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Goodbye Lynda.com, hello LinkedIn Learning: Penn State upgrades popular service

8/19/19

Rebranded and updated, Lynda.com is now available to the Penn State community as LinkedIn Learning, featuring a new, easy-to-use interface, expanded course library and other interactive features that utilize the LinkedIn network. These insights, drawn from LinkedIn’s 575 million users, will help predict learning trends and deliver a more personalized learning experience to help all users meet their learning and professional development goals.

Wireless users must take action to avoid network disruptions

8/12/19

Penn State Information Technology made changes to the University's secure wireless networks “psu” and “eduroam” in May, and Apple, Windows and Linux wireless users returning to campus who haven’t updated their settings since that time will need to do so in order to connect.

Applications open for Innovations, a technology development training program

8/5/19

Applications are open for Innovations, a technology development training program of Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the Center for Medical Innovation. Innovations supports the translation of biomedical research by providing early-stage education and strategic guidance to faculty, staff and students during the ideation phase of technology development.

cybersecurity

New tool could reduce security analysts’ workloads by automating data triage

8/1/19

During a cyberattack, security analysts focus on answering four key questions: What happened to the network, what was the impact, why did it happen, and what should be done? And while analysts utilize advancements in software and hardware tools in their response, the tools are unable to answer these questions as well as humans can. Researchers at Penn State and the U.S. Army Research Office have developed a technique that could significantly improve the performance of security analysts.

Chris Halbig

A second chance: Penn State employee to graduate 17 years after starting college

7/31/19

Chris Halbig, a systems administrator in the Penn State Office of Physical Plant, is set to earn his degree — with a 4.0 GPA — through the College of Information Sciences and Technology on Aug. 10. Halbig, who first enrolled at Penn State in 2002 before withdrawing, resumed his education in 2014 thanks to the encouragement of his manager at OPP.

University-wide SIMBA project is on time and on budget

7/18/19

The project to launch Penn State’s new System for Integrated Management, Budgeting and Accounting, or SIMBA, is tracking on time and on budget in anticipation of a July 2020 launch, according to SIMBA project sponsors Mary Lou Ortiz, University budget officer, and Joseph Doncsecz, associate vice president for finance and corporate controller. Both presented an update today (July 18) to the Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning at Penn State Brandywine.

Arts Fest

IST researchers use mobile technology to enhance Arts Festival experience

7/3/19

For the 11th consecutive year, researchers from Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology are assisting to enrich the community experience for Arts Festival attendees through technology. This year, the researchers hope to facilitate a connection between the festival and community that evokes emotion in festivalgoers through a mobile scavenger hunt game.

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