners of the 2026 Stand Up Awards for Undergraduate Ethical Leadership.
Over spring break, Penn State students traveled to Germany to Munich for a Liberal Arts embedded program.
The Communication, Science & Society Initiative, a research partnership between Penn State’s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences in the College of the Liberal Arts, has announced the grant recipients from its 2025 request for proposals.
Robin Becker will close this year’s Mary E. Rolling Reading Series with a reading from her new collection, “Midsummer Count: New and Selected Poems,” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, in Paterno Library’s Foster Auditorium.
Over spring break, Penn State Liberal Arts students traveled to Belize and Guatemala to visit ancient Maya archaeological sites and learn about local cultures.
Thirty-one Penn State graduate students earned awards at the 2026 Graduate Exhibition — the premier annual community showcase for graduate student research, scholarship and creative activity across the University — hosted by the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School on Friday, March 27, on the University Park campus.
The College of Arts and Architecture’s Woskob Family Gallery, located at 146 S. Allen Street in downtown State College, will host a cross-disciplinary faculty panel to discuss the current migration landscape, asylum and refugee law and on-the-ground advocacy efforts at 4 p.m. on April 16.
