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EarthTalks Feb 12

Urban development's effects on stormwater management topic of Feb. 12 EarthTalks

Shirley Clark, acting director of the School of Science Engineering and Technology at Penn State Harrisburg, and James Hunter, interim chair and associate professor of civil engineering at Morgan State University, will give the talk, “Challenges of Historic Urban Land Development and Soil Water Disturbance on Urban Stormwater Management,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 12.
“’Where Beauty’s At’: Expressions of Black Visual Culture” exhibition graphic

Penn State campuses celebrate, commemorate Black History Month

The last week of February 2024 still offers a few events across campuses for Black History Month, including at Penn State Brandywine, Harrisburg, Dickinson Law, Lehigh Valley, Shenango, and York. In addition, several exhibits are still available to visitors at Penn State University Park, Brandywine and Harrisburg.
Rebecca Erbelding

Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies to present talk by Rebecca Erbelding

The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will host historian Rebecca Erbelding for a presentation at noon on Thursday, Jan. 25, via webinar. In her talk, titled “Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe,” Erbelding will discuss the 1944 creation of the War Refugee Board and its attempts to rescue victims of the Nazi regime.

Penn State Harrisburg to present 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo'

Penn State Harrisburg's School of Humanities will present “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,” a darkly comic tale narrated by a tiger held captive in the Baghdad Zoo at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 26 and 27, and Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2 and 3, as well as at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27, in the Black Box Theatre, EAB 204 on campus.  
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Multi-state collaboration to develop testing ground for sustainable power grids

With the goal of alleviating uncertainties around smart power grids, the Appalachian Regional Commission has provided a collaboration of universities — including Penn State researchers — across multiple states with $10 million to develop and deploy services that enable electric utility companies and energy tech startups to model and test different scenarios before implementation.