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<p>Three projects led by Penn State scientists are among those selected for funding under Phase I of the Genesis Mission, a historic national initiative led by the U.S. Department of Energy to build an integrated science discovery platform. In addition, Penn State is a partner on the Prometheus project, led by Idaho National Laboratory, which is the first Genesis Mission Phase II award recipient.</p>

July 23, 2026

Penn State scientists to lead three Genesis Mission projects

<p>The Penn State AI Hub, a research hub housed under the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, has awarded 14 students, faculty and alumni with 2026 Artificial Intelligence Awards for their AI-related research projects, dissertations and innovations. </p>

July 22, 2026

AI Hub honors 14 individuals with Penn State AI Awards

July 21, 2026

In video and photos: IST students share summer internship experiences

<p>As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 21 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.</p>

July 16, 2026

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — July 16

<p>Thirty-six Penn State graduate students have received scholarships of up to $10,000 from the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Endowment, established by Jeff and Ann Marie Fox’s $20 million naming gift to Penn State’s J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School. The 36 students are studying in 32 master’s or doctoral degree programs.</p>

July 14, 2026

Fox Graduate School awards 36 graduate students Fox scholarships

<p>Roderick Lee, associate professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, was named the 2026 Higher Education Professional of the Year by the Sloan Scholars Network.</p>

July 10, 2026

Roderick Lee receives Sloan Higher Education Professional of the Year Award

<p>Guoray Cai has been appointed to the Dewey Walker Professorship in Information Sciences and Technology. The professorship supports an outstanding faculty member whose work advances interdisciplinary contributions in information systems solutions. </p>

July 01, 2026

Guoray Cai named Dewey Walker Professor in Information Sciences and Technology

<p>Information Sciences and Technology student Maya Johnson spent Maymester in Washington, D.C., as part of the D.C. Social Justice Fellowship, which combines theoretical study of law, education, public policy and systemic inequities with hands-on teaching experience in under-resourced high schools. </p>

June 30, 2026

IST student connects STEM and social justice during Maymester experience

<p>The College of Information Sciences and Technology recently selected five projects to receive funding from its seed grant program. The funding aims to support interdisciplinary research activities and generate preliminary results that may lead to bigger projects involving external funding. </p>

June 23, 2026

College of IST awards seed grants to five research projects

<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>

June 22, 2026

Let's give a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — June 22

<p>Joseph Squillace, associate teaching professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, recently spent a semester at Széchenyi István University in Győr, Hungary, where he taught cybersecurity content as part of the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program.</p>

June 17, 2026

IST faculty member completes Fulbright experience in Hungary

<p>The Richard F. Dempsey Award in Information Sciences and Technology<strong> </strong>recognizes outstanding academic achievement by an undergraduate student enrolled in the Information Sciences and Technology degree program at Penn State Scranton.</p>

June 12, 2026

Scranton alumnus Ed Lucy honors former mentor and professor Richard F. Dempsey

<p>Penn State’s AI and the Economy Initiative hosted nearly 350 researchers from academia and the public sector to examine the economic and societal impacts of artificial intelligence. </p>

June 11, 2026

AI and the Economy Initiative builds momentum with second workshop

<p>Dongwon Lee, professor in the College of IST, has been named Frymoyer Chair in Information Sciences and Technology, effective July 1. The Frymoyer Chair recognizes outstanding academic achievement and supports continued excellence in research, scholarship and graduate education.</p>

June 05, 2026

Dongwon Lee named Frymoyer Chair in IST

<p>The U.S. National Science Foundation National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences (NCEMS) at Penn State has awarded four researchers from across the world for their efforts in a competition to build machine learning-based approaches for streamlining publicly available datasets for reuse. </p>

June 01, 2026

Four researchers win data harmonization competition

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