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Linda Schwab will discuss “A Family’s Survival” as part of the Penn State Harrisburg Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies speaker series, on Wednesday, September 21 at noon in the library Morrison Gallery on campus.

Penn State Harrisburg, in coordination with local and regional agencies, will conduct an emergency preparedness exercise in its library, on Friday, September 30 starting at 9:00 a.m. The library will be closed to the public between 7:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Penn State Harrisburg School of Public Affairs researchers, Dr. Jonathan Lee and Dr. Jennifer Gibbs, both assistant professors of criminal justice, say that for police to forge better relationships with the communities they serve, they must decrease “social distance.”

Whether you know a cop a big factor in police trust, Midstate researchers say

Renewed debate over race and policing sprung up in recent days as San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick stayed seated during the national anthem.

Trigger warnings: A campus code of decency or an overused guise to censor?

Last week, prior to beginning a class discussion, Penn State sociology professor Laurie Mulvey issued a trigger warning.

Penn State Harrisburg will present an Academic Perspective panel titled “Police and Community Relations: Academic and Practitioner Perspectives” on Tuesday, September 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge on campus.

Penn State Harrisburg will hold a Graduate School Open House on Tuesday, September 13 at 6 p.m. in the college library.

The open house will offer the opportunity to learn about the college’s more than 30 master’s, doctoral, and certification programs; meet with faculty; and obtain admissions and financial aid information.

Dr. Christopher Emdin, an author and associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University, will discuss his New York Times bestselling book “For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... And the Rest of Y'All Too” on September 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. in Penn State Harrisburg’s Student Enrichment Center theater.   This event is FREE and open to the public. 

Penn State Harrisburg now offers a graduate certificate in accounting.  The program is coordinated by Dr. Thomas Amlie, associate professor of accounting in the School of Business Administration.

Sometimes, students run out of options when faced with an emergency. This was never more apparent than on and after April 3, 2016, when a devastating fire occurred at the Village of Pineford apartments in Middletown, a home to many of Penn State Harrisburg’s students. Immediately following the fire, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members asked how they could help students who lost everything.