John Urschel, a Penn State graduate and standout on the University’s football team, spoke of his twin passions to educators and college, high school and middle school students recently at Penn State Harrisburg.

Since 1987, researchers in government, academia, business and the non-profit sector have turned to the Center for Survey Research (CSR) at Penn State Harrisburg for high-quality, cost-effective research. Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, the center continues to be a valuable data collection resource at Penn State, as well as throughout Pennsylvania, and nationwide.

Penn State Harrisburg will host the seventh annual South Central PA Robotics Competition on Nov. 11. The event is designed to strengthen relationships between the region’s students and educators in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and includes middle school, high school and college-level students.

A supply chain management platform developed by five Penn State students could one day play a key role in fighting worldwide hunger.

John Urschel, former Penn State football player, will visit Penn State Harrisburg on Nov. 8 to share his journey of where a love of math has taken him and where it can take students. He will explain how math extends far beyond the confines of the classroom and into everyday life.

Wenhong Luo, a visiting scholar in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities, will present “Studying China’s Art Underworlds” on Nov. 7, at noon in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge on campus.

The Penn State Harrisburg police department will host a Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) self-defense for women course from 1 to 7 p.m. on Nov. 11 and 12 in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge on campus.