The president of the United States can have a profound impact on funding for scientific research. Dr. Susannah Gal, associate dean for research and outreach at Penn State Harrisburg, knows that from her years as program officer for the National Science Foundation, where she walked past a portrait of the president every day.
Jaimee Wriston Colbert, whose work has been called “lyrical, imploring, humorous, and heartbreaking,” will visit Penn State Harrisburg as part the School of Humanities’ writers’ series on Wednesday, November 2 from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Kunkle Auditorium, Olmsted Building.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities’ theatre program will present thier fall play, “Proof,” on November 10, 11 and 12 starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Enrichment Center Theater on campus.
Dr. Eileen M. Ahlin, assistant professor of criminal justice in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs, was named a 2016 W.E.B Du Bois Fellow by the National Institute of Justice.
The Douglas W. Pollock Foundation has made a $750,000 donation to support Penn State Harrisburg athletics and the naming of the Courtney Pollock Memorial Field and Softball Complex.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs will host a pre-election panel from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Olmsted Building's Gallery Lounge on campus. The panelists will discuss topics related to immigration, leadership capacity, minimum wage and racial issues within policing. The discussion will be moderated by Anne Douds, lecturer in criminal justice.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs, will host a pre-election panel on Thursday, October 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Olmsted Building, Gallery Lounge on campus.
The panelists will discuss topics related to immigration, leadership capacity, minimum wage and racial issues within policing. This discussion will be moderated by Dr. Anne Douds, lecturer in criminal justice.
Far from being a war zone as Donald Trump recently described it, Harrisburg has a substantial creative class and the resources to overcome years of deindustrialization, nationally renowned urban studies expert Richard Florida said.
