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LionPATH prepares for July 2019 system upgrade

11/15/18

LionPATH will undergo a system upgrade in July 2019 so that it is running on the newest version of Oracle's PeopleSoft application. The upgrade also will bring improvements to the navigation and appearance to enhance system ease-of-use.

CommRadio updates app approach to enhance interactivity

11/12/18

CommRadio, the internet-based radio station housed in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State, has updated its smartphone app, making the station that features student work more interactive.

Canvas Day offers faculty, staff opportunities to enhance teaching

11/9/18

Penn State Teaching and Learning with Technology invites University faculty and staff to Canvas Day on Friday, March 15, 2019. Faculty and staff can submit proposals for session presentations through Dec. 3, 2018.

Penn State leads CoAction Learning Lab

11/6/18

Penn State is leading a group of 18 higher education institutions striving to provide resources that help educators pedagogically incorporate technology that delivers better learning outcomes.

Four members of the Analytical Assassins team at the Code4PA Pitch Day

Great Valley students develop app to combat veteran opioid abuse

10/29/18

Penn State Great Valley students and alumni recently used their data analysis and coding skills in a state-wide challenge to fight the opioid epidemic. The team developed Ve-Care, a mobile application to help veterans transition back to their daily lives after service and ultimately prevent substance abuse.

IST students earn first place in two HackPSU challenges

10/22/18

An idea formulated by a group of students from the College of Information Sciences and Technology -- a chat bot that automatically answers students' frequently asked questions for advisers -- won first place in two challenges at the 2018 HackPSU competition.

Networking pays off for Penn State Altoona security and risk analysis student

10/22/18

Networking propels security and risk analysis major Adam Brogdon toward success in South Korea and beyond.

The Aspire team members (pictured from left to right): Tyler Spagnolo (team lead, Engineering), Isabelle Biase (Engineering), and Shane Hepner (Engineering). Not pictured: Dr. Montgomery Alger (Faculty Advisor, Engineering)

2018 Nittany AI Challenge winners provide EdTech solutions, receive $50,000

10/19/18

The Nittany AI Challenge offers teams of students, faculty and staff the chance to compete for grants by developing and presenting AI-based solutions that solve real-world problems and improve the student experience and/or University operations at Penn State.

2019 symposium keynote speaker Dan Heath

Bestselling author Dan Heath to give keynote at 2019 TLT Symposium

10/18/18

Dan Heath's books have sold more than 2 million copies. The bestselling author will come to Penn State on March 16, 2019, to deliver the keynote at the Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology.

New course puts Penn State students in control of transformational technology

10/17/18

A new general education course at University Park — GEOG 197 — will immerse students in the world of virtual reality, 360-degree video, augmented reality and more.

Email aliases have arrived for Outlook in Office 365 at Penn State

10/16/18

A new feature many have asked for is now available to all Penn State students, faculty and staff in Office 365. Users can now set an alias as their sending address in Outlook by logging into Account Management and navigating to the Email Settings page located at https://accounts.psu.edu/manage/email.

Bellisario Media Center to be a 'magnet for students and faculty'

10/15/18

An open design to encourage collaboration and creativity anchors state-of-the-art plans for the Donald P. Bellisario Media Center, set to open in the heart of Penn State’s University Park campus in 2020.

Teaching and Learning with Technology introduces new Faculty Fellows

10/12/18

Teaching and Learning with Technology at Penn State has named its four TLT Faculty Fellows for the 2018-19 academic year — David Hunter, Kathryn W. Jablokow, Karen Kackley-Dutt, and Alan Wagner. This year's TLT Faculty Fellows will work on projects covering data science, digital fluency, immersive experiences, and robotics.

IST research lab helps Beaver professor, students develop new applications

10/10/18

A new information sciences and technology laboratory at Penn State Beaver offers students a dedicated space to work on real-world projects with local clients. The latest project is a mobile app that matches trauma victims with area therapists.

Geography student models future fires to restore past forests

10/9/18

Using forest models, simulation experiments will help us determine and understand how various regimes of repeated prescribed fire are likely to alter forest conditions in the mid-Atlantic region.

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