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September 25, 2025

Inaugural Red vs. Blue cybersecurity competition held at University Park

<p>The Penn State Competitive Cyber Security Organization recently announced the winners of "The Conspiracy," the University's first alternate reality game. </p>

September 22, 2025

Student cybersecurity organization hosts first alternate reality game

<p>A team at Penn State recently developed an integration framework that uses minimal new experimental data to identify relevant information in existing scientific literature. By combining information from existing research and their own experiments, the framework can derive numeric equations that accurately predict physical phenomena in high-speed laser welding, a manufacturing technique capable of highly precise welds on items like fuel cells in electric vehicles.</p>

September 22, 2025

Doing a lot with a little: New AI system helps explain laser welding defects

<p>Teaching and Learning with Technology, part of Penn State University Libraries, has announced the Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee members for the 2025-26 academic year. The committee is pivotal in guiding the integration of technology within teaching and learning at Penn State.</p>

September 18, 2025

Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee members named

<p>The National Day of Civic Hacking is Sept. 18. Many researchers in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology work on advancing technology for social good.</p>

September 17, 2025

National Day of Civic Hacking is Sept. 18

<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>

September 16, 2025

Let's give a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — Sept. 16

<p>The more interactive a mobile app or AI chatbot is, the more playful it seems to users, who lower their vigilance toward privacy risks, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State.</p>

September 15, 2025

Interactive apps, AI chatbots promote playfulness, reduce privacy concerns

<p>Penn State’s Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence invites short proposals for its annual seed funding program. Applications will be accepted through Nov. 1, with projects expected to start in spring 2026 and last up to two years.</p>

September 08, 2025

Center for Socially Responsible AI invites 2026 seed funding proposals

<p>Logan Pratt, a 2021 alumnus of the College of Information Sciences and Technology, turned an internship with Apple into a full-time career. As a senior software engineer, he recently presented new Game Center features at the company's 2025 Worldwide Developers Conference.</p>

September 07, 2025

IST alumnus turned an internship into a career at Apple

<p>The College of Information Sciences and Technology announced IST Research Talks, a series of lectures that highlight the interdisciplinary work of Penn State faculty and scholars. The first set of talks, featuring IST professors James Wang and Sharon Huang, is scheduled for 12:05–1:15 p.m. on Sept. 11 in E202 Westgate Building at University Park. </p>

September 04, 2025

IST announces Research Talks series for fall 2025 semester

<p>Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) has named 15 recipients of the 2025 Faculty Engagement Awards with this year’s theme of “Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Teaching including Microsoft Copilot 365.” Recipients will collaborate with TLT to experiment with AI-driven tools to support course planning, content design and instructional delivery.</p>

September 03, 2025

2025 Faculty Engagement Awards recipients to explore Microsoft Copilot and AI

<p>Twelve Penn State alumni will be honored for their outstanding professional accomplishments and named Alumni Fellows, the most prestigious designation given by the Penn State Alumni Association.  </p>

September 03, 2025

Twelve Penn Staters honored with Alumni Fellow Award

<p>The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $1.5 million to the Penn State College of Information Science and Technology for the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service Program, a federal government initiative to recruit and train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. This year’s award also serves as a three-year pilot to educate students in both artificial intelligence and cybersecurity skills.</p>

September 02, 2025

IST receives $1.5 million grant to educate future AI+cybersecurity leaders

<p>"Personalizing Student Success With Intentional Design" is a new course now being offered through Penn State World Campus Online Faculty Development that aims to support instructors in adding a cultural component to their teaching and course design with a framework called INCLUSIVE ADDIE. </p>

August 28, 2025

Tailoring teaching design to help more students succeed

August 27, 2025

Penn State launches online master’s degree in computer science

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