Proposals submitted — 16 proposals were submitted to 12 different sponsor agencies by 11 faculty and staff members totaling $6,235,555.00.
Proposals awarded — 10 projects were funded from seven different funding agencies involving seven different faculty and staff members totaling $1,044,552.00.
Dr. John Lopinski, a patent attorney at Hodgson Russ Attorneys, LLP, will present "An Overview of Patents and other Intellectual Property" on Wednesday, May 4 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge on campus.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold its spring commencement on Sunday, May 8 at 9:30 a.m. at the Giant Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania. More than 680 degrees will be conferred at the ceremony.
Dr. Shaun Gabbidon, distinguished professor of criminal justice in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs, visited the Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, April 12 to deliver the 2016 distinguished lecture. Gabbidon’s presentation was titled “Shopping While Black: Understanding and Combating Racial Profiling in Retail Settings.”
Bots that battle, a virtual art gallery, a solar powered lawn mower, and a charger that operates on body heat are just a few of the innovative, creative projects that will be on display at the Penn State Harrisburg School of Science, Engineering and Technology’s annual Capstone Design Conference, being held May 6, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Hosted by Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Dr. Vivian Vasquez, professor of education at American University in Washington D.C., will present “Negotiating Critical Literacies In Schools and Communities” on Tuesday, April 26 in the library Morrison Gallery at 5:40 to 8:15 p.m.
Penn State Harrisburg will present a panel discussion titled “Communicating Research to the Public: How and Why” on Wednesday, April 27 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge on campus.
The Center for Signal Integrity at Penn State Harrisburg will host the tenth annual Central Pennsylvania Symposium on Signal Integrity, Friday, April 22 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Capital Union Building on campus. Signal integrity involves the quality of electrical signals passing through connectors used in electronic devices like computers or cellular phones.
