Abu Asaduzzaman, assistant professor of chemistry in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering and Technology, was awarded a nearly $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Chemistry, to pursue research into the environmental interactions of mercury in the Arctic.
Penn State was named a collaborating institution in a $66 million dollar U.S. Department of Energy Urban Integrated Field (Urban IFL) program designed to study the impacts of climate change on American cities.
Penn State Harrisburg professor Stephanie Winkeljohn Black has joined a new initiative to help therapists-in-training develop religious and spiritual competencies with their clients.
WITF-TV, in partnership with the Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg, will present a special sneak preview and community conversation around the new documentary series, “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre on campus.
Nik Tsotakos, assistant professor of biology in the Penn State Harrisburg School of Science, Engineering, and Technology, has received a Research Innovations with Scientists and Engineers (RISE) seed grant to pursue research into the benefits of vitamin D as a protective agent against diabetic kidney disease.
Fariborz Tavangarian, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State Harrisburg, has been awarded a $616,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development award for his project “Achieving Resilience in Brittle Materials Through Bio-inspired Nested Cylindrical Structures,” which focuses on the possible use of marine sponges to design bone implants and other applications.
Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences has awarded eight seed grants to bolster computational and data science research projects throughout the University. The support will benefit researchers from five Penn State campuses studying topics ranging from weather prediction to forecasting mortgage loan closures to exploring engineering approaches for battery materials.
A new web-based application developed by Penn State researchers could help pharmacists and other health care providers improve patient safety by reducing unintended interactions between medical and recreational marijuana and cannabidiol products and other medications.
Camille Ingham, who recently graduated from Penn State Harrisburg with a master of arts in criminal justice, partnered with the Center for Survey Research at the college to assess how the publication of digital arrest logs impacted the future success of justice-involved individuals, especially arrestees, across Pennsylvania.
