Four Penn State faculty members were recently named the inaugural Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) and Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) fellows for the 2025-26 academic year by SSRI and CTSI. SSRI and CTSI fellows will engage in work, together or individually, that aligns with the mission of SSRI or CTSI to support efforts to foster change in policies and practices towards a culture of inclusive excellence across Penn State.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Professional Sales Education Center has been recognized as an associate member of the University Sales Center Alliance, a designation that will create additional opportunities for students studying sales at the college.
Roderick Lee, associate professor of information systems at Penn State Harrisburg and affiliate associate professor of higher education at University Park, was recently elected the inaugural chair of the advisory council and named as a board member for The PhD Project Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating access and opportunities for economically disadvantaged, underrepresented and underserved communities to pursue doctoral degrees.
The Penn State Harrisburg Professional Sales Education Center, together with the Harrisburg Launchbox Powered by Penn State and Truist Foundation, will host the inaugural AI in Sales Symposium on Feb. 12 in the Capital Union Building (CUB) on campus.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Business Administration and School of Science, Engineering, and Technology recently inducted 16 students and one faculty member into the Sigma Chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the international honor society for the computing and information disciplines.
Penn State Harrisburg hosted its fall 2024 commencement ceremony on Dec. 21 to mark the graduates of the Class of 2024’s completion of their academic experience and to recognize their many accomplishments.
Penn State Harrisburg has selected six graduates to serve as student marshals at the fall 2024 commencement ceremony. The graduates will bear the banners representing each academic school and, together with the faculty marshals, lead the graduating students during the ceremony processional.
Peter Swan, associate professor emeritus of supply chain management at Penn State Harrisburg, will hold a presentation on Nov. 20 to discuss the findings of a Transportation Research Board study he helped compile on the impacts of long freight trains.
Renee Flasher, associate professor of accounting in the Penn State Harrisburg School of Business Administration, has been selected as a 2024-25 Fulbright Scholar and will travel to Portugal next summer to research the enforcement of data privacy regulations around the globe.
Lindsay Mitchell, a Penn State World Campus graduate who earned a bachelor's degree in accounting in May, is one of Pennsylvania’s newest auditors after securing a position through an intern-to-hire program. World Campus offers the undergraduate accounting program in partnership with the Penn State Harrisburg School of Business Administration.
