UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., April 28 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A case competition held in conjunction with the second annual Dan and Robyn Ives AI Innovation Day at Penn State's Smeal College of Business highlighted a significant shift in how students are engaging with artificial intelligence (AI), moving beyond ideas to building real, working solutions.

As part of the daylong event, which brought together more than 1,000 students, faculty, staff and industry leaders, the Dan and Robyn Ives AI Innovation Day Case Competition challenged teams to apply artificial intelligence in a real-world business context. This year marked a notable evolution from 2025, when teams focused primar...