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12/18/2000 -
IST Professor Awarded Naval Research Grant
Dr. Frank Ritter, a faculty member in IST, has been awarded a $32,000 grant by the Office of Naval Research to test a computer interface for creating intelligent models of pilots used in military simu...
12/12/2000 - IBM Consultant Joins Penn State IST Staff
Jan Bryan Mahar, a former SAP educational consultant for IBM, has joined Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) as a Business Solutions Associate and Instructor....
12/12/2000 - Interdisciplinary group to work on Marine Manpower Project
Researchers from the Applied Research Laboratory, College of Engineering, School of Information Sciences and Technology and The Smeal College of Business Administration have teamed to help the U.S. Ma...
12/07/2000 - New Governor's School for IT Web Pages Go "Live"
The latest information on the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Information Technology (PGSIT) at Penn State has just gone “live” at pgsit.ist.psu.edu....
12/05/2000 - IST Faculty Member Serving on Planning Group
Dr. Chao-Hsien Chu, a faculty member of the Penn State School of Information Sciences and Technology at University Park, is serving on the Strategic Planning Leadership Team for the State College Area...
11/27/2000 - Women in IST (WIST) Hold Inaugural Dinner
More than 30 IST students and their guests recently attended the inaugural dinner of Women in IST (WIST) here in the Nittany Lion Inn....
11/20/2000 - New Edition of MIST Goes Online
The latest edition of MIST, the on-line student magazine of Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has just gone live....
11/20/2000 - IST Student Earns Scholarship
William D. Them of Wysox, Pa., a student in Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has been awarded a PricewaterhouseCoopers Scholarship....
11/06/2000 - PNC, IST Join for Tailgate Saturday
Nearly 100 members of the IST faculty, staff, and students joined with representatives from PNC for a "Digitize the Hawkeyes" tailgate Saturday at Beaver Stadium, University Park....
10/30/2000 - IST Student Recognized for Internship
Christina A. Velasquez, a second-year student in Penn State's School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has been recognized as an outstanding intern....
10/27/2000 - First Webmaster Certificate Awarded in On-Line Program
An employee of the South Carolina Department of Education has become the first person to complete the on-line Penn State Webmaster Certificate Program....
10/23/2000 - Raytheon Gift Creates Scholarships in Penn State's School of IST
Raytheon Company has committed $100,000 to create new scholarships in Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST)....
10/10/2000 - Retreat Begins Creation of e-Scholars Community
In an effort to build a community of practice in e-business research at Penn State, the eBusiness Research Center (eBRC) held a University-wide e-Scholars Retreat on October 10....
09/29/2000 - Execs to Bring Real World of Communications to IST Students
The founders of TSI Broadband brought the real world of communications to students in Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) when they spoke here on September 28....
09/28/2000 - IST Open House Draws More than 200
It was standing room only in the for Penn State IST: State-of-the-Art on Parents and Families weekend. The school's open house, held in the Thomas Building at University Park, drew more than 200 IST s...
09/22/2000 - IST Dean Addresses Congressional Committee
IST Dean James B. Thomas addressed the House Committee on Education and the Workforce today, covering multiple issues related to the school's rapid development and program diversification....
09/20/2000 - Web Expert Named to E-Business Research Center Post
C. Lee Giles, an expert in World Wide Web issues with Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has been selected as the associate director for research of the University’s eBu...
09/11/2000 - IST House Elects New Officers
In balloting on Tuesday, September 4, members of the IST House elected a new slate of officers for the 2000-2001 academic year....
09/08/2000 - IST Faculty Member Among Most Productive, Most Cited
Dr. Amanda H. Spink, a faculty member in the Penn State School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), is listed among the most productive and most widely cited scholars in her field in a recent...
08/25/2000 - IST, Schreyer Institute Join in Faculty Workshop
Faculty members of Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) statewide gathered at the University Park campus recently for a workshop by the Schreyer Institute for Innovation in...
08/21/2000 - New IST Class Welcomed
IST administration and staff welcome new IST students on moving-in day at Penn State University Park....
08/15/2000 - Text-Only Version of the IST Web Site Launched
IST has launched a text-only version of its Web site, making it easier for persons with disabilities to access information about the school via the Internet....
08/02/2000 - 200 Gather for First IST Faculty Academy in Information Technology
Two hundred educators from more than 50 colleges and universities around Pennsylvania gathered at Penn State's University Park campus August 2 for the start of the first IST Faculty Academy in Informa...
08/01/2000 - IST Invited to Pennsylvania Technology Showcase at Republican National Convention
By invitation of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, IST took part in the Pennsylvania Technology Showcase held in Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute on July 30 as the 2000 Republican National Convention ...
07/27/2000 - PNC Scholarships Encourage Information Sciences Students at Penn State
Four students in Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) have become the first winners of PNC Technologies Scholarships, established to encourage high-tech education in Pennsy...
07/24/2000 - Governor’s School Scholars Get Hand-Held Power at Penn State
Scholars in the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Information Technology (PGSIT) are experiencing the power of hand-held computing this summer thanks to a gift from 3Com Corp. and Palm, Inc., maker o...
07/13/2000 - More Photos from National Governor's Association Conference
July 13, 2000...
07/11/2000 - Photos from National Governor's Association Conference
July 11, 2000...
07/06/2000 - NEC Researcher Appointed Reese Professor at Penn State's IST
C. Lee Giles, an expert in Web analysis, search engines and intelligent information processing at the NEC Research Institute (NECI), has been selected as the David Reese Professor in Penn State's Scho...
07/06/2000 - STUDENTS AT GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO WEBCAST NATIONAL GOVERNORS’ ASSOCIATION EVENTS COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Students to get ‘real-world’ experience, highlight PA’s high-tech future....
06/29/2000 - CIC conference to result in help for developing online courses
A three-day conference on the University Park campus that ends today has drawn together 12 institutions to discuss online teaching and learning and will produce a comprehensive tutorial and other reso...
06/29/2000 - Focus on Research: The geography of cyberspace
The feeling of distance in cyberspace -- how near or far away a site is -- depends on bandwidth because it controls communication speed, said an information scientist and geographer....
06/21/2000 - Stanford Expert Joins Penn State's School of Information Sciences and Technology as First PNC Professor
James Ze Wang, an expert in visual database search and retrieval from Stanford University, is joining Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) as the first ...
06/21/2000 - Penn State Information Sciences and Technology Faculty Grows
The University Park-based faculty of Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) has grown to nine, with the addition of four new members....
06/06/2000 - IST Awards First Student Scholarships
Thirteen School of Information Sciences and Technology students are the beneficiaries of the school's first scholarship awards....
05/03/2000 - Seven IST Students Honored with President's Freshman Award
Seven IST students from five Penn State locations were recently honored with the President's Freshman Award....
04/07/2000 - IST Names Academic Director of Governor's School for IT
Penn State's School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) has named Virginia Chapman Belser to serve as the academic director of the Pennsylvania Governor's School for Information Technology....
04/03/2000 - IST Now Part of Smithsonian's Permanent Research Collection
The Penn State School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) yesterday became part of the Permanent Research Collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History and t...
04/03/2000 - New IST Site Means Quicker Access, New Features and Content
Starting today, browsers of the IST Web site will be able to get to the content they want faster and easier, take advantage of features like an improved search engine, and find a spectrum of new infor...
03/24/2000 - Office of Public Information Release -- The Geography of Cyberspace: Bandwidth Key to Distance
The feeling of distance in cyberspace — how near or far away a site is — depends on bandwidth because it controls communication speed, says a Penn State information scientist and geographer....
03/23/2000 - IST Dean Addresses Conference On Making State 'E-Friendly'
IST Dean James B. Thomas addressed the technological and human challenges of building an e-world before a major gathering of legislators and educators in the state Capitol Building at Harrisburg, Marc...
Dr. Frank Ritter, a faculty member in IST, has been awarded a $32,000 grant by the Office of Naval Research to test a computer interface for creating intelligent models of pilots used in military simu...
12/12/2000 - IBM Consultant Joins Penn State IST Staff
Jan Bryan Mahar, a former SAP educational consultant for IBM, has joined Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) as a Business Solutions Associate and Instructor....
12/12/2000 - Interdisciplinary group to work on Marine Manpower Project
Researchers from the Applied Research Laboratory, College of Engineering, School of Information Sciences and Technology and The Smeal College of Business Administration have teamed to help the U.S. Ma...
12/07/2000 - New Governor's School for IT Web Pages Go "Live"
The latest information on the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Information Technology (PGSIT) at Penn State has just gone “live” at pgsit.ist.psu.edu....
12/05/2000 - IST Faculty Member Serving on Planning Group
Dr. Chao-Hsien Chu, a faculty member of the Penn State School of Information Sciences and Technology at University Park, is serving on the Strategic Planning Leadership Team for the State College Area...
11/27/2000 - Women in IST (WIST) Hold Inaugural Dinner
More than 30 IST students and their guests recently attended the inaugural dinner of Women in IST (WIST) here in the Nittany Lion Inn....
11/20/2000 - New Edition of MIST Goes Online
The latest edition of MIST, the on-line student magazine of Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has just gone live....
11/20/2000 - IST Student Earns Scholarship
William D. Them of Wysox, Pa., a student in Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has been awarded a PricewaterhouseCoopers Scholarship....
11/06/2000 - PNC, IST Join for Tailgate Saturday
Nearly 100 members of the IST faculty, staff, and students joined with representatives from PNC for a "Digitize the Hawkeyes" tailgate Saturday at Beaver Stadium, University Park....
10/30/2000 - IST Student Recognized for Internship
Christina A. Velasquez, a second-year student in Penn State's School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has been recognized as an outstanding intern....
10/27/2000 - First Webmaster Certificate Awarded in On-Line Program
An employee of the South Carolina Department of Education has become the first person to complete the on-line Penn State Webmaster Certificate Program....
10/23/2000 - Raytheon Gift Creates Scholarships in Penn State's School of IST
Raytheon Company has committed $100,000 to create new scholarships in Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST)....
10/10/2000 - Retreat Begins Creation of e-Scholars Community
In an effort to build a community of practice in e-business research at Penn State, the eBusiness Research Center (eBRC) held a University-wide e-Scholars Retreat on October 10....
09/29/2000 - Execs to Bring Real World of Communications to IST Students
The founders of TSI Broadband brought the real world of communications to students in Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) when they spoke here on September 28....
09/28/2000 - IST Open House Draws More than 200
It was standing room only in the for Penn State IST: State-of-the-Art on Parents and Families weekend. The school's open house, held in the Thomas Building at University Park, drew more than 200 IST s...
09/22/2000 - IST Dean Addresses Congressional Committee
IST Dean James B. Thomas addressed the House Committee on Education and the Workforce today, covering multiple issues related to the school's rapid development and program diversification....
09/20/2000 - Web Expert Named to E-Business Research Center Post
C. Lee Giles, an expert in World Wide Web issues with Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has been selected as the associate director for research of the University’s eBu...
09/11/2000 - IST House Elects New Officers
In balloting on Tuesday, September 4, members of the IST House elected a new slate of officers for the 2000-2001 academic year....
09/08/2000 - IST Faculty Member Among Most Productive, Most Cited
Dr. Amanda H. Spink, a faculty member in the Penn State School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), is listed among the most productive and most widely cited scholars in her field in a recent...
08/25/2000 - IST, Schreyer Institute Join in Faculty Workshop
Faculty members of Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) statewide gathered at the University Park campus recently for a workshop by the Schreyer Institute for Innovation in...
08/21/2000 - New IST Class Welcomed
IST administration and staff welcome new IST students on moving-in day at Penn State University Park....
08/15/2000 - Text-Only Version of the IST Web Site Launched
IST has launched a text-only version of its Web site, making it easier for persons with disabilities to access information about the school via the Internet....
08/02/2000 - 200 Gather for First IST Faculty Academy in Information Technology
Two hundred educators from more than 50 colleges and universities around Pennsylvania gathered at Penn State's University Park campus August 2 for the start of the first IST Faculty Academy in Informa...
08/01/2000 - IST Invited to Pennsylvania Technology Showcase at Republican National Convention
By invitation of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, IST took part in the Pennsylvania Technology Showcase held in Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute on July 30 as the 2000 Republican National Convention ...
07/27/2000 - PNC Scholarships Encourage Information Sciences Students at Penn State
Four students in Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) have become the first winners of PNC Technologies Scholarships, established to encourage high-tech education in Pennsy...
07/24/2000 - Governor’s School Scholars Get Hand-Held Power at Penn State
Scholars in the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Information Technology (PGSIT) are experiencing the power of hand-held computing this summer thanks to a gift from 3Com Corp. and Palm, Inc., maker o...
07/13/2000 - More Photos from National Governor's Association Conference
July 13, 2000...
07/11/2000 - Photos from National Governor's Association Conference
July 11, 2000...
07/06/2000 - NEC Researcher Appointed Reese Professor at Penn State's IST
C. Lee Giles, an expert in Web analysis, search engines and intelligent information processing at the NEC Research Institute (NECI), has been selected as the David Reese Professor in Penn State's Scho...
07/06/2000 - STUDENTS AT GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO WEBCAST NATIONAL GOVERNORS’ ASSOCIATION EVENTS COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Students to get ‘real-world’ experience, highlight PA’s high-tech future....
06/29/2000 - CIC conference to result in help for developing online courses
A three-day conference on the University Park campus that ends today has drawn together 12 institutions to discuss online teaching and learning and will produce a comprehensive tutorial and other reso...
06/29/2000 - Focus on Research: The geography of cyberspace
The feeling of distance in cyberspace -- how near or far away a site is -- depends on bandwidth because it controls communication speed, said an information scientist and geographer....
06/21/2000 - Stanford Expert Joins Penn State's School of Information Sciences and Technology as First PNC Professor
James Ze Wang, an expert in visual database search and retrieval from Stanford University, is joining Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) as the first ...
06/21/2000 - Penn State Information Sciences and Technology Faculty Grows
The University Park-based faculty of Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) has grown to nine, with the addition of four new members....
06/06/2000 - IST Awards First Student Scholarships
Thirteen School of Information Sciences and Technology students are the beneficiaries of the school's first scholarship awards....
05/03/2000 - Seven IST Students Honored with President's Freshman Award
Seven IST students from five Penn State locations were recently honored with the President's Freshman Award....
04/07/2000 - IST Names Academic Director of Governor's School for IT
Penn State's School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) has named Virginia Chapman Belser to serve as the academic director of the Pennsylvania Governor's School for Information Technology....
04/03/2000 - IST Now Part of Smithsonian's Permanent Research Collection
The Penn State School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) yesterday became part of the Permanent Research Collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History and t...
04/03/2000 - New IST Site Means Quicker Access, New Features and Content
Starting today, browsers of the IST Web site will be able to get to the content they want faster and easier, take advantage of features like an improved search engine, and find a spectrum of new infor...
03/24/2000 - Office of Public Information Release -- The Geography of Cyberspace: Bandwidth Key to Distance
The feeling of distance in cyberspace — how near or far away a site is — depends on bandwidth because it controls communication speed, says a Penn State information scientist and geographer....
03/23/2000 - IST Dean Addresses Conference On Making State 'E-Friendly'
IST Dean James B. Thomas addressed the technological and human challenges of building an e-world before a major gathering of legislators and educators in the state Capitol Building at Harrisburg, Marc...
