Books ranging from criminal justice issues, to sacred music, to terrorism were among those honored March 25 when Penn State Harrisburg honored 16 faculty members and a doctoral student at its annual Publishing Celebration.
Hosted by the college’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies, the annual event honors faculty, staff, and students whose works have been published in the past year.
The Rev. Walter Everett and Harold Wilson brought the “Voices of Hope, Agents of Change” statewide tour to Penn State Harrisburg March 24 and asked those in attendance to think about the death penalty.
Should a national moratorium on the death penalty be enacted? Is the death penalty worth killing one innocent person? These were among the questions the pair asked persons attending while they each profiled their personal stories.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Business Administration visiting scholar from Tunisia, Hibetallah Oussai, is quite pleased to be studying and researching at a “famous university.”
Lee Mun Wah will host a public showing of his internationally acclaimed film, The Color of Fear 1, Tuesday, April 15 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Penn State Harrisburg.
The film showing and discussion with Wah is free and open to the public in the Community Center in the student housing complex on campus. The presentation is hosted by the college Office of Multicultural Recruitment and Intercultural Affairs with support from the Student Activity Fee Fund.
Wall Street analysts still forecast earnings per share (EPS) growth two times the level of historic GDP growth even after a landmark billion-dollar settlement aimed at rooting out analyst bias, according to new research co-authored by faculty members at Penn State Harrisburg and Penn State’s Smeal College of Business.
Several stipends of $2,500 each are available to undergraduate students who enroll in the summer Harrisburg Semester program offered through Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs.
Deadline for application to the program and for the financial assistance is April 15.
An article co-authored by Penn State Harrisburg Associate Professor of Mathematics Eugene Boman has been honored as the best for 2007 by the Mathematics Association of America.
Penn State Harrisburg Associate Professor of Computer Science Linda Null is one of only three faculty members University-wide to be named a 2008 Penn State Teaching Fellow and to receive the Alumni/Student Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Harold Wilson is not a household name, but it should be. He spent 17 years in prison, most of that time on death row before being exonerated.
The Rev. Walter Everett lost his 24-year-old son to murder in 1984. He does not seek justice or comfort through the death penalty for the perpetrator, but has forgiven him.
