Dom Feola, marketing specialist in Penn State Outreach, submitted the winning picture in the 2025 Penn State Today winter photo contest. The submitted caption reads: "Jane, the resident sandhill crane at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center on Dec. 16, 2024."
University Libraries’ Libby reading app will feature a women’s history month virtual display of e-books and audiobooks available for student and employee borrowing. In addition, a first-floor Paterno Library leisure-reading bookshelf near Starbucks’ order pickup area will have similar books available for all library users’ checkout at first floor library desks. Peruse curated titles about extraordinary women, issues affecting women, and fictional strong women protagonists.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Office of Research and Outreach has provided funding to support 12 undergraduate research projects, involving 21 students, during the 2024-25 academic year, through a new initiative designed to support and grow undergraduate research opportunities on campus.
Emily Getz, a cook for Housing and Food Services at Penn State Harrisburg, earned first place in the Mid-Atlantic region at the National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) 2025 Culinary Challenge, taking home an American Culinary Foundation (ACF) gold medal for the dish she prepared.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Office of Research and Outreach has provided funding to support 12 undergraduate research projects, involving 21 students, during the 2024-25 academic year, through a new initiative designed to support and grow undergraduate research opportunities on campus.
Emily Getz, a cook for Housing and Food Services at Penn State Harrisburg, earned first place in the Mid-Atlantic region at the National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) 2025 Culinary Challenge, taking home an American Culinary Foundation (ACF) gold medal for the dish she prepared.
Penn State Harrisburg will host a two-day residency with Brandon Leake, an award-winning spoken word poet, artistic educator and speaker, Feb. 26 and 27.
Nirmal Ahuja from Penn State Harrisburg participates in a Pecha Kucha-style presentation during the Hershey and Harrisburg faculty connect at the University Conference Center on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. The Penn State Inter-Campus Health and Medicine Research Program (collaboration between Penn State College of Medicine, CTSI and Penn State Harrisburg) hosted a 2-hour event to bring together faculty and staff from Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Harrisburg to spark interdisciplinary collaborations.
A $92.1 million plan aims to completely renew Ritner and Wolf residence halls at University Park campus. Beyond replacement of outdated building systems, the project will provide new amenities for residents such as air conditioning and shared private bathrooms. The halls are designed to encourage social interaction and provide adequate study rooms for residents, as well as accessibility upgrades. Pictured here is an architect's rendering of the renovated Ritner and Wolf halls as viewed from Pollock Road. The renovations also call for more natural light in the buildings and new exterior cladding.
