Nelson Rimensnyder, retired director of research for the U.S. House Committee on the District of Columbia and current director of the New Columbia Archives, and his wife, Lisa Nickerson, have made a commitment of $312,500 to establish the Rimensnyder Graduate Scholarship for Excellence in Public Administration at Penn State Harrisburg. The couple, who reside in Washington, D.C., share a legacy of public sector experience, both as federal employees and as civic activists.
Shaun Gabbidon, distinguished professor of criminal justice in Penn State Harrisburg's School of Public Affairs, was awarded the 2022 Outstanding Book Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences for his book “Shopping While Black: Consumer Racial Profiling in America.”
Interactive gaming, or online gambling, became legal in Pennsylvania in 2017. In the first assessment of how this policy change is impacting Pennsylvanians, a recently released report by Penn State researchers and the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs found that approximately 1 in 10 Pennsylvanians engage in interactive gaming.
Raffy Luquis, associate professor of health education in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, was recently elected to serve a three-year term as president-elect, president, and past-president of the board of trustees of the Society for Public Health Education.
Bing Ran, associate professor of public administration, and Philip Sirinides, director of the college’s Institute of State and Regional Affairs and associate professor of education, recently received grants from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania to study Pennsylvania populations. Both studies will provide insight into the implications of the changing population in Pennsylvania.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering and Technology will present a Lightning Round Seminar Series to promote research and discovery and grow collaborations among faculty. Multiple presentations are planned throughout the spring in the Educational Activities Building (Room 102) on campus and via webinar at psu.zoom.us/j/91782813316.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies to welcome Waitman Wade Beorn, who will present his lecture “Army of Darkness: Crimes of the German Army and Their Afterlives” at noon Tuesday, Jan. 25 via webinar.
