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<p>The College of Information Sciences and Technology recently selected five projects to receive funding from its seed grant program. The funding aims to support interdisciplinary research activities and generate preliminary results that may lead to bigger projects involving external funding. </p>

June 23, 2026

College of IST awards seed grants to five research projects

<p>As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 19 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.</p>

June 22, 2026

Let's give a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — June 22

<p>Joseph Squillace, associate teaching professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, recently spent a semester at Széchenyi István University in Győr, Hungary, where he taught cybersecurity content as part of the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program.</p>

June 17, 2026

IST faculty member completes Fulbright experience in Hungary

<p>The Richard F. Dempsey Award in Information Sciences and Technology<strong> </strong>recognizes outstanding academic achievement by an undergraduate student enrolled in the Information Sciences and Technology degree program at Penn State Scranton.</p>

June 12, 2026

Scranton alumnus Ed Lucy honors former mentor and professor Richard F. Dempsey

<p>Penn State’s AI and the Economy Initiative hosted nearly 350 researchers from academia and the public sector to examine the economic and societal impacts of artificial intelligence. </p>

June 11, 2026

AI and the Economy Initiative builds momentum with second workshop

<p>Dongwon Lee, professor in the College of IST, has been named Frymoyer Chair in Information Sciences and Technology, effective July 1. The Frymoyer Chair recognizes outstanding academic achievement and supports continued excellence in research, scholarship and graduate education.</p>

June 05, 2026

Dongwon Lee named Frymoyer Chair in IST

<p>The U.S. National Science Foundation National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences (NCEMS) at Penn State has awarded four researchers from across the world for their efforts in a competition to build machine learning-based approaches for streamlining publicly available datasets for reuse. </p>

June 01, 2026

Four researchers win data harmonization competition

<p>Hadi Hosseini, associate professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, will lead the International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, a global organization focused on how intelligent software systems operate and interact. </p>

May 29, 2026

IST researcher elected president of global intelligent systems foundation

<p>Large language models respond to everyday health queries with nearly 76% accuracy, raising concerns about their trustworthiness in real-world applications, according to a new study by Penn State researchers.</p>

May 28, 2026

Calling Doctor GPT: AI responses to healthcare queries are nearly 76% accurate

<p>As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 20 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.</p>

May 21, 2026

Let's hear a 'We Are!' for these Penn Staters — May 21

May 21, 2026

Five faculty named Big Ten Academic Alliance Department Executive Officer Fellows

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May 20, 2026

IST researchers discuss AI interviewers on The Conversation

<p>Penn State Harrisburg will offer a new bachelor of science degree in artificial intelligence methods and applications beginning in fall 2026. The program is designed to equip students with the essential technical expertise, hands-on experience, and ethical grounding to lead in an AI-driven world.</p>

May 14, 2026

Penn State Harrisburg adds AI methods and applications degree for fall 2026

<p>With a grant from OpenAI, a team led by Penn State researchers proposed a democratic decision-making system that uses decentralized voting and discussion tools to give people with different perspectives a voice in how artificial intelligence is used.</p>

May 13, 2026

Democratic approach to challenge, improve AI tools

<p>Student panelists highlighted the real-world learning experiences they've participated in at Penn State during a joint meeting of the University's Board of Trustees Committees on Research and Technology and Student Success, on May 7.</p>

May 12, 2026

Heard on Campus: Experiential learning a ‘high-impact practice’ tied to student success

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