Emily Baxter, founder and executive director of the organization We Are All Criminals (WAAC), a non-profit organization dedicated to challenging society’s perceptions of what it means to be “criminal,” will speak at Penn State Harrisburg on November 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the library Morrison Gallery.
Trash incinerators produce massive amounts of ash, which ends up in landfills. In the United States, available land space for landfills is decreasing, and the construction industry is looking for ways to utilize more sustainable materials. Grady Mathews, assistant professor of civil engineering in the Penn State Harrisburg School of Science, Engineering, and Technology, and his students are testing a process that could provide solutions to both problems.
Penn State Harrisburg student and Schreyer Honors Scholar Lydia Williams spent three weeks in Turkey, researching the development of the nation's policies concerning the education of Syrian refugee children.
Interview about journal article and award, article publication, book publication, panelist and magazine feature, research article accepted for publication, and a chapbook fellowship.
Dr. Grady Mathews, assistant professor of civil engineering in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology, will present "Utilization of Waste Products in Construction Materials" on Wednesday, September 12 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge on campus.
Nutrient pollution is a major issue affecting water quality around the world: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency names it “one of America's most widespread, costly and challenging environmental problems.” The Chesapeake Bay, with some 64,000 square miles of land draining into a shallow, narrow body of water just 200 miles long, is in some respects a worst-case scenario. Over the last 10 years, Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has taken a lead role in solving this problem.
Stephanie Winkeljohn Black, assistant professor of psychology in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, sees a gap between how mental health counselors manage religious beliefs and the type of understanding and care that their clients need. She has made closing that gap a mission.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold its annual Research Week April 18 through 20. The event celebrates the creative and scholarly accomplishments of faculty and students.
Penn State Harrisburg researchers Anne Douds, lecturer in criminal justice, and Eileen Ahlin, assistant professor of criminal justice, discuss their recently published book, “Rethinking America’s Correctional Policies: Commonsense Choices from Uncommon Voices.”
