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<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>

July 17, 2025

Let's give a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — July 17

<p>Greg Roszyk, who earned a bachelor's degree in computer science in 1989, and his wife, Marnie Salisbury, recently made a $1 million estate commitment to the College of Information Sciences and Technology. </p>

July 14, 2025

Computer science grad makes $1 million estate commitment to the College of IST

<p>The 2025 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts began Wednesday, July 9, with Children and Youth Day. The festival runs through Sunday, July 13, and features hundreds of independent vendors at tents and stages throughout Downtown State College and Penn State's University Park.</p>

July 10, 2025

In photos: 2025 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts

<p>As an IST student, Charlie Watson, class of 2024, was actively involved with the Nittany AI Alliance. Now, as an alumnus, he's returned to Nittany AI as its first AI solutions architect.</p>

July 10, 2025

IST alumnus leverages Nittany AI Alliance experience into full-time career

July 02, 2025

Wilson writes Q&A on importance of grad students in research

<p>Tanusree Sharma, assistant professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, received a $60,000 Google Research Scholar Award for a project to help blind and low-vision people identify artificial intelligence-generated content.</p>

June 30, 2025

Q&A: Improving how blind and low-vision people navigate deepfakes

<p>More than 30 researchers from seven Penn State colleges received seed funding from the Institute of Energy and the Environment to advance innovative, early-stage work addressing critical energy and environmental challenges.</p>

June 24, 2025

Ten interdisciplinary research teams awarded IEE seed grants

<p>Aviral Srivastava, who earned his master's degree in cybersecurity analytics and operations from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, was selected as a 2025 RSA Conference Security Scholar. </p>

June 16, 2025

IST cybersecurity graduate named RSA Conference Security Scholar

<p>The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology marched in the annual State College Pride Parade on June 8. </p>

June 09, 2025

College of IST participates in State College Pride Parade

<p>An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Penn State will use a five-year $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the long-term effects of excess alcohol drinking during adolescence. </p>

June 04, 2025

$2.9M grant funds study on long-term effects of adolescent binge drinking

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May 29, 2025

ISCL awarded supercomputer access at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

<p>The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology has announced the retirement of Distinguished Professor John M. “Jack” Carroll, effective June 30.</p>

May 27, 2025

Distinguished professor and human-computer interaction expert retires

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May 23, 2025

TechXplore Features IST Research

<p>Tamara Peyton, who earned a doctoral degree from the College of Information Sciences and Technology in 2016, was recently named dean of the School of Media and Information Technology at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. </p>

May 22, 2025

IST doctoral alum named dean of Canadian iSchool

<p>Penn State’s Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation has awarded seed grants to five interdisciplinary research projects. These grants support collaborative projects led by Penn State faculty who aim to generate innovative solutions to complex challenges in real estate and the built environment. </p>

May 19, 2025

Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate awards seed funding to five research projects

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