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Mechanical Engineering joins list of undergraduate majors

The region’s most extensive list of academic choices for students pursuing careers in engineering and engineering technology continues to grow.

This fall, Penn State Harrisburg is adding Mechanical Engineering to its list of programs, bringing to four the number of undergraduate engineering degrees it offers.

Ursula Rucker

Heard on campus – Ursula Rucker

Acclaimed as one of the premiere spoken word recording artists in the music industry today, Ursula Rucker brought her feminine views of urban reality to Penn State Harrisburg February 17.

Model UN

Model U.N. returns to campus for 37th year

One of Penn State Harrisburg’s longest-running and successful outreach partnerships with the community – the Model United Nations – comes to campus for the 37th consecutive year February 19 through 21.

Police chief to discuss Spring Break safety

For college students, Spring Break should be a time of relaxation, catching up on studies, or spending time with families and friends.

But South Miami Police Chief Robert F. Richardson knows firsthand the dangers lurking for students during that week away from classes.

Comedian uses laughter to address eating disorders

Eating disorders are usually not a laughing matter.

But veteran comedian Michelle Garb, drawing from her 15-year battle with anorexia, uses wit and humor to educate audiences across the nation to the dangers and warning signs of disorders.

Heard on campus – a tale of two nuclear cities

A “Tale of Two Cities” came to Penn State Harrisburg, but it was of a nuclear variety, not Charles Dickens.

The two cities – Middletown and Waynesboro, Ga. -- were profiled by Associate Professor of Community Psychology Holly Angelique Wednesday, Feb. 11 in the latest installment of the faculty seminar series hosted by the Office of Research and Graduate Studies.

2002 grad earns Carnegie Science Educator Award

Penn State Harrisburg graduate Jeanne Campbell Suehr has earned honorable mention honors in the 2009 Carnegie Science Awards’ High School Educator Award, which recognizes innovation in inspiring students to understand, appreciate and apply science, and the extent that these innovations are disseminated.