Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has awarded funding to six faculty members across three teams to support the development of innovative curricula through the college's Harbaugh Faculty Scholars program.
Home to the conference’s top overall men’s athletic program this past season, Penn State Harrisburg secured a runner-up finish in the overall 2024-25 United East Presidents’ Cup standings.
Longtime NCAA Division I head coach Tom Gravante has been named Penn State Harrisburg’s first men's lacrosse head coach, Director of Athletics Rahsaan Carlton announced.
Penn State Harrisburg softball player Madelyn Lehigh has been named the United East Female Senior Athlete of the Year. The highest individual honor the conference bestows, the award represents the epitome of the student-athlete model thanks to their high level of performance in their respective sport, in the classroom and in their community.
Heidi Haas, assistant teaching professor of communication sciences and disorders at Penn State Harrisburg, works with children through a program called Speech Links to Literacy, an outreach effort she runs in partnership with Dauphin County Libraries. During the spring semester, two recent Penn State graduates who studied communication sciences and disorders gained hands-on experience in the field through the program.
The Social Science Research Institute’s Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction recently hosted the sixth annual conference in the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub at Penn State University Park.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 20 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Students studying criminal justice with Shauntey James, assistant teaching professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg, turned to an alternative medium — podcasts — to share the research they conducted in class this spring, helping them build additional marketable skills while engaging a broader audience with their findings.
For the past two years, Penn State online learner Olivia Bolinsky has conducted research into white-collar crimes with Renee Flasher, an associate professor of accounting at Penn State Harrisburg. Bolinsky recently presented an academic paper on their research at a conference, where she said she gained valuable experience for her career development.
What started as free tickets to see a flamenco fusion band in Spain turned into an unexpected research opportunity for a team of researchers at Penn State, who discovered a unique example of the power of music to bridge generational divides.
