Two members of the Harlem Globetrotters visited the Penn State Harrisburg gym recently to practice the team’s new shot – the four-pointer –and to meet with local media.
For its 13th Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration at Penn State Harrisburg, PenOwl Productions presents The Dinner Guest, a new twist on the classic play Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Monday, Jan. 17 at noon and Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 12:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building auditorium. The play is free and open to the public.
[Due to inclement weather on Jan. 18, the second performance will be rescheduled for a later date.]
Penn State Harrisburg faculty researchers Shanetia Clark and Barbara Marinak advocate a simple way to help stop the rise in bullying in our nation’s schools. Teach students about kindness – and show them through books, other materials, and discussion.
Yasmin Shiraz’s December 8 presentation, “The Politics of Hip-Hop,” offered a view of hip-hop society through the exploration of the sexism, racism and capitalism that permeates the culture.
As a former publisher and editor-in-chief of Mad Rhythms hip-hop magazine, Shiraz shared her inside knowledge of life in the hip-hop entertainment industry.
Dr. Simon Bronner, distinguished University professor of American Studies and folklore, has traced the development of Jewish society in central Pennsylvania in his new illustrated book Greater Harrisburg's Jewish Community.
Imagine completing a semester’s worth of computer programming in one afternoon. Two Penn State Harrisburg computer programming teams recently did just that in an all-out “battle of the brains.”
Historically, workers have joined unions when they are dissatisfied with their employer. But, do workers join a union even if they are satisfied with their employer? A group of researchers, led by Penn State Harrisburg Assistant Professor of Management Raymond Gibney Jr., say quite possibly yes, in a recent study examining workers’ relationships with their employer and their union.
Camilla Robinson, criminal justice master’s degree student at Penn State Harrisburg, will receive the 2011 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Minorities and Women Section Esther Madriz Student Travel Award for her paper, "Use of Cell Phones in Law Enforcement."
The announcement Monday that an Amtrak station will be built off Ann Street won't be appreciated just by the record number of riders traveling between Harrisburg and Philadelphia or motorists seeing gasoline surge above $3 a gallon.
The three entities that appear to gain the most are Penn State Harrisburg, Harrisburg International Airport and the borough of Middletown.
![Globetrotter Anthony "Buckets" Blakes](/sites/harrisburg/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/globetrotters1.jpg?itok=CDrg6fzT "Globetrotter Anthony "Buckets" Blakes")
