Penn State Harrisburg Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Barbara A. Sims is one of only five University faculty members to be named a Fellow of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s Academic Leadership Program.
The CIC is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities plus the University of Chicago.
Members of Penn State Harrisburg’s student Finance Club will soon gain real–world experience in investments while raising funds to support deserving students.
The annual College Venture Challenge sponsored by the Capital Area Economic Development Corp. normally involves teams of students competing for cash prizes and startup assistance for their business plans.
Business improvement districts, initiated and governed by property or business owners under the authorization of local or state government, have received mixed reviews.
To some, they are innovative examples of self-government and public-private partnership. To others, they are yet another example of the movement toward the privatization of what should be inherent government responsibilities.
Penn State Harrisburg Assistant Professor of Humanities and Art History/Visual Culture Robin Veder has been awarded a senior fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.
What do a solar-heated pet shelter, a realistic race car simulator, and a go-kart which can negotiate land and water have in common?
They and others were created by Penn State Harrisburg Mechanical Engineering Technology students as part of their course requirements for the senior design project.
The college Office of Physical Plant reports the project to replace all windows on the south face of Olmsted Building will begin Friday, May 16. In order to be ready for fall semester, the contractor is under a very tight schedule.
When Joongyeup Lee earned a bachelor’s degree in economics in his native South Korea, he had no inkling that a career in criminal justice was in his future.
Penn State Harrisburg faculty research involving the creation of biodiesel fuel from a plant native to Central America, a therapeutic assistive bathing device, and outer packaging for an infrared sensor have all earned grants from the midstate’s Innovation Transfer Network.
Sue Copella, director of the Pennsylvania State Data Center on the campus of Penn State Harrisburg, has been elected vice chair of the Federal/State Cooperative Program for Population Projections (FSCPPP).
Elected at the organization’s annual meeting in New Orleans, Copella will serve as chair in 2009.
