This year’s Penn State Harrisburg Reads book is “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson. In keeping with the book’s themes of justice and mercy, the program will host a panel discussion on Thursday, November 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Olmsted Gallery Lounge (W107) that will explore the long-term effects of parental incarceration on children.
William Doan, Penn State Laureate for the 2019-20 academic year, will present his work titled “The Anxiety Project,” at Penn State Harrisburg on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 11:30 a.m. in the Olmsted Building auditorium (C213).
Christopher Gergen, CEO of Forward Cities, right, answers a question during a Grow PA event hosted at Penn State Harrisburg on Oct. 25. The event brought together leaders from business, industry and government from around the state to discuss innovation and the Pennsylvania economy.
Leaders from business, industry and government from around the state gathered at Penn State Harrisburg on Oct. 25 to discuss innovation and the Pennsylvania economy. The event, “The State of Innovation: Generating Ideas to Grow,” brought stakeholders to the campus to talk about developing a state-wide innovation strategy and increasing investment in innovation in an effort to revitalize Pennsylvania’s innovation economy.
The Nittany Lion Shrine basks in the early morning sunlight on a crisp, autumn day. The shrine, cut from a 13-ton block of limestone by Heinz Warneke and Joseph Garatti, was dedicated in October of 1942 and celebrated it's 77th birthday Oct. 24.
Carolyn Griess, assistant teaching professor in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, wants more people to know what to do in youth mental health crises. She is teaching a one credit course titled "Youth Mental Health First Aid."
Youth Mental Health First Aid class teaches how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis.
Officials from Penn State, chambers of commerce and trade associations, along with business and civic leaders from across the state, will meet at Penn State Harrisburg from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25, to discuss the economic challenges facing Pennsylvania, and to help generate ideas to drive innovation and prosperity across the commonwealth.
Beverley Driver Eddy, professor emerita of German at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, will visit Penn State Harrisburg at noon on Oct. 29 in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge (room W107) to present a lecture on American soldiers trained at Gettysburg during World War II.
