Grant Imahara says he does more than play a geek on TV. "I am a geek on TV," he adds.
The host of "Mythbusters" on the Discovery Channel, Imahara brings his presentation from one of television’s hottest shows to Penn State Harrisburg Saturday, Feb. 2 at 8 p.m.
Imahara’s "Inside the Scientist’s Studio" program is free and open to the public in the Capital Union Building on Campus. For information, phone 717-948-6701.
Privatizing toll roads in the U.S. may result in significant diversions of truck traffic from privatized toll roads to “free” roads, and may result in more crashes and increased costs associated with use of other roads, according to a new study.
Penn State Harrisburg graduate Anna Marie Anderson has been appointed the Commonwealth’s chief accounting officer.
Anderson’s promotion was recently announced by state Budget Secretary Michael J. Masch. She had previously served the Office of the Budget as assistant director for commonwealth accounting and reporting. A Camp Hill resident, she earned a bachelor’s degree in professional accountancy from the college in 1985.
Named Campus Activities magazine’s 2007 Entertainer of the Year, Justin Kredible’s mix of comedy and magic has established him as one of America’s premiere performers.
Penn State Harrisburg will present Justin’s show at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30 in the Multipurpose Room of its Community Center. The performance is free and open to the public. For information, phone 717-948-6701.
‘Urban Images’ an exhibit of paintings by Millersville University art professor Robert Andriulli, is free and open to the public in the Morrison Gallery of Penn State Harrisburg’s library through March 7.
An exhibit entitled “Profiles in Civil Rights Activism” featuring the Jack Rabin Collection on Alabama civil rights and Southern activities that documents the historic 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery is on display in University Park’s Pattee Library through March 3.
The newest book from Penn State Harrisburg faculty member James T. Ziegenfuss Jr. has drawn high praise from the American Library Association and its Choice magazine. This society of 35,000 librarians selects books for library collections nationwide.
As a 6-4, 300-pound former football star, Travis Watkins doesn’t seem to fit the image of a stereotypical spoken word poet.
Yet as the winner of the coveted National College Language Association Award for poetry and a top eight National Poetry Slam ranking, it’s clear he is not concerned with images and stereotypes.
The best and brightest area junior high and high school scientists, mathematicians, and engineers will gather at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in downtown Harrisburg for the 51st annual Capital Area Science and Engineering Fair Feb. 13 to 16.
Penn State Harrisburg is joining other area colleges and universities, the Whitaker Center, and the Harrisburg Patriot-News as a co-sponsor.
This month’s celebration of Martin Luther King Day at Penn State Harrisburg will feature a poster designed by Harrisburg resident Youthana Yuos.
The poster with Yous’ design will be placed throughout campus and an accompanying pin featuring the graphic will be available. His design was chosen from among the entries in a contest coordinated by the college’s Diversity and Educational Equity Committee.