Changes

Penn State has a few programs that allow university-industry collaboration. , but this is still an area of great potential and growth for Penn State .  One of the main initiatives that currently exists is the [https://nittanyai.psu.edu Nittany AI Challenge]. Through the program, selected student entrepreneurs will spend eight months working on increasing university launching an artificial intelligence-based solution that solves a campus-specific problem. The challenge gives students the chance to win up to $25,000, receive project mentorship, and local industry collaborationwork alongside challenge partners like Google Cloud and Microsoft. Some of the   Additional programs that exist today are [https://www.lf.psu.edu The Learning Factory ] (where teams of students are given projects and budgets by industry to solve a problem within a semester), [https://hackpsu.org Hackathons ] (companies such as Microsoft and Google hold their Hackathons at Penn State), and the [https://www.sedtapp.psu.edu/design/index.aspx Engineering Design Program ] (where students learn to use industrial tools such as CAD) Currently, Penn State is working on increasing university relations with State College local entrepreneurs.