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<p>The Penn State community is invited to watch the culmination of the 2025-26 Penn State Three Minute Thesis competition, where 10 graduate students will summarize their research and its impact while competing for monetary prizes of up to $1,000. The event will take place at 3 p.m. March 28 at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus and also will be livestreamed.</p>

March 16, 2026

Stage is set for final round of Three Minute Thesis competition on March 28

<p>Shomir Wilson, associate professor in the Penn State College of IST, received a Best Paper Award at the Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.</p>

March 12, 2026

IST researcher earns Best Paper Award for student mentorship framework

<p>Penn State Harrisburg has joined the National Center for Women and Information Technology Higher Ed Learning Circles for Undergraduate Programs, a nationally recognized initiative that supports institutions working to expand access to and improve student success in computing.</p>

March 09, 2026

Harrisburg joins national initiative to improve student success in computing

<p>Penn State's Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence has announced the winners of Teach-a-thon, a University-wide challenge for faculty to showcase innovative teaching practices in response to the rapid rise of generative AI.  </p>

March 06, 2026

'Teach-a-thon' contest identifies best uses of artificial intelligence in teaching

<p>The College of Information Sciences and Technology has named three faculty members to lead the college's first academic departments. </p>

March 05, 2026

IST names Cai, Huang and Lee to lead college’s first academic departments

<p>Artificial intelligence-powered chatbots, which can be trained to reflect certain demographic attributes such as race or ethnicity, rely on superficial stereotypes that diminish the authentic experiences of the humans they're meant to represent, according to researchers in the College of Information Sciences and Technology.</p>

February 26, 2026

Chatbots overemphasize sociodemographic stereotypes, researchers report

<p>Students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to watch six student teams compete for cash prizes of up to $15,000 at the Invent Penn State Inc.U pitch competition on Saturday, March 21, from 1 to 3 p.m.</p>

February 23, 2026

Register to watch students pitch their startups at the Inc.U competition

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February 19, 2026

Kenneth Huang to present lecture Feb. 20 at Cornell

<p>A team of Penn State students from the College of Information Sciences and Technology and the College of Engineering’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is one of 10 global finalists in the Amazon Nova AI Challenge, an annual university competition dedicated to accelerating the field of artificial intelligence.</p>

February 18, 2026

IST, engineering students competing in global Amazon Nova AI Challenge

<p>The Alumni Mentoring Program in the College of Information Sciences and Technology matches graduates with current students to help them gain insights into their post-graduation journey. Alumna Diana Long and student Janelly Rossi said their similar backgrounds contribute to an empowering mentor/mentee relationship. </p>

February 16, 2026

IST graduate encourages student mentorship: ‘Find another you’

<p>Penn State Scranton Lecturer of Information Sciences and Technology Fred Aebli’s contribution to the Online Learning Consortium Accelerate 2025 Conference — “How ChatGPT Turned My Final Exams Into AI-Powered Learning Labs" — received a Best-in-Track designation in the Innovative and Effective Digital Learning Design track.</p>

February 13, 2026

IT instructor earns best in track at international conference

<p>Two Penn State online learners will represent Penn State World Campus in THON 2026, which will be held from Feb. 20 to 22. Graduate student Jenna Baker and undergraduate student Robert Billings will dance the weekend away to support those impacted by pediatric cancer.</p>

February 12, 2026

Two students to represent Penn State World Campus at THON 2026

<p>As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 23 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.  </p>

February 10, 2026

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — Feb. 10

<p>Ten graduate students have been named finalists for the 2025-26 J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, which<strong> </strong>helps graduate students refine their research communication skills while gaining recognition for their scholarship and competing for cash prizes. The final round of Penn State’s Three Minute Thesis competition will take place on Saturday, March 28, at the Nittany Lion Inn.</p>

February 05, 2026

Fox Graduate School names finalists for 2025-26 Three Minute Thesis competition

<p>The Nittany AI Challenge announced the winners of the "Prototype Phase" of the competition. Fifteen student teams will move on to the "Minimum Viable Product Phase."</p>

February 04, 2026

Top student teams awarded funding to move to next phase of Nittany AI Challenge

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