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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>

April 24, 2026

Industry experts join IST Dean’s Advisory Board

<p>American educator and journalist Esther Wojcicki will deliver the spring commencement address for the College of IST on May 9 at Pegula Ice Arena. Wojcicki's impact on the tech industry is the subject of the new documentary "The Godmother of Silicon Valley."</p>

April 24, 2026

‘Godmother of Silicon Valley’ Esther Wojcicki to speak at IST commencement

<p>The College of Information Sciences and Technology announced its student marshals for spring 2026 commencement. This is the first time the college has selected a marshal for each major. </p>

April 22, 2026

College of IST names eight student marshals for spring 2026 commencement

<p>As Penn State continues to elevate artificial intelligence (AI) as a University-wide priority, Penn State Harrisburg is emerging as a regional hub for applied and ethical AI education, research and innovation.  </p>

April 22, 2026

Penn State Harrisburg advances regional artificial intelligence leadership

Earth Day 2026 poster

April 21, 2026

When AI meets climate action

<p>A panel of industry experts and Penn State faculty awarded a total of $29,000 to student teams at the Nittany AI Challenge Celebration. The winning teams will use their prize money to further develop projects that apply artificial intelligence to address real-world challenges and benefit society.</p>

April 17, 2026

Student teams win cash awards for their AI solutions in the Nittany AI Challenge

<p>An inclusive prompt coaching tool for AI text-to-image generators developed by a team led by Penn State researchers raised user awareness of bias in AI systems and helped users better prompt generative AI tools to produce more inclusive content.</p>

April 16, 2026

Prompt coaching tool raises user awareness of bias in generative AI systems

<p>The College of Information Sciences has announced the winners of the 2026 David and Kathy Hozza Learning Assistant Award.</p>

April 15, 2026

IST announces winners of David and Kathy Hozza Learning Assistant Award

<p>The Communication, Science & Society Initiative, a research partnership between Penn State’s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences in the College of the Liberal Arts, has announced the grant recipients from its 2025 request for proposals.</p>

April 13, 2026

Communication, Science & Society Initiative awards four interdisciplinary grants

<p>Through the College of IST, Penn State has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian AI Research Organisation to expand global collaboration in artificial intelligence. The partnership will support joint research, faculty and student exchanges and training of early-career scientists, reinforcing the University's land-grant mission in the era of AI.</p>

April 10, 2026

Penn State signs MOU with Indian AI Research Organization

<p>Thirty-one Penn State graduate students earned awards at the 2026 Graduate Exhibition — the premier annual community showcase for graduate student research, scholarship and creative activity across the University — hosted by the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School on Friday, March 27, on the University Park campus.</p>

April 09, 2026

Thirty-one graduate students receive awards at the 2026 Graduate Exhibition

<p>Tiffany Veinot, professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, will present “Advancing Upstream Health Informatics Interventions to Promote Health and Healthcare Equity” at 12:10 p.m. on April 20 in E208 Westgate Building at University Park as part of the College of IST Distinguished Lecture Series. </p>

April 06, 2026

IST Distinguished Lecture Series to host health informatics expert on April 20

<p>Experts from across the nation will gather to foster cross-disciplinary idea exchange and spark new collaborations in an April 13-14 workshop on artificial intelligence's transformative impact on the economy and society. Registration is required for this free workshop — the first in a new “AI and the Economy Initiative" — which is open to the Penn State community.</p>

April 02, 2026

Workshop to discuss AI’s transformative impact on the economy, society

<p>In this Q&A, Jae Wan Ahn, Penn State’s first Pennsylvania Legislative Science and Technology Policy Fellow, discussed his contributions to a recent Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission report on the evolution of artificial intelligence and the related applications, policy recommendations and regulatory considerations across key sectors.</p>

March 31, 2026

Q&A: How will policy shape the future of AI in Pennsylvania?

<p>Students from the Nittany AI Alliance's Advance program are using artificial intelligence to design solutions that help the Office of Physical Plant work more efficiently and enhance how it serves customers. </p>

March 30, 2026

Nittany AI students designing AI solutions to improve Physical Plant processes

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