Mary Fetzer

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers received a $432,198 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging to work on voice assistants to support dementia care. The project will be led by Saeed Abdullah, associate professor in the College of IST and director of the Wellbeing and Health Innovation (WHI) Lab, in collaboration with S. Shyam Sundar, Evan Pugh University Professor, James P. Jimirro Professor of Media Effects in the Don...

Approximately 93 million adults in the United States have a high likelihood of experiencing vision loss, so the odds are solid that you'll need to see an optometrist or an ophthalmologist at some point in your lifetime.1 While both are eye doctors and a few of their offerings overlap, it’s good to know a bit about each profession’s specific expertise.
Below, we dive into the differences between optometrists and ophthalmologists to give you a better idea of which to see if you're experiencing ...

Rachel Desulme is a fourth-year student majoring in data sciences in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST). All IST students are required to complete at least one internship before graduation. Desulme fulfilled this requirement by analyzing dragonfly wings in Ghana through a U.S. National Science Foundation-funded international research progr...

Aiping Xiong, associate professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), earned a five-year, $585,818 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for a project titled “Enabling Human Situation Awareness across Physical and Cyber Spaces for Vehicle-to-Everything Communication Security and Driving Safety.”

Some TikTok users acknowledge the technology underlying personalized content online but can’t deny sometimes feeling that a higher power is involved, according to Penn State researchers

The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) has named Miranda Goodman as its summer 2024 student marshal. She will lead the procession of IST graduates during the commencement ceremony, which will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Bryce Jordan Center.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A $100,000 gift from Penn State Altoona alumnus Stephen Pace and his wife, Rita Pace, has endowed a new scholarship for students in the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST).

For the third time, Penn State has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD). The designated program of study is the security and risk analysis major, information and cyber security option, in the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST).

Sharon Huang, professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), is the new holder of the David Reese Professorship of Information Sciences and Technology, effective Aug. 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.

Hong Hu, assistant professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), earned a five-year, $654,681 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for a project titled, “Enhancing Practical Defense Mechanisms Against Memory Errors and Attacks.”

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) has announced the retirement C. Lee Giles, the David Reese Professor of Information Sciences and Technology. While he will end his teaching career on June 3, he will continue to pursue his research and advise graduate students at University Park.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Priya Kumar, assistant professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has been awarded the college’s PNC Technologies Career Development Professorship, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027. The endowed position helps to attract and retain outstanding faculty who can make significant contributions to the college, Penn State and the world through their research and interactions with students.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Yubo Kou, assistant professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has been awarded the Haile Family Early Career Professorship in Information Sciences and Technology, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.