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Data User Conference set for Sept. 17

Data users from across the Commonwealth are set to gather at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey for the Pennsylvania State Data Center’s (PaSDC) 2015 Data User Conference on Sept. 17. The annual conference serves as Pennsylvania’s most comprehensive single-day forum for research and development in demographic data.

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Penn State uses digital building automation systems to boost sustainability

More than 350 buildings on campus are connected to and controlled by a building automation system, which uses a secure computer network to centralize the remote monitoring and control of electricity, lighting, plumbing, ventilation, air conditioning and other environmental systems. Many Penn State campuses across the state, including Harrisburg, Altoona and Erie, The Behrend College, also use digital automation systems for managing building settings.
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Continued road closures at Penn State Harrisburg

College Avenue will continue to be closed until at least July 30 as utility work for the new Student Enrichment Center building is completed.

In addition, a portion of O Street will be closed from July 27 to August 7 for the installation of heating lines into the Swatara Building.

New grant supports international collaboration for faculty and students

Penn State Harrisburg was among a group of five universities awarded a total of $1 million in grant funding from DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service, to partner with Hochschule Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt, Germany to encourage collaboration and travel for engineering students and faculty.