Sigma Delta Pi Induction Ceremony
IUP’s Iota Mu Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Hispanic Honor Society, celebrated its fifty-second initiation ceremony on Friday, May 2, 2025.
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Vetter Publishes Article on Dystopian Media Coverage of OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Matt Vetter (Language, Literature, and Writing), with co-authors Brent Lucia and Varshil Patel, published “The Dystopian Imaginaries of ChatGPT: A Designed Cycle of Fear” in Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. The article offers a critical analysis of dystopian narratives that emerged as a response to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
- 22 April 2025
Sell, Schiera, and Siddique Publish White Paper on Decision Literacy
IUP Professor Mike Sell and doctoral students Rachel Schiera and Zeeshan Siddique argue that reading, writing about, and talking about great works of literature enables us to improve our ability to make good decisions.
- 21 April 2025
Doctoral Student Miller Publishes Article on Feminist Ethos and Agency in Peitho Journal
Patti Miller (English Composition and Applied Linguistics doctoral candidate) recently published an article in Peitho (winter 2025) titled “Nevertheless, She Resisted: Feminist Ethos and Agency in ‘The Epic of Gilgamesh’.”
- 21 April 2025
IUP’s Swift Studies Group Planning “@Taylor Evermore: A Swift Symposium”
Members of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Swift Studies, a group of English graduate students, will present “Taylor Evermore: A Swift Symposium” on April 25 and 26 in McVitty Auditorium in Sprowls Hall at IUP.
- 01 April 2025
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