Penn State News

Menah Pratt, vice president for strategic affairs and professor of education at Virginia Tech, has been named regional chancellor for Penn State's Hazleton, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre campuses, effective Aug. 1.

Users tend to trust artificial intelligence (AI)-powered fact-checkers as much as human fact-checkers, but for different reasons, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. The researchers said there is no definitive “winner” when comparing the two fact-checking systems, because users see distinct strengths and weaknesses in each.

The fastest wind from near a supermassive black hole ever measured at ultraviolet wavelengths has been discovered inside the constellation Pegasus, using data from a large-scale astronomical project designed to map a fraction of the sky in unprecedented detail.

The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) has released all of its immense, information-rich database to the public.

Community members gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center in May as the site recently reopened following a multi-month improvement project. The center is now open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with expanded parking, improved accessibility and upgraded stormwater infrastructure, alongside its longstanding hands-on learning and wildlife...