Fabian Vantassell, from Newville, Pennsylvania, will receive his bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice and sociology during Penn State Harrisburg’s fall 2024 commencement ceremony. He shared his journey as a first-generation college student, overcoming adversity to find success on campus.
As part of our regular "We Are!” feature, we recognize 14 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence awarded more than $159,000 to seven interdisciplinary research projects across the University.
The Penn State Harrisburg men's basketball team joined local law enforcement officers to treat local children to a holiday shopping spree at Ollie's Bargain Outlet for the fourth annual "Shop With a Cop" event on Dec. 8.
Penn State Harrisburg has selected six graduates to serve as student marshals at the fall 2024 commencement ceremony. The graduates will bear the banners representing each academic school and, together with the faculty marshals, lead the graduating students during the ceremony processional.
Six veterans, including a Penn State Harrisburg student, were awarded funding to help launch their business ideas during the Veterans Business Bootcamp pitch competition hosted by Harrisburg LaunchBox powered by Penn State and the Rotary Veterans Initiative.
Over the past five years, external research expenditures at Penn State Harrisburg have grown by more than 200%, underscoring the college's expanding impact as a research institution, both regionally and globally.
The Penn State Inter-Campus Health and Medicine Research Program, a partnership created to support interdisciplinary research in health and medicine, has awarded its inaugural planning and seed grants to four teams of faculty from Penn State Harrisburg and Penn State College of Medicine.
