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Cybersecurity and You: Cybersecurity Awareness Month Presentation

IUP's senior security analyst, Jonathan Roumfort, will present “Cybersecurity and You” on Monday, October 6, from 11:30 to noon.

IUP Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Honored by Educational Policy Leadership Center

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Lara Luetkehans has been recognized by the Educational Policy Leadership Center as a 2025 Educational Policy Leadership Program Alumni Award recipient.

IUP Homecoming Celebrating IUP Sesquicentennial: Special Fifth Quarter Concert With the Clarks, Chris Higbee

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s annual Homecoming celebration on October 4 is expected to draw thousands to Indiana, including for a special event in celebration of IUP’s sesquicentennial. IUP’s Homecoming celebration will feature a special “Fifth Quarter” concert, featuring Pittsburgh rock favorites—and IUP alumni—the Clarks and special guest Chris Higbee.

IUP Scholar in Residence, Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient, Wins International R&D Award for Breakthrough in Mass Spectrometry; Proof of Technology Demonstrated at IUP

Howard M. “Skip” Kingston, a scholar in residence at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics, IUP, and the IUP Research Institute has won a 2025 R&D 100 Award for a breakthrough that has the potential to advance precision medicine and rural healthcare.

IUP Computer Sciences/Languages and Systems Bachelor’s Degree Program Earns Full Reaccreditation by National Organization

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s bachelor’s degree program in Computer Sciences/Languages and Systems has earned full reaccreditation from ABET, the world’s leading accreditation body for programs in applied and natural science, engineering, and engineering technology.

IUP Selected for U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Colleges Rankings

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been selected for U.S. News & World Report’s “2026 Best Colleges” national universities ranking, and the undergraduate business, computer science, psychology, and nursing programs were selected for listing of “Top Public Schools.”

IUP Cejka Planetarium Offering Programs About Rubin Telescope, Recalling the Space Race

IUP’s Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host two programs during the fall semester: “A New Eye: The Rubin Telescope” on September 29 and “Recalling the Space Race” on October 29. Both programs will begin at 7:00 p.m. The presentations are free and open to the community.

Department of Safety Sciences and Environmental Engineering Chair Featured on “Building PA Podcast”

Tracey Cekada, chair of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Safety Sciences and Environmental Engineering, is a guest for Building PA Podcast’s latest episode, “From Classroom to Career: The Path of Safety Professionals at IUP.”

IUP Alumni Donate $500,000 to Support IUP Proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine

Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduates David and Becky Walzak’s appreciation of IUP “as the place it all started” has led them to a gift that will make an impact for the future of IUP and for rural Pennsylvania.

IUP Students to Provide Service to Indiana County Agencies, Organizations through Into the Streets

Hundreds of students from Indiana University of Pennsylvania will be providing service to Indiana organizations and agencies through the fall Into the Streets event on Sept. 20.

Nominations Open for Rural Health Impact Awards, Due Sept. 30

Nominations are now being accepted for the second annual Rural Health Impact Awards, which will be presented at the 2025 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Indiana Regional Medical Center’s fourth annual Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference on Nov. 20.

IUP Receives $2 Million from National Science Foundation to Support Students Earning Data Science Degrees

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received $2 million from the National Science Foundation to help academically talented and financially challenged students earn data science degrees.

President Presents “Points of Pride”

“Points of Pride” highlights achievements in academics, athletics, scholarships and grant awards, community services, and other areas.

IUP Dessy-Roffman Myth Collaborative, IUP Literature and Criticism Program, Offering Fall Semester German Lecture Series

The Dessy-Roffman Myth Collaborative at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, in collaboration with IUP's Literature and Criticism Program, will offer the inaugural fall semester German Lecture Series starting on September 17.

IUP Celebrating Constitution Day with Public Reading, Program on Framers of the Constitution

Indiana University of Pennsylvania will celebrate Constitution Day on September 15 with two events free and open to the community, including the traditional public reading of the Constitution by members of the IUP community in front of Stapleton Library. The opportunity to be a reader is open to all.

IUP to Offer Annual Memorial Program to Mark Sept. 11 Attacks

Indiana University of Pennsylvania will mark the 24th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on September 11 starting at 11:10 a.m. in front of the 9/11 memorial in the IUP Oak Grove. The program is open to the community.