The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will present a lecture by Natalia Aleksiun, titled “Family Networks and Surviving the Holocaust in Eastern Europe” at noon Thursday, Oct. 25, in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre in the Student Enrichment Center (SEC).
Penn State Harrisburg will welcome Rebecca Skloot and members of Henrietta Lacks’ family for a discussion on campus, at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Capital Union Building events room.
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.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Counseling and Psychological Services has partnered with the college’s Student Disability Resources to host the annual scavenger race from 11:30 a.m. to 1:25 p.m. on Thursday, October 25 in the Library’s Morrison Gallery.
The Greek Life Council, Student Government Association and Programming Activities Board at Penn State Harrisburg will host a community safe treat event on Saturday, October 27 from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Olmsted Building lobby on campus.
Graduating students, you’ve made it this far, now make sure you’re ready for commencement — the Penn State Harrisburg fall 2018 ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will host a lecture by prominent Holocaust scholar David Crowe, titled “Oskar Schindler, Film and Fact,” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, in the Olmsted Building auditorium (room C231) of the Harrisburg campus.
Jonathan Lee, associate professor of criminal justice in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs, will present “Quantitative Approaches to Understanding Criminal Behavior” from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 31 in the Morrison Gallery (Library Room 101) on campus.
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.