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November 17, 2025

Penn State students can now apply to IBM co-op program for 2026 positions

<p>Diane Akpovwa, a fourth-year student majoring in human-centered design and development in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, introduced the Virtual Reality Immersive Experience at the Palmer Museum of Art as part of the 2025 Centre Film Festival. <br>
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November 14, 2025

IST student hosts film festival’s first virtual-reality immersive experience

<p>Students from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology recently traveled to Chicago to attend Grace Hopper Celebration, the world's largest gathering of women technologists. </p>

November 12, 2025

IST students attend world’s largest gathering of women in tech

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November 11, 2025

IST announces fall 2025 teaching grant awardees

<p>IST alumni Purvi Shah and Ruchi Shah have made a commitment to establish the Shah and Igwé Family Matching Scholarship in Honor of Bina and Shailesh Shah in the College of Information Sciences and Technology. The endowment was built on Purvi’s and Ruchi’s generosity and a matching commitment from the Igwé Family Matching Scholarship Program, which provides a 1:1 donation match for IST graduates who have established their first endowed scholarship. </p>

November 11, 2025

Alumni sisters honor parents through endowed IST scholarship

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November 06, 2025

In the Media: Amulya Yadav on AI bias

<p>Professor of Information Sciences and Technology Alan Peslak received the International Association for Computer Information Systems' highest honor when he was named the 2025 Computer Educator of the Year at the organization's annual conference last month.</p>

November 04, 2025

Penn State Scranton’s Alan Peslak named 'Computer Educator of the Year'

<p>Intuitive questions asked by everyday internet users are just as effective at triggering biased responses from artificial intelligence chatbots as advanced technical inquiries, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State.</p>

November 04, 2025

Lay intuition as effective at jailbreaking AI chatbots as technical methods

<p>Ayushi Bisaria, a second-year Penn State student majoring in data sciences in the College of Information Sciences and Technology and biomedical engineering in the College of Engineering, was recently selected to participate in HackHarvard.</p>

October 30, 2025

IST/Engineering student attends international hackathon at Harvard

<p>Erica Mi, who earned two bachelor’s degrees and a master’s degree from Penn State in 2022, recently received the CSGrad4US Fellowship from the U.S. National Science Foundation. She is using the award to pursue a doctoral degree in computer science at the University of Chicago.</p>

October 27, 2025

Bellisario, IST alumna awarded NSF fellowship to pursue doctorate in computing

<p>The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences Symposium was held on Monday, Oct. 6, in HUB-Robeson Center at Penn State University Park. The annual event brought together University faculty and students with industry experts to foster meaningful conversations and collaborations around applying artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computational, data and quantum sciences methodologies to research.</p>

October 22, 2025

ICDS Symposium spotlights student, faculty research

<p>The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology honored three graduates at the college’s third annual Alumni Symposium and Awards Ceremony, held Oct. 17 at the Graduate by Hilton State College.</p>

October 21, 2025

Graduates honored at College of IST Alumni Symposium and Awards Ceremony

<p>In this Q&A, faculty members from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology discussed what cybersecurity is, how it's evolving and what the average person can do to secure their data. </p>

October 21, 2025

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Q&A: Why pay attention to cybersecurity?

October 16, 2025

Graduate assistants to vote in unionization election at Penn State

<p>Three recent graduates of the informatics doctoral program at the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology demonstrate how the program's interdisciplinary nature prepares them for a range of post-graduate pursuits.</p>

October 13, 2025

Informatics doctoral program provides interdisciplinary opportunities for graduates

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