As part of a pilot program through Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications, Penn State Harrisburg is offering four grants ranging from $3,000 to $7,000 ($20,000 total) to full-time faculty and staff members working on news literacy projects.
The Penn State Harrisburg School of Humanities will present its fall play, William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Nov. 2 to 5 in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre in the Student Enrichment Center on campus.
The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will welcome professor and author Jelena Subotić on Wednesday, Oct. 26, for a virtual presentation on her latest book, “Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism.”
Penn State has launched a two-year pilot program, a news literacy initiative to enhance students’ appreciation and understanding of news literacy and to provide students, as well as residents across the commonwealth, with resources and support as they attempt to avoid misinformation and find quality news sources.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Diversity and Educational Equity Committee will host mental health expert and YouTube creator Kati Morton on Thursday, Oct. 20, in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre.
In acknowledgement of National Coming Out Day, Penn State Harrisburg Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will host “Experiences through Storytelling” at 6 p.m. Oct. 11 in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre.
Penn State Harrisburg swim instructor Holly Maitland-McKenna will hold the 11th annual “Swim for a Cure” event Sunday, Oct. 9, to raise money for the fight against pediatric cancer.
A group of Penn State Harrisburg students enhanced their leadership skills by joining nearly 250 of their peers from every Commonwealth Campus at the Summer Leadership Conference.
Award-winning journalist and author Amy Goodman will present “Democracy in Crisis: The Power of Independent Journalism,” on Wednesday, Oct. 5, in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre at Penn State Harrisburg.
Penn State was named a collaborating institution in a $66 million dollar U.S. Department of Energy Urban Integrated Field (Urban IFL) program designed to study the impacts of climate change on American cities.
