Conversing through voice, compared to text, enhances the connection users have with a virtual assistant. This can lead to better attitudes toward the technology, according to a study by Penn State graduate student Eugene Cho.
A plan to increase the popularity of women’s pro sports by reaching out to millennials and embracing streaming video platforms has won first place in a contest sponsored by Penn State’s Center for the Study of Sports in Society.
Penn State University Libraries Short Stories’ “The Other Side” spring 2019 contest winners included 11 student honorees, three faculty/staff honorees, and one local middle school student honoree. Each of the four Libraries Short Stories Editorial Board winners and the People’s Choice winner will receive a $100 Visa gift card. All winners and honorable mentions will have their stories placed on the Libraries’ Short Edition short story dispensers.
Alanna Powers, who will graduate with degrees in advertising/public relations and English on May 4, was selected to complete an English teaching assistantship in the Czech Republic during the 2019-20 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation, one of the largest, most respected, media-related charitable foundations in the United States, has provided a $100,000 grant to support construction of the Donald P. Bellisario Media Center at Penn State.
A documentary by a Penn State assistant professor is being screened in Istanbul and other locations around Turkey as part of the Environmental Short Film Festival.
Recommendation systems that merely suggested that users could customize privacy settings tended to boost users' sense of control, which eased their privacy concerns about the site.
Six accomplished and involved seniors will cap off their Penn State careers by representing the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications as student marshals during commencement exercises May 4 in the Bryce Jordan Center.
A group of about 70 Penn State students, faculty and staff from a range of fields and disciplines took a step toward taking on roles as interdisciplinary cyber hack responders in the 2019 Penn State Hack Response Simulation Competition.
Two Penn State entries were named national winners in the Society of Professional Journalists 2018 Mark of Excellence Awards, which honor the best in collegiate journalism from the year. Three additional entries were chosen as national finalists.
Penn State's Institute for CyberScience has awarded $367,632 in seed funding for projects designed to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to assist the public good. The grants support projects in 20 different departments and units, 10 colleges and three institutes.
An “open house” for a school bus a Penn State student has converted into a tiny home will be conducted from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 28 near the Berkey Creamery on the University Park campus.
Student broadcasters from CommRadio, the internet-based radio station housed in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, will cover the NFL Draft for the 11th year in a row.
Six faculty members, two staff members, two graduate students and two adjunct lecturers were honored during the annual Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications Faculty and Staff Awards and Recognition Reception.
Film Professor Pearl Gluck has produced a short, call-to-action film featuring actors whose credits include “Atlanta,” “Law and Order” and “Orange is the New Black,” for the New Jersey-based The Nature Conservancy. The film will be available online on Earth Day, April 22.
