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Penn State Harrisburg to hold Graduate School Open House on Sept. 24

Penn State Harrisburg will hold a Graduate School Open House at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 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, including two new master’s programs in civil engineering and mechanical engineering.
Scientific posters on easels line a large room, with windows on one side. People are grouped together in twos or threes, discussing the research on the posters.

Drawdown Scholars returning to Penn State for international conference

Undergraduate students from across the country are returning to Penn State next week for the first international conference on the science of drawdown, the point at which greenhouse gases in the atmosphere begin to decline. The students, participants in this past summer’s Penn State Drawdown Scholars Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, will present results from their summer research projects from Sept. 16-18.