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More than five million central lines are placed in patients who need prolonged drug delivery, such as those undergoing cancer treatments, in the United States every year, yet the common procedure can lead to a bevy of complications in almost a million of those cases. Penn State researchers developed an robotic simulation training program to provide trainee physicians with more practice on the procedure.
Katie Moussouris, a leading researcher and entrepreneur in cybersecurity and vulnerability disclosure, will present the 2024 spring commencement address for the College of IST.
The David and Kathy Hozza Learning Assistant Award recognizes learning assistants for their exemplary commitment to student learning, inclusive teaching practices, leadership and innovative perspectives and ideas that advance the College of Information Sciences and Technology's commitment to teaching and learning. The inaugural awards ceremony was held on April 16 at Reese's Cafe in the Westgate Building at University Park.
The Penn State College of IST has named Andrew Maier and Connor Morton as student marshals for the spring 2024 commencement ceremony, which will be held at 9 a.m. on May 4 at Pegula Ice Arena.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — On March 23, students from the College of IST enjoyed an educational and cultural trip to Washington, D.C. The students toured the heartbreaking and inspiring National Museum of African American History and Culture, took in the beauty and fragrance of the abundant cherry blossoms and experienced an undercover mission at the International Spy Museum.
Where: The Washington Post, “As the internet gets scarier, more parents keep their kids’ photos offline”
Who: Priya Kumar, assistant teaching professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sixty-seven students in the College of Information Sciences and Technology on the University Park campus and at World Campus are among the recipients of Penn State’s most prestigious University-wide undergraduate academic awards. In the college, 51 earned the President Walker Award, 9 earned the President Sparks Award, and 7 earned the Evan Pugh Scholar Award. Awards are determined at the beginning of the calendar year for the prior calendar year.
Where: Voice of America (VoA), “Iraq’s Christians cancel Easter celebrations to support Cardinal Sako”
Who: Greg Kruczek, assistant teaching professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST)
The College of IST is marking its 25th anniversary with a Penn State Berkey Creamery flavor sponsorship, named “IST Celebrates 25 Death By Chocolate," chocolate ice cream with chocolate flakes, fudge pieces and chocolate swirl.
Amazon employee Joseph Bourdon chose to get his security and risk analysis degree online through Penn State World Campus, and his tuition was fully funded through the Amazon Career Choice initiative. The program covers tuition for employees of Amazon who are seeking undergraduate degrees.
Penn State alumni Julie A. Cerrito, Melanie R. McReynolds, Scott Michael Robertson and Vivian Briones Valenty were honored on March 23 as the 2024 Graduate School Alumni Society Award recipients.
Penn State's Competitive Cyber Security Organization took second place at the regional finals of the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition on March 23 at Prince George's Community College.
IST students Mehul Aggarwal and Mihir Kulkarni won third place and $5,000 in the 2024 Invent Penn State Inc.U competition. The pair cofounded Marble, which is revolutionizing the journaling experience by creating a dynamic, personalized, and interactive platform to overcome the hurdle of sustaining the journaling habit and improving mental health.
Into-Int, an idea for an interactive, educational app that teaches online safety habits to kids, was the winning idea in the 2024 Bardusch Family IdeaMakers Challenge, held March 19 during Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC.
Starting April Fools’ Day, Penn State’s Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) will host “Fake-a-thon,” a five-day competition to better understand the role of generative AI in the creation and detection of fake news. The event challenges participants to use generative AI to write believable fake news stories and is open to all members of the University community with a valid Penn State email address.
Penn State alumni Angela Liberto and Josh Rex have made a commitment to establish the Liberto Rex Dean’s Advisory Board Matching Scholarship in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, where they both earned their undergraduate degrees.
Siyu Wu, a graduate student pursuing a doctorate in information in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, was selected to attend the Future Leaders Summit hosted by the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS). The event offers outstanding graduate students, postdocs and early-career faculty from around the U.S.
The inaugural lecture, set for 6:30 p.m. March 26 in the Hintz Family Alumni Center at University Park, features a conversation with Sybrina Fulton, racial justice activist and mother of Trayvon Martin, a Black youth whose 2012 death helped spark the early #BlackLivesMatter movement. The lecture is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required.
Eleven Penn State student teams using artificial intelligence (AI) for good to solve real-world problems in the areas of health, environment, education and humanitarianism are in the final phase of 2024 Nittany AI Challenge.
Liam Geyer, a third-year student majoring in cybersecurity analytics and operations in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, earned second place and $1,000 at the Deloitte Foundation Cyber Threat Competition, held Feb. 15-17 at Deloitte University.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) hosted its third annual Be You in Tech Summit on February 7 at the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub in State College. The event, supported by a grant from the RSM US Foundation, welcomed students, corporate partners alumni to celebrate the diversity in the technology industry.
Researchers from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology created a new method to streamline medical summarization, a process that uses artificial intelligence to condense complex patient information.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Six students from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) were among the 700 dancers at THON 2024. The event raised a record-breaking $16.9 million, surpassing last year’s record by nearly $2 million.
The students danced and stood without sleep for 46 hours — from 6 p.m. February 16 through 4 p.m. February 18 — at the Bryce Jordan Center.
The College of IST sent a team of six dancers.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize nine Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Where: The Daily Collegian, “TEDxPSU conference encourages students to ‘bring about the change’ they want to see”
Penn State students created art using generative artificial intelligence in a cover contest sponsored by the College of Information Sciences and Technology.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Jeff Bardzell, associate dean for faculty and graduate affairs in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has been named dean of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bardzell’s appointment will begin on April 1.
Priya Kumar, assistant professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, has joined the Center for Democracy & Technology's Non-Resident Fellows Program.
Thank you to all who participated in the Penn State Today winter photo contest! We received an incredible selection of photos reflecting winter scenes at Penn State. Click the headline or picture to view a gallery of our top 12 favorites, including the winner, pictured here, submitted by Gregory Bondar of the Smith Chapel and Carillon on the Behrend campus.
Prasenjit Mitra, professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, has been appointed as a Distinguished Speaker of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Researchers from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology developed a predictive model to detect potential extremist propaganda on social media. They published their work in Social Media Analysis and Mining.
Tanishq Barot, a fourth-year student majoring in human-centered design and development and minoring in entrepreneurship, received the 2023-24 Westin Scholar Award. He was selected by faculty members in the College of Information Sciences and Technology.
The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence has announced the results of its most recent seed funding competition. The center awarded over $105,000 to five interdisciplinary research projects that feature teams of researchers representing six colleges and campuses.
College of Information Sciences and Technology and World Campus alumnus Mark Poblete reflects on his Penn State experience and why it matters to give back to his alma mater.
Penn State’s One Health Microbiome Center will host the One Health Microbiome Symposium on May 30-31, 2024, at the Huck Life Sciences Building on the University Park campus.
The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology recognized faculty and staff at its annual awards ceremony on Dec. 14, 2023.
Penn State College of IST alumnus Frank Igwé has established a 1:1 permanent matching commitment for first-time gifts from IST alumni.
Penn State’s Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence announced the winners of its first-ever “Bias-a-thon.” The competition, held Nov. 13–16, asked Penn Staters to identify prompts that led popular generative AI tools to produce biased or stereotype-reinforcing outputs.
IBM Consulting will hold an internship information session on Jan. 12 for second- and third-year students at Penn State.
Corey Wheeler is an alumnus of Penn State World Campus, the College of Information Sciences and Technology, and the Smeal College of Business.
Penn State Scranton Professor of Information Sciences and Technology Alan Peslak has been recognized with a Meritorious Paper Award for his outstanding contributions at the Information Systems and Computing Academic Professionals (ISCAP) Conference.
Penn State Scranton Professor of Information Sciences and Technology Alan Peslak has been recognized with a Meritorious Paper Award for his outstanding contributions at the Information Systems and Computing Academic Professionals (ISCAP) Conference.
Alumnus Nick Berardi and his wife, Melinda, recently made a gift to transform and name the new student engagement center in the College of IST.
