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Penn State Harrisburg has been awarded an American Water Charitable Foundation 2024 Water and Environment Grant focused on upgrading the drinking water treatment lab in the School of Science, Engineering, and Technology.

A small turtle crawls on a sidewalk

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Photo submitted by Chrissie Fitzgerald, academic program supervisor of graduate programs in the College of Information Sciences and Technology. Chrissie's submitted caption reads: "This turtle was spotted on the sidewalk behind the Deike and Electrical Engineering buildings at University Park on June 27, 2024. He was tiny!"

A picture looking up to the sky through a group of purple flowers

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Photo submitted by Janhavi Damani, a postdoctoral scholar in the College of Health and Human Development. Janhavi's submitted caption reads: "Giant purple allium bulbs near Burrowes Road at the University Park campus on May 24, 2024."

Four purple flowers, one with both a monarch butterfly and bumble bee on top of it

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Photo submitted by Marie Muñiz, a graduate student studying entomology in the College of Agricultural Sciences. Maria's submitted caption reads: "Did you know that bees are excellent associative learners? Bumble bees, for example, can learn to link other bees visiting flowers with whether those flowers have food or not. What a bee learns through these associations depends on its previous experiences with the environment. Captured in the Pollinator Gardens at the Penn State Arboretum, this photo shows a bee and a butterfly visiting the same flower for food. While it's known that bumble bees can learn from other bees, there are many diverse insects that visit flowers who may also provide valuable information about food! Next time you see bees in a foraging frenzy, know there are methods to their madness!"

A small purple flower grows in the crack of a sidewalk

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Photo submitted by Sabrina Knox, an undergraduate student studying philosophy and English in the College of the Liberal Arts who is pursuing a master's degree in international affairs through the Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate program. Sabrina's submitted caption reads: "This photo was taken near the Nittany Lion Inn while I was on an early summer run."