Still Life
Old Main clock faces installed
New carillon, restored clocks being installed
Joe Paterno's funeral procession
Joe Paterno through the years
Thousands mourn Paterno's passing
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Researchers use balloons to unlock mysteries posed by dying stars
Everyday virus proves potent against cancer cells.
As the world's most popular drug, caffeine gives mixed side effects to people who can't get through the day without their coffee fix. Frank Ritter, professor of information sciences and technology, along with Martin Yeh, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, have devised an iPhone application that is intended to help people manage their caffeine consumption to suit their lifestyles. (more)
Penn State's home on the Web is changing. On Feb. 2, regular visitors to Penn State's website at http://www.psu.edu may have noticed that a few items have been added and rearranged. While modest, the changes represent the first visible steps toward a complete reinvention of the University's home on the Web.
Visitors will continue to see incremental changes over the next several months as the project team, formed in September of 2011 and composed of employees from across the University, works on the first major redesign of the site in more than a decade. The final product, to be unveiled this coming fall, will represent nearly a year of work to refocus the website on the story of Penn State's academics, research and global reach. (more)
David Rusenko may be only 25 years old, but the 2007 graduate of Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology and CEO of Weebly, an online website creator, has been making waves in the world of Web design for the past several years. In December, Forbes named him to its "30 Under 30: Social/Mobile," a list of influential under-30-year-olds in the social media and mobile industries.
"I just felt very lucky," Rusenko said of learning about his inclusion in the list. "I'm just kind of very honored and very excited by all the people we were able to help (through Weebly)."
Weebly, which is based in San Francisco, is a startup that offers free website building tools to businesses, groups and individuals. (more)
A group of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) students at Penn State DuBois have helped a private school to revamp a database used to manage one of the school's main fundraisers, ensuring funds will be available to continue educating children there. (more)
The University Libraries are now circulating some new and frequently asked for items, including USB wall adapters, iPhone connector cables and more, for short term use in Pattee and Paterno libraries. Purchased with funds from the University Park Undergraduate Association, the items are available from the Commons Services Desk on the first floor of Pattee Library and circulate for four hours. Three USB wall adapters, 11 iPod/iPhone dock connector cables and 10 micro USB keychains are available. The connector cables and micro USB keychains can be used with any computer in the library, or checked out to use with a wall adapter. (more)
The Center for Enterprise Architecture (EA) at Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) is the beneficiary of a gift-in-kind of software materials valued at more than $1 million. The materials are being donated by alfabet, a global provider of software for strategic information technology planning and business change management. (more)
When discussing the impact of technology on society, many people focus on how technological advances have made people's lives easier and/or more enjoyable. Lynette Kvasny, an associate professor in Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology, takes a somewhat different approach. Rather than emphasizing personal gratification, she focuses her research on the ways in which technology can improve society and the lives of underprivileged groups. (more)
When Pam Albert's sons were diagnosed with a devastating and little-known disease, she took action. Seeing how little information was available on MECP2 Duplication Syndrome, a severe neurodevelopmental disorder discovered in 2005, she created a website to provide awareness, support and hope to other families. Penn State Harrisburg helped her get the word out. Penn State for PA (PSU4PA) tells the stories of Pennsylvania residents whose businesses and communities have been transformed by Penn State teaching, research and service. (more)
Dr. Brian Cameron, executive director of the Center for Enterprise Architecture (EA), recently was invited to speak at the first World CIO Forum held in Shenzhen, China. Nearly 700 decision-makers and information technology executives attended the forum, where they exchanged knowledge and experience on emerging technology and application. (more)
A sign-up interface created by Penn State researchers for Facebook apps could help members prevent personal information -- and their friends' information -- from leaking out through third-party games and apps to hackers and identity thieves. (more)
