Penn State's EnvironMentors program connects high school students from underserved districts with the University's world-class research facilities and faculty, providing opportunities for them to achieve bright futures. The program, now in its sixth year, is currently accepting applications for faculty, undergraduate and high school students for the 2023-24 cohort. Applications are due by Oct. 15.
The Fred M. Greguras Camp Meade Collection is now available at the Madlyn L. Hanes Library, Penn State Harrisburg, and open for research by Penn State students and faculty as well as military historians and researchers. In addition, the library is collaborating with the National Guard of Pennsylvania History Project to present a special exhibition commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Spanish–American War of 1898, on display through Sept. 1.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Penn State is part of a project that recently received a $1 million NSF Engines Development Award. The award will fund the development of the Pennsylvania Industrial Hemp Engine, which will support the manufacture and deployment of bio-based products for application in green building construction, packaging, fabrics, renewable energy and land remediation.
A student and a professor of civil engineering at Penn State Harrisburg are studying transportation accessibility, research they hope could help increase opportunities for individuals without cars.
Hannah Spector, associate professor of education at Penn State Harrisburg, has published a new book that explores the subject of responsibility through a variety of educational contexts.
Through a $120,000 Pennsylvania Sea Grant, Clark, along with Anthony Buccitelli, associate professor of American studies and communications, and Jeffrey Tolbert, assistant professor of American studies and folklore, are pursuing an interdisciplinary research project combining engineering and ethnography to examine flooding in the Middletown community.
Raffy R. Luquis, a professor of biobehavioral health at Penn State Harrisburg, is working to find ways to reach Latino men and encourage their participation in preventative measures that could keep them healthy.
The 19 interdisciplinary research teams that received funding include more than 75 researchers who are affiliated with 10 colleges and research units across seven Penn State campuses.
Sheikh Fahad Ferdous, assistant professor of mechanical engineering in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering and Technology, has been selected for the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Summer Faculty Research Program.
The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will welcome Jeffrey Herf to campus on Tuesday, March 28, in the Kulkarni Theatre, SEC Building on campus. The event is free and open to the public.
