Holly McKenna, swim instructor at Penn State Harrisburg, recently took on one of the most daunting physical challenges in the world, a swim across the English Channel, in an effort to raise funds for two charities close to her heart.
The Penn State Harrisburg library was awarded a Gold Star by PA Forward and the Pennsylvania Library Association for the second quarter of 2019 for activities that promote five essential literacies: basic; civic and social; health; information; and financial. This makes the Penn State Harrisburg library one of five academic libraries and 30 libraries total in Pennsylvania that have been awarded a star.
Singer Gina Chavez, a 12-time Austin Music Award winner, including 2019 Austin Female Vocalist of the Year, will perform at Penn State Harrisburg at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4.
World Campus Student Affairs encourages and supports students participating in undergraduate research, and provides funding for student engagement and co-curricular activities.
David Tuck, a Holocaust survivor, will visit Penn State Harrisburg to share his story and experiences at noon on Sept. 26 in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge.
Faculty members from five campuses gathered for a retreat in York, Pennsylvania, in early September to work on writing and teaching projects in a quiet setting that offered few distractions.
Penn State student teams used artificial intelligence to create more efficient ways for students to study, find a job and assess the housing situation. Revu, Resilient Resumes and LionPad received a combined total of $25,000 from the Nittany AI Alliance to continue working on their solutions, which were developed during the 2019 Nittany AI Challenge. The funding was awarded Sept. 10 at the Nittany AI Challenge Celebration Event.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold a Graduate School Open House at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, in the college library. The open house will offer the opportunity to learn about the college’s more than 30 master’s, doctoral and certification programs, including two new master’s programs in civil engineering and mechanical engineering.
Undergraduate students from across the country are returning to Penn State next week for the first international conference on the science of drawdown, the point at which greenhouse gases in the atmosphere begin to decline. The students, participants in this past summer’s Penn State Drawdown Scholars Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, will present results from their summer research projects from Sept. 16-18.
The strategies being employed by Penn State to help combat the opioid epidemic were discussed today (Sept. 12) during an update to the Board of Trustees Committee on Outreach, Development and Community Relations at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.
