Plant biotechnology is viewed as holding the key to the globe’s food, feed, and energy needs.
One of the world’s leading experts in the field, German Spangenberg from Australia, will discuss “Plant Genomics 2.0: From the Lab to the Market” at 9 a.m. March 26 in Penn State Harrisburg’s Morrison Gallery.
Luke Visconti, co-founder of the DiversityInc magazine and Web site, says the evolving complexity of America's population makes cross-cultural understanding imperative in the world of business.
Prospective graduate students can learn about Penn State Harrisburg’s MBA and five engineering master’s programs at a special information night Tuesday, March 31.
The session in the Morrison Gallery of the college library begins at 6 p.m. No rsvp is required.
To survive in the current economic downturn, museums and the arts may have to make a fundamental shift in their approaches to funding and patronage in order to stave off a financial crisis.
That and other opinions were voiced March 4 as Penn State Harrisburg hosted a panel discussion during which academic and public experts reflected on the current problems facing museums and the fine arts while detailing a number of productive possibilities.
Even before the credits ran on the final installment of Penn State Harrisburg’s 2009 International Film Series, faculty coordinator Catherine Rios was thinking about the 10th annual event next year.
Through an international education partnership with Purdue University, two Penn State Harrisburg students are spending a semester studying in Germany where they are involved in a project aimed at improving the delivery of electricity to a region of that nation.
Filmmaker Lisa Gossels shared her Emmy award-winning “labor of love” with Penn State Harrisburg Thursday evening, February 26.
The producer, co-director, and co-editor of the acclaimed documentary film Children of Chabannes, Gossels told the audience in the crowded Olmsted Auditorium, “It’s a joy to share Children of Chabannes with you. It was truly a labor of love. Films of goodness are in short supply these days.”
Jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math fields are going unfilled because the number of students earning college degrees in these disciplines is not meeting current and future workforce demands.
For the third year in a row, Penn State Harrisburg is partnering with five area schools to foster awareness of those careers for 100 ninth graders on March 11.
Who was the first black woman to be granted a patent? Who was the first black heavyweight champion who was also an inventor? Who was the first black person to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
These are the types of questions that will be posed to teams from eight area schools when they vie for the top prize in the 20th annual High Achievers Academic Bowl at Penn State Harrisburg Tuesday, March 24.
