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IST alumnus earns silver medal in Beijing

9/16/08

Years of training and dedication paid off for IST alumnus Adam Wiercioch when he took home a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Wiercioch was part of the Polish team that earned second place in the men's epee fencing event.

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President's State of the University Address set for Friday, Sept. 19

9/12/08

Penn State President Graham B. Spanier will deliver his 2008 State of the University Address in video format to the University's Board of Trustees beginning at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19. The video showcases the progress Penn State has made over the past year. After his board presentation the video will be posted to the President's Web site for viewing by Penn State faculty, staff and students, as well as the general public. The video also will be shown on the Big Ten Network at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 2, 6 and 8, and on "To the Best of My Knowledge" at 7 p.m. Sept. 23 on WPSU-TV. Read the full story to access an active link to a brief preview video.

Penn State, Alcatel-Lucent partner for social-networking project

9/10/08

Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) and Alcatel-Lucent have announced an agreement to jointly develop an innovative mobile video social networking application. As part of the collaborative research project, Alcatel-Lucent and Penn State will form a team funded by Alcatel-Lucent.

From the Marines to the classroom: Jake Graham and cybersecurity

9/9/08

The career of Col. Jake Graham, U.S. Marine Corps (retired) and a professor in Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology, has seen him at the controls of an AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter and overseeing tactical nuclear weapons from a command post in Stuttgart, Germany, where he was on duty during the 9/11 attacks. This past academic year, Graham's first with IST, students in SRA 211 were immersed in an exercise called "Show Me the Money," which had them trying to thwart the intentions of destruction-bent terrorists by analyzing their associations with one another, as well as their financial transactions and communications. For the project, Graham, IST senior research associate, wove together fiction with a bracing dose of real people and detail.

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Paternoville populated once again

9/5/08

Students occupied themselves by watching fireworks, playing games and even doing some homework by flashlight Thursday night (Sept. 4) at Paternoville, which has formed once again outside Gate A at Beaver Stadium in anticipation of this Saturday's football game vs. Oregon State. Roughly 90 to 100 students are registered for a spot at the now-traditional encampment. By registering, students are given a numbered wristband that grants them a spot in the line order as well as allowing them to enter and exit the line up until gameday to attend class, meals, and eventually, return their tents and camping gear before the game. For photos, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/1808 online.

Undergraduate Teaching Award nominations sought

8/26/08

Students are encouraged to submit nominations for the 2009 Undergraduate Teaching Awards to the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence before the Sept. 19 deadline. Electronic nominations are accepted at http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/Awards/Form/. Any student, faculty, staff administrator, or friend of Penn State may nominate faculty members for the awards. Requested information includes a short comment about why the faculty member is being nominated.

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Study abroad spring deadline approaching; apply early for passports

8/20/08

College students interested in studying abroad can never plan too early to get their passports. In addition to avoiding expensive fees for expedited processing, students who have passports in hand can be ready if unexpected opportunities for international research, study or travel present themselves.

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Dispatch from India: The end

8/12/08

Four rising College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) seniors -- Joel Boucher, Matt Prindible, Larissa Andrejko and Steve Garguilo -- recently concluded a summer working for Honeywell International in Bangalore, India. In this dispatch, Garguilo and Boucher recap their final days in India.

Dispatch from India: Shravanabelagola, shopping, tune tips

8/5/08

Steve Garguilo, Joel Boucher, Matt Prindible and Larissa Andrejko are rising seniors in Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology. They are spending this summer in Bangalore, India, interning for Honeywell International, a diversified technology and manufacturing corporation. They are blogging about their experiences on the other side of the world. Included in this dispatch is an installment from Garguilo's blog.

Penn State Live gets new look

7/31/08

Over the past year, the look and feel of Penn State Live has undergone some subtle changes. Now, the site has experienced its first major facelift since it was launched in April 2003. The first major difference in the site is a large, horizontal image at the top of the page. There will be a variety of images in this space, and visitors to the site can click through to see everything that's there. Clicking on these images will link the user to additional content -- photos, stories or videos about the topic in the original image. A key new feature to the site is the ability for readers to easily access additional stories related to the one they just read. Please take our site survey by clicking on http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=1016512 online.

Finding a voice: AIDS, African-Americans and virtual communities

7/31/08

In his most recent writing, an op-ed piece in the Christian Science Monitor, C. Frank Igwe, a 2008 doctoral degree recipient in Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), argues that the support and critical information found in virtual communities among blacks is crucial to people's survival.

Dispatch from India: Reflections on the bombings

7/29/08

Steve Garguilo, Joel Boucher, Matt Prindible and Larissa Andrejko are rising seniors in Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology. They are spending this summer in Bangalore, India, interning for Honeywell International, a diversified technology and manufacturing corporation. They are blogging about their experiences on the other side of the world.

Center receives Department of Defense grant for extreme events lab

7/25/08

The Center for Network-Centric Cognition and Information Fusion (NC2IF) in the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) has received a $205,000 grant from the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program to create an Extreme Events Laboratory in the IST Building at University Park.

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