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A Caretaker of Enthusiasm

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Alumni & Friends

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‘A great return on our investment’

Alumni couple establishes endowed scholarship
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A rising star in IT

Vulnerability transparency advocate and senior security manager at GitHub leads the advisory database curation team.

2023 Donor Honor Roll

Impacting the welfare of humankind

Alumnus awarded the Humanitarian Service Award at 2024 Graduate School Alumni Society Awards
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‘Do well by doing good’

President of Moravia Health makes $250,000 gift
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IST FTK

Six IST students—including Austin Whitson '24, pictured here—were among the 700 dancers at THON 2024, held February 16-18 at the Bryce Jordan Center. The event raised a record-breaking $16.9 million to fund pediatric cancer research and support children and families fighting childhood cancer.

IST students were also busy behind the scenes, serving as members of the THON Technology Committee. Led by technology director Andrew Maier ’24—the College of IST’s student marshal for spring 2024 commencement—the committee managed all the technology that enables THON to spread its mission, raise funds, track donations, and host events to scale.

Class Notes

New Positions, Promotions, and Recognitions

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Jason Lally, 2004
Chief Data Officer, State of California
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Jordan Burris, 2011
Named one of WashingtonExec's Top Public Sector Leaders to Watch in 2025
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Student Success

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Tailored for Success

Major gift to create a new student success center in IST

Ready, Aim, Hire!

More than 60 organizations recruited students during the biannual IST Career Fair in 2023

Pitch Perfect

First-year Students win at 2024 Bardusch Family IdeaMakers Challenge

Fiercely Competitive

Students Compete at Competitive Cyber Security Organization

Hooray for LAs!

LAs recognized by David and Kathy Hozza Learning Assistant Awards

Aloha, CHI!

Faculty and more than 20 graduate students and recent alumni attend the Association of Computing Machinery Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems

Standout Students

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Tessa Beauchat

Tessa, who majored in human centered design and development, was IST’s summer 2023 student marshal.

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Jain Hardik

Hardik, who majored in enterprise technology integration with a focus on application development, was IST's fall 2023 student marshal.

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Tomi Oluwaseun-Apo

Tomi, a human-centered design and development student, was selected to Penn State's 2023 Student and Graduate Homecoming Court.

Research & Expertise

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Finding Middle Ground

IST researchers bring unique perspectives to some of the most important tech topics of the Information Age.

Advancing Discovery

Research in IST cuts across traditional boundaries to drive interdisciplinary discovery and innovation

(Mis)Informed Voters

Wall Street meets Reddit

On the Bridge

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25 in '24

Happy Birthday to Us!

A Graceful Welcome

Early Career Professorships

Two assistant professors have been awarded endowed positions

David Reese Professorship

Professorship will enable Sharon Huang to expand her research program in artificial intelligence

IST Faculty & Staff Awards

2023 recipients were nominated by their colleagues and selected by a review committee for excellence in teaching, research, and service

Auf Nach Deutschland

Prasenjit Mitra has moved to Germany to explore new professional and leisure activities

A Legend Retires

C. Lee Giles retired from teaching June 30

New Dean's Advisory Board Members

Leading Faculty

Cindy Brewer was named associate dean for faculty affairs

Leading Undergrads

Lisa Lenze named IST's new associate dean for undergraduate studies
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