A child works on an activity during Speech Links to Literacy, a program run by Heidi Haas, assistant teaching professor of communication sciences and disorders at Penn State Harrisburg, with Dauphin County Libraries.
A child looks into a mirror and practices making a letter sound during Speech Links to Literacy, a program run by Heidi Haas, assistant teaching professor of communication sciences and disorders at Penn State Harrisburg, with Dauphin County Libraries.
Heidi Haas, assistant teaching professor of communication sciences and disorders at Penn State Harrisburg, demonstrates how to make a sound to children during the Speech Links to Literacy program she runs with Dauphin County Libraries. During the spring semester, two undergraduate students helped her with the program, gaining experience in the field they plan to enter.
The Penn State Harrisburg School of Science, Engineering, and Technology Capstone Design Conference was held April 25, 2025. The conference was the culmination of students’ undergraduate studies and provided the opportunity to combine classroom learning with real-life applications and collaborate with industry sponsors.
The conference featured a poster session during the lunch break, which allowed dozens of researchers and graduate students to present their work, fostering strong engagement with attendees.
The last panel session featured Kristina Brant, assistant professor of rural sociology and Social Science Research Institute co-funded faculty member; Halie Kampman, postdoctoral scholar of geography; Glenn Sterner, associate professor of Criminal Justice and Social Science Research Institute co-funded faculty member at Penn State Abington; Dennis Scanlon, distinguished professor of health policy and administration and director of the Center for Healthcare and Policy Research; and Jonathan Larsen, legal technology manager at the Beasley School of Law Center for Public Health Research at Temple University, in a discussion about how they were working with localities across Pennsylvania to collect data about how they planned to spend the opioid settlement dollars.
The conference featured a poster session during the lunch break, which allowed dozens of researchers and graduate students to present their work, fostering strong engagement with attendees. Joshua Fansler, doctoral candidate in health policy and administration, Sujeong Park assistant professor of health policy and addiction studies at Penn State Harrisburg and SSRI co-funded faculty member, and Makenna Luzenski, incoming doctoral student in development psychology and research study coordinator at Penn State, received the honor of Best Poster at the conference.
