Faculty, staff and administrators at all regional universities and colleges are invited to form teams and register for the third annual Summer Institute for Equity in the Academic Experience, set for a hybrid format June 13-15. Penn State Harrisburg will serve as a regional gathering location for the Summer Institute.
Marcha Reumel, an assistant commissioner of the national police in her home country of Suriname, came to Penn State as a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow and connected with the Justice and Safety Institute, which provides law enforcement training at the local, regional, state and federal levels.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office in the Division of Student Affairs will host a Multicultural Graduation Celebration on Friday, May 6, to celebrate the accomplishments of historically underserved and underrepresented students.
In honor of Women's History Month, the Madlyn L. Hanes Library at Penn State Harrisburg is displaying a small selection of photos of women and women's history events that have taken place at the college since 1968.
Researchers led by Jane Wilburne, professor of mathematics education in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, have been awarded a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to recruit, prepare and retain a diverse workforce of secondary mathematics teachers who are skilled at implementing culturally responsive instruction.
The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will welcome Yiddish folk artist Susan Leviton, who will present “Af A Shpatsir: A Klezmer Strolls Around the World,” on March 1 at noon in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre on campus.
World-renowned klezmer music group, The Klezmatics, will bring the 2021-2022 Kulkarni Cultural Series to a close with their performance at the Kulkarni Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 3.
Shaun Gabbidon, distinguished professor of criminal justice in Penn State Harrisburg's School of Public Affairs, was awarded the 2022 Outstanding Book Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences for his book “Shopping While Black: Consumer Racial Profiling in America.”
Penn State Harrisburg’s Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies to welcome Waitman Wade Beorn, who will present his lecture “Army of Darkness: Crimes of the German Army and Their Afterlives” at noon Tuesday, Jan. 25 via webinar.
Shauntey James, assistant teaching professor of criminal justice in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs, has published a new book, “The History, Evolution, and Current State of Female Offenders: Recommendations for Advancing the Field,” with co-author Alana Van Gundy.
