A Caretaker of Enthusiasm
Alumni & Friends
‘A great return on our investment’
Alumni couple establishes endowed scholarship
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
‘Do well by doing good’
President of Moravia Health makes $250,000 gift
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Share your expertise, experiences, and story to inspire future generations of IST students.
Class Notes
New Positions, Promotions, and Recognitions
Jason Lally, 2004
Chief Data Officer, State of California
Learn More About Jason Lally's Update
Jordan Burris, 2011
Named one of WashingtonExec's Top Public Sector Leaders to Watch in 2025
Learn More About Jordan Burris's Update
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.
Student Success
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
Tessa Beauchat
Tessa, who majored in human centered design and development, was IST’s summer 2023 student marshal.
Jain Hardik
Hardik, who majored in enterprise technology integration with a focus on application development, was IST's fall 2023 student marshal.
Tomi Oluwaseun-Apo
Tomi, a human-centered design and development student, was selected to Penn State's 2023 Student and Graduate Homecoming Court.
On the Bridge
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