Penn State President Eric Barron presented 11 awards to more than 30 graduate students in recognition of outstanding achievement during the annual Graduate Student Awards Luncheon, held April 25 at the Nittany Lion Inn.
Freshman student Emily Dempsey, who is majoring in secondary education (with a concentration in English instruction) and minoring in creative writing, won the 2018 Academy of American Poets Prize with her poem “Saturn Devours His Son.”
Local high school students participated in demonstrations and gained hands-on experience in the kinesiology and biomechanics laboratories at Penn State Harrisburg during National Biomechanics Day.
The kinesiology program in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education recently hosted its first National Biomechanics Day event on campus for local high school students.
Senior engineering students at Penn State Harrisburg are studying Middletown Borough's storm water systems in an effort to reduce local flooding. From left to right: Huzeifa Amiji, Christopher Homer, and Colton Bowen
Shirley Clark, professor of environmental engineering at Penn State Harrisburg (left), discusses data and ideas with students Angela Brackbill and Mitchell Brady.
Nearly five inches of rain fell on Middletown Borough on July 23, 2017, most of it within one hour. The amount of water was simply more than the borough's stormwater system could handle. Flooding occurred in several locations in the borough and the entrance to the Penn State Harrisburg campus from Route 230 was also under water. Senior engineering students at the college think they can help if it happens again.