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Penn State Harrisburg's Motevalli selected for 2025 Becoming a Provost Academy

Vahid Motevalli, interim vice chancellor for academic affairs at Penn State Harrisburg, is among 30 higher education leaders selected to participate in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' 2025 Becoming a Provost Academy. Offered in partnership with the American Academic Leadership Institute, the academy will kick off its programming during the AASCU 2025 Summer Meeting for Academic and Student Affairs Leaders.
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Md Faisal Kabir

Md Faisal Kabir, assistant professor of computer science at Penn State Harrisburg, attended the AIM-AHEAD meeting in Dallas, Texas, where he delivered a presentation and attended sessions related to the AIM-AHEAD Program for Artificial Intelligence Reading (PAIR) program.

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Grant to help establish AI, health research lab at Harrisburg

Penn State Harrisburg faculty Md Faisal Kabir, assistant professor of computer science, and Sara Imanpour, assistant professor of health administration, were awarded $100,000 through the AIM-AHEAD Program for Artificial Intelligence Readiness (PAIR) program, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). They will use the funding to establish a research lab focused on using artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve health care access and outcomes.
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Harrisburg STEM-SEP 2025

High school students completed a miniature rose micropropagation activity during the STEM-Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. Students participated in hands-on activities in eight STEM disciplines during the program.

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Harrisburg STEM-SEP 2025

Sayed Mohsin Reza, assistant professor of computer science at Penn State Harrisburg, guides high school students through a computer science activity during the STEM-Summer Enrichment Program.

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Harrisburg STEM-SEP 2025

Two dozen high school students took part in hands-on STEM activities, including computer science activities that introduced them to programming.