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The Penn State Harrisburg student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) took second place at this year’s Penn State Regional Rube Goldberg Machine contest. The competition was held earlier this year in Presidents Hall at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel at the University Park campus before a crowd of more than 300.

Ife Akinkugbe, a Penn State Harrisburg civil engineering student from Nigeria, Africa, recently placed second at the 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers Mid-Atlantic Region Student Conference in the technical paper competition. This year’s competition included students from 12 different universities, providing an opportunity for young civil engineers to further their professional development and gain national attention.

A new anthology co-edited by Jen Hirt, assistant professor of creative writing and English composition, is featured in Essay Daily, an online journal that focuses on creative nonfiction.

The book, “Creating Nonfiction: Twenty Essays and Interviews with the Writers,” was published in March by SUNY Press and co-edited with Erin Murphy, professor of English at Penn State Altoona.

Twenty-two students from Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Business Administration were recently inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society that recognizes students in the top 10 percent of undergraduate and top 20 percent of graduate programs at schools accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – AACSB International.

Each year, the Commission for Women honors Penn State women who have shown notable leadership and accomplishments in their fields, have supported the University’s diversity efforts, promoted equal opportunity, and/or have contributed to humanitarian and public service activities.

Jingyao Gu, student in the master of science in environmental pollution control program, finished second place in the engineering category at Penn State’s university-wide 2016 Graduate Exhibition.

On Sunday, May 8, Penn State Harrisburg held its 2016 spring commencement at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.  More than 680 degrees were conferred at the ceremony.

A panel of experts gathered at Penn State Harrisburg recently to discuss the water contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, its effects on residents, the health impacts of lead and public policy repercussions.