Public administration doctoral student Huiting Qi has been selected as a 2022 Founders' Fellow by the American Society for Public Administration, a leading public administration academic association.
Twenty-eight experts from various fields participated as panelists and presenters at the 2022 Critical Infrastructure Protection Workshop, jointly hosted by the Penn State Center for Security Research and Education; Center for Energy Law and Policy; and the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Science.
Patricia Aguilera, assistant teaching professor in the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education at Penn State Harrisburg, never intended to leave her home country of Mexico to live, learn and work in the United States. “It was more of a coincidence,” she recalled. A decade later, she's helping fellow international students find their place at Penn State, just as she did.
Nikhil Menon, assistant professor of civil engineering at Penn State Harrisburg, has been appointed to two Transportation Research Board standing committees: the Standing Committee on Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Travel Choices, and the Standing Committee on Women and Gender in Transportation.
Penn State Harrisburg recently recognized outstanding employee contributions at the 2022 Faculty and Staff Recognition Program. Nominated by the college community and selected by various award committees, several faculty and staff members received awards.
The School of Business Administration and School of Science, Engineering, and Technology at Penn State Harrisburg inducted 19 new student members and five alumni into Upsilon Pi Epsilon this spring.
Faculty, staff and administrators at all regional universities and colleges are invited to form teams and register for the third annual Summer Institute for Equity in the Academic Experience, set for a hybrid format June 13-15. Penn State Harrisburg will serve as a regional gathering location for the Summer Institute.
Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences has awarded eight seed grants to bolster computational and data science research projects throughout the University. The support will benefit researchers from five Penn State campuses studying topics ranging from weather prediction to forecasting mortgage loan closures to exploring engineering approaches for battery materials.
Penn State Harrisburg has selected six graduates to serve as student marshals at the spring 2022 commencement ceremony on May 7. The graduates will bear the banners representing each academic school and, together with the faculty marshals, lead the graduating students during the ceremony processional.
Senel Poyrazli, professor of psychology and chair of the Division of Social Sciences and Psychology in the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education at Penn State Harrisburg, has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholar award for the 2022-23 academic year.
