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Major Gift Creates Student Success Center in IST
Thanks to the generosity of Penn State benefactors Gene and Roz Chaiken, the College of Information Sciences and Technology is gaining a new student success cen
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Wall Street meets Reddit: What are the upsides and risks of social investing?
Online stock trading communities can offer users loads of fun — and confusing financial advice for those unfamiliar with the community's language practice. Pe
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CTSI seed grants awarded to exploratory AI-enabled biomedical research projects
Four research teams have been awarded funding through Penn State’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute Seed Grant Program for 2024-25. The goal of th
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Henry Moeller led National Guard detachment at memorial service
On May 19, U.S. soldiers and airmen with the Pennsylvania National Guard represented their units at the 28th Infantry Division Memorial Service at Boalsburg, Pe
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College of IST welcomes four new members to Dean’s Advisory Board
The College of Information Sciences and Technology recently announced four new additions to its Dean’s Advisory Board: David Brannon, Greg Dracon, Karen Presl
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Claim replicability may help prevent harms caused by ML
The ability of a model to duplicate its performance is how machine learning (ML) scientists traditionally justify the validity of their research claims. But acc
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Data science pioneer and IST icon C. Lee Giles to retire after 24 years
C. Lee Giles, the David Reese Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, will retire from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology,
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Q&A: In ChatGPT we trust?
Combining artificial intelligence (AI) and online search engines may make AI more trustworthy and search results easier to use, according to Penn State research
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ICDS associate director's work driven by unanswered fundamental questions in AI
The work of Vasant Honavar, associate director of the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, is driven by answering fundamental questions usi
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Penn State Delegation advances partnerships with universities in Kazakhstan
In early June, a delegation led by Penn State Global traveled to Kazakhstan to meet with five partner institutions in Almaty, Astana and Kokshetau.
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New scholarship supports IST students transitioning from Penn State campuses
A $100,000 gift from Penn State Altoona alumnus Stephen Pace and his wife, Rita Pace, has endowed a new scholarship for students in the College of IST. The Pace
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Three IST doctoral students accepted to linguistic diversity fellowship
Human technology, such as smart voice assistants or computer-based intelligent tutoring systems, is largely based on standard American English and the misconcep
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Cindy Brewer named College of IST’s associate dean for faculty affairs
Cindy Brewer has been named associate dean for faculty affairs in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, effective Aug. 1. She has served as a facu
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User control of autoplay can alter awareness of online video ‘rabbit holes’
A new study by Penn State researchers suggests that giving users control over the interface feature of autoplay can help them realize that they are going down a
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Penn State designated as National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense
Penn State has once again been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense for the College of Information Sciences and Technology's
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Lisa Lenze named IST’s associate dean for undergraduate studies
Lisa Lenze has been named associate dean for undergraduate studies in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, effective Aug. 1. She has served as th
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IST researcher Sharon Huang named David Reese Professor
Sharon Huang, professor in the College of IST, is the new holder of the David Reese Professorship of Information Sciences and Technology.
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IST faculty member Hong Hu receives 2024 NSF CAREER Award
Hong Hu, assistant professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, earned a five-year, $654,681 U.S. National Science Foundation Ear
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Peng Liu reappointed to cybersecurity professorship
Peng Liu has been reappointed as Raymond G. Tronzo, MD Professor of Cybersecurity in the College of Information Sciences and Technology. The professorship — n
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Justin Silverman recipient of Tronzo Medical Informatics Endowment
Justin Silverman, assistant professor, is the recipient of the prestigious Raymond and Diana Tronzo Medical Informatics Endowment in the College of Information
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Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — Week of July 22
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 14 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University
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Photo gallery: Top pictures from the Penn State Today summer photo contest
The top 11 pictures in the summer Penn State Today photo contest, as selected by our editors, are highlighted in this photo gallery.
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Media Mention: Jinghui Chen
Where: Associated Press, “Artists Are Taking Things Into Their Own Hands to Protect Their Work From Generative AI” Who: Jinghui Chen, assistant professor in
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Q&A: If you’re seeing this, is it meant for you?
Some TikTok users acknowledge the technology underlying personalized content online but can’t deny sometimes feeling that a higher power is involved, accordin
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College of IST names student marshal for summer 2024 commencement
The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology has named Miranda Goodman as its summer 2024 student marshal.
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IST faculty member Aiping Xiong receives 2024 NSF CAREER Award
Aiping Xiong, associate professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, has earned a five-year, $585,818 U.S. National Science Found
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IST student interns with dragonflies in Ghana
Rachel Desulme, a fourth-year data sciences student in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, spent her summer internship studying drago
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Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — Week of Aug. 5
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 14 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University
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Graduate Student Presents at HammerCon 2024
Jeffrey Schulman, a graduate student pursuing a doctorate in informatics in the College of IST, recently presented at HammerCon 2024, the national convention of
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IST Undergrad Research Published in Interacting With Computers
Aidan Engleka earned a bachelor’s degree in human-centered design and development (HCDD) from the College of IST in 2023. More than a year later, the research
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2024 TLT Faculty Engagement Award recipients named, focused on AI for teaching
Penn State University Libraries’ Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) has named 13 recipients of the 2024 Faculty Engagement Award with this year’s t
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Ask an expert: Democracy in the internet age
Democracy is a process that works best when citizens are informed and engaged. In the internet age, our relationship to information has been profoundly altered
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Penn State welcomes new cohort of Emerging Academic Leaders for fall 2024
Penn State has announced the selection of 23 faculty members for the Penn State Emerging Academic Leaders program for fall 2024. This initiative highlights indi
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Media Mention: Lizhen Zhu
Where: Psychology Today, ’AI Performance Enhanced With Human Developmental Psychology’ Who: Lizhen Zhu, doctoral candidate in the College of ISTWhat: A nove
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Top Hat visiting Penn State to help faculty increase engagement in courses
On Sept. 11 and 12, Penn State IT, Teaching and Learning with Technology, the College of Engineering, and the College of Information Sciences and Technology are
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IST alumni accept postdoctoral appointments at Harvard and Yale medical schools
Sanjana Mendu and Sahiti Kunchay, recent graduates of the College of IST's doctoral program, have joined Ivy League medical schools as postdoctoral researchers.
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College of Information Sciences and Technology welcomes six new faculty members
The College of IST welcomed six new faculty members in 2024 to represent three research areas: data sciences and AI, human-computer interaction and privacy and
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STEM Libraries announce fall 2024 events for graduate, undergraduate students
The STEM Libraries at Penn State University Park have announced the calendar of events for the fall 2024 semester.
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NIH grant supports developing voice assistant for persons living with dementia
Researchers from the College of Information Sciences and Technology, the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications and the Ross and Carol Nese College of N
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IST, Meteorology join forces to understand destructive thunderstorms in the US
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers received a three-year, $499,796 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office
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Tanusree Sharma recognized by SOUPS 2024
Tanusree Sharma, assistant professor in the College of IST, recently received the 2024 John Karat Usable Privacy and Security Student Research Award for her res
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NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces fellowship, scholarship winners for 2024
Seventeen graduate students from Penn State have been awarded research fellowships and six undergraduate students from the commonwealth have been awarded schola
https://www.psu.edu/news/earth-and-mineral-sciences/story/nasa-pennsylvania-space-grant-announces-fellowship-scholarship
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Ask an expert: AI and disinformation in the 2024 presidential election
Penn State researchers discuss how to spot AI-generated election misinformation and what voters can do to protect themselves.
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Media Mention: Dana Calacci
Where: The Washington Post, “Why killer AI is such an alluring horror villain” Who: Dana Calacci, assistant professor What: Calacci was quoted in a story a
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Internships and IUG program key to IST student’s career goals
The Penn State College of IST offers nine integrated graduate-undergraduate degree (IUG) programs. Vinayak Jayaprakash, a fifth-year IUG student pursuing a mast
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Penn State World Campus recognizes National Online Learning Day
Penn State student Maria Rovers is one of thousands who are earning their degrees online through Penn State World Campus.
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2024-25 Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee members named
Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT), part of Penn State University Libraries, has announced the Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Comm
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Center for Socially Responsible AI invites seed funding proposals
Penn State’s Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence invites short proposals for its annual seed funding program. Applications will be accepte
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Media Mention: Shomir Wilson, Tech Brew
Where: Tech Brew, ‘AI election roundup: Deepfakes and AI memes are taking off’ Who: Shomir Wilson, associate professor in the College of IST LWhat: Wilson d
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Introducing the Penn State Alumni Association's Young Alumni Ambassadors
Sixteen recent graduates were selected by the Penn State Alumni Association as Young Alumni Ambassadors for the 2024-25 academic year. August 2024, December 202
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AI could lead to inconsistent outcomes in home surveillance, researchers say
Penn State and MIT researchers found that analyzing surveillance videos with large language models may lead to inconsistent decisions to call the police.
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In photos: Internships prepare students for career success
Baking in the test kitchens at The Hershey Company. Studying the effects of space weather on satellite communication with NASA. Working on Capitol Hill in Washi
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Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 14 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University
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Student engagement leads to career opportunity for IST graduate student
Liam Geyer, a fifth-year Integrated Undergraduate/Graduate student majoring in cybersecurity analytics and operations, leveraged his involvement in the Competit
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Non-Western cultures misrepresented, harmed by generative AI, researchers say
Penn State and University of Washington researchers found that AI models may cause cultural harms that go beyond surface-level biases UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — G
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Dean Tapia rappels down Beaver Stadium for ‘Over The Edge’ event
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Andrea Tapia, dean of the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) was among the rappelers at Penn State’s Over The Edge
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Penn State leads $8.5M, multi-institution DARPA project on mixed-reality systems
A team of Penn State researchers has been selected to lead a three-year, $8,552,388 multi-institution project funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects A
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University fellowships awarded to 110 graduate students
The J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School at Penn State named 110 graduate students as recipients of the 2024-25 University Graduate Fellowships and Dist
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Media Mention: Shomir Wilson
Where: The Charlotte Observer, 'Over the top' ad features a fake Mark Robinson. What to know about AI in political ads.Who: Shomir Wilson, associate professor
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(Mis)Informed Voters
Robocalls that sound just like the president but aren’t. Videos of political figures doing or saying things they’ve never done. Social media posts created b
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Showing AI users diversity in training data boosts perceived fairness and trust
The availability of an artificial intelligence system's training data can promote transparency and accountability of that system, according to Penn State resear
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CCSO places second in regional competition
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Competitive Cyber Security Organization (CCSO) took second place at the Great Lakes Regional Collegiate Penetration Test
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IST students attend annual Grace Hopper Celebration
Twenty-four students from the College of Information Sciences and Technology attended the annual Grace Hopper conference, which celebrates women and nonbinary t
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Q&A: How to predict the behavior of dynamical systems
Romit Maulik, an assistant professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, was granted a three-year, $360,000 Early Career Program A
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Three graduates honored at College of IST Alumni Symposium
Three graduates were honored at the College of Information Sciences and Technology's second annual Alumni Symposium. The award ceremony was part of two event-fi
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Health care cybersecurity expert to address IST honor society on Nov. 4
Heather M. Costa, director of technology resilience at the Mayo Clinic, will address the Penn State Chapter of the Order of the Sword & Shield National Hono
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IST celebrates 25 years with open house, alumni symposium and ice cream
The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, founded in 1999, celebrated its 25th anniversary with two days of events at University Park.
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March 2025 National Forum on Privacy Literacy Standards aided by $100,000 grant
A Penn State faculty project team has received a two-year Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant totaling $104,771 to create and hos
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IST distinguished professor to present McMurtry Lecture on Nov. 7
James Z. Wang, distinguished professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, will present the college’s annual McMurtry Lecture at noon on Th
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New initiative in Law, Policy and Engineering trains state governor’s fellows
Faculty and staff in Penn State’s Law, Policy, and Engineering (LPE) initiative were recently tapped by the governor’s office to lead a two-day training pro
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Institute for Computational and Data Sciences announces two new co-hires
The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences announced two new co-hires: Dana Calacci, assistant professor in the College of Information Science
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Contest explores artificial intelligence’s strengths, flaws for medical diagnoses
Penn State’s Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) will host “Diagnose-a-thon,” a competition that aims to uncover the power and
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IST Distinguished Lecture Series to host network security expert on Nov. 18
The Penn State College of IST Distinguished Lecture Series will host Wenke Lee from Georgia Tech at noon on Nov. 18 in E202 Westgate Building at University Park
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IST students attend tech conference focused on the Black male experience
Eleven students from the College of IST attended the BLK Men in Tech THRIVE Conference on Oct. 10-13 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. THRIVE is a tech conference de
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James Z. Wang featured in opinion piece on 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — John H. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton earned the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for their “foundational discoveries and inventions tha
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IST doctoral student featured on NPR news affiliate podcast
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Jason Lucas, a graduate student pursuing a doctoral degree in informatics in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technol
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Donors Visit Chaiken Center for Student Success in IST
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The second-largest donors in Penn State history visited Westgate Building on Nov. 8 to tour the newly dedicated Roz and Gene Chaiken Ce
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Three Penn State researchers awarded scientific grants from Kaufman Foundation
The Charles E. Kaufman Foundation has selected three Penn State researchers to receive scientific research grants: Grayson Sipe, assistant professor of biology;
https://www.psu.edu/news/eberly-college-science/story/three-penn-state-researchers-awarded-scientific-grants-kaufman-0
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Collegian features Tapia, Maitland, Zhang
Where: The Daily Collegian, “’Change is in our DNA’ | Penn State College of IST celebrates 25 years of innovation" Who: Andrea Tapia, dean; Carleen Maitla
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Fox Graduate School names recipients of fall 2024 International Travel Grants
The J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School at Penn State and Penn State Global have announced the awardees for the Fall 2024 Graduate Student Internationa
https://www.psu.edu/news/global-programs/story/fox-graduate-school-names-recipients-fall-2024-international-travel-grants
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IST to raise support for student engagement opportunities on GivingTuesday
This GivingTuesday, the Penn State College of IST is calling on alumni and friends to make a gift to the IST Alumni Society Endowment to support the college's s
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IST alumnus creates scholarship to support the next generation of innovators
The Matthew Gartland Igwé Family Matching Scholarship in the College of Information Sciences and Technology will address the financial, academic and personal c
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Family Business Alliance members attend AI presentation at Penn State Scranton
Fred Aebli, lecturer of information sciences and technology at Penn State Scranton and creator of GetMeCoding, which teaches computer coding, was the guest spea
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Broadcast police communications may pose privacy risks, especially to Black men
Police radio transmissions contain personally identifiable information that could pose privacy risks for members of the public, especially Black males, accordin
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Nittany AI Alliance partners with IST to amplify AI innovation at Penn State
The College of Information Sciences and Technology and the Nittany AI Alliance are joining forces to amplify AI innovation at Penn State. The transition will be
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Wilson receives Teaching NLP 2024 award
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Shomir Wilson, associate professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) received the Best Teaching Material Awar
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Media Mention: Sarah Rajtmajer — Gigazine
Where: Gigazine, ‘A large number of scientists are migrating from X (formerly Twitter) to Bluesky’ Who: Sarah Rajtmajer, assistant professor in the College
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College of IST names student marshal for fall 2024 commencement
The Penn State College of IST has name cybersecurity major Jenna Fox as the student marshal for the fall 2024 commencement ceremony.
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IST professor publishes second book on innovative teaching practices
Jack Carroll, distinguished professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, has published a new book on innovative teaching practices. Twenty f
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Research in IST focuses on systems-level thinking, higher conceptualization of global problems, and interdisciplinary connectivity. We explore innovative soluti
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Admissions
Learn more about the requirements, timelines, and frequently asked questions related to the application process.
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Schedule a Visit
The best way to get to know IST is to experience it for yourself!
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Test Event
End of semester winter walk through The Arboretum at Penn State
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News
Media Mention: Andrea Tapia and IST
Where: Penn State News, 'Eberly College of Science Names New Development and Alumni Relations Director'Who: Andrea Tapia and the College of ISTWhat: Mike Weyand
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News
IST researcher receives grant to improve scientific captions
Ting-Hao "Kenneth" Huang, associate professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology received an award from the Sloan Foundation to im
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Undergraduate Degrees
Take on the challenges that exist at the intersection of information, technology, and society.
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Graduate Degree Programs
Graduate education and research are critical to fulfilling our mission. Through our interdisciplinary master's and doctoral programs, you'll work alongside awar
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