Thirty feet above the floor of the Pegula ice skating rink, in a lounge that usually houses hockey commentators and coaches, a more curious group of people gathered on a golden April afternoon. The well-dressed crowd included Andrew Sears, the Dean of the Penn State college of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), the CEOs of Weebly, Reddit, and other Silicon Valley stars, and dozens of students representing a multitude of colleges, majors, and ideas.