University Park campus faculty and students are collaborating with several other Pennsylvania institutions and the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium on the PA Power Dialog—one of 30 Power Dialogs being held in state capitals across the nation. Pennsylvania’s Power Dialog will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 4 at the State Museum in Harrisburg.
Penn State President Eric Barron addressed appropriations committees for both chambers of the Pennsylvania General Assembly on March 24. Barron pledged, through a series of new initiatives and a robust partnership with the Commonwealth, to do everything within his power to promote access to and affordability of a top-flight Penn State education for all Pennsylvanians, and to strengthen the University’s position as a major driver of job creation and economic development.
A computer at Penn State Harrisburg that contained 808 Social Security numbers (SSNs) was found to be infected with malware that enabled it to communicate with an unauthorized computer outside the network. The SSNs were found in archived documents related to conference registrations from 1999 to 2001. "Malware" is short for malicious software and refers to any software designed to cause damage to a single computer, server, or computer network, whether it's a virus, spyware, worm or other destructive program.
As soon as the University became aware of the malicious software on this computer, it immediately was taken off line. Although it cannot be determined with certainty that any data was pulled from the computer by the infectious software, the University's policy is to take a cautionary stance and notify individuals who may have been affected. This response is in line with the Pennsylvania Breach of Personal Information Notification Act, which went into effect in 2006 and mandates that the University notify anyone whose personally identifiable information is potentially disclosed when a computer is lost or compromised.
A faculty panel will explore pressing government issues including the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 6 in the Gallery Lounge (W-107 Olmsted Building) at Penn State Harrisburg.
Registration for Penn State Harrisburg summer sessions opens today, Feb. 5, for all Penn State students. Registration for non-Penn State students opens Feb. 6.
Students seeking to take courses over the summer can choose from a full range of undergraduate and graduate courses. Flexible options include on-campus and online courses, some courses at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center, programs for educators, a study tour, and consecutive scheduling for certain required classes. The first summer session runs May 13 to June 21; the second session runs June 26 to Aug. 7.
Mary Napoli, associate professor of literacy education at Penn State Harrisburg, has been selected to serve a second term on the committee that chooses the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Her second three-year term runs through 2015.
Two graphic design projects directed by Craig Welsh, assistant professor of communications and humanities at Penn State Harrisburg, have been named winners in the Type Directors Club's (TDC) annual type-design competition.
Penn State Harrisburg is leading the way for sustainable student housing statewide with its new residence hall named Building 10,000. On Feb. 6, a dedication ceremony will be held for Penn State Harrisburg's Building 10,000's LEED silver level certification, an industry benchmark for energy efficiency and high performance green design.
On the evening of Jan. 7, Penn State alumni came together from around Pune city and surrounding areas and as far away as Mumbai for dinner at the Marriot Hotel in Pune, India. The event was hosted by Michael Adewumi, vice provost for global programs; Mukund Kulkarni, chancellor of Penn State Harrisburg; Gary Lawler, chancellor of Penn State Hazleton; and Nimisha Thakur, an education abroad adviser in the University's office of global programs.
"The purpose for the trip to India was to strengthen Penn State's global presence in India and make the University of Pune, and its affiliate colleges, one of our strategic partners," Adewumi said. A kick-off event for the trip, the dinner brought together alumni from varied disciplines including industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, environmental systems and business.
Sai Kakuturu, assistant professor of civil engineering, will discuss how internal soil erosion, or erosion within infrastructure, causes costly failures, from levee breaks to highway damage, at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 30, in the Auditorium, C-213 Olmsted Building, at Penn State Harrisburg.
In 2009, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave a "D" grade to America's aging infrastructure. Kakuturu will explore erosion within structures such as levees and dams; erosion below infrastructure, including buildings, highways, and bridges; and research challenges on the topic.
The newest exhibit in the Penn State Harrisburg Library, "American Women and Modern Culture, 1890-1920," on display until Feb. 8, has been re-purposed with a new twist - mobility. Based upon the work of students in Dr. Erin Battat's Women and the American Experience course, the exhibit can now hit the road, with plans underway to have it on display at other Penn State campuses this spring.
Beginning Friday, Jan. 25, parts of College Avenue and O Street have closed for the installation of heating lines in preparation of the Educational Activities Building (EAB) expansion. The project is anticipated to take three weeks.
While driving to work, the Chinese verse "It is on festival occasions that one misses home the most" came to Anna Wei Marshall's mind. As a Chinese native residing in Harrisburg, the quotation by Wang Wei, a Tang Dynasty poet, holds a special meaning to the Penn State Harrisburg Chinese language instructor - a meaning now reflected in her students' most current project - setting up a Chinese New Year celebration on campus. Open to the public, the event will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 1, in the Capital Union Building Student Center (Room 210) at Penn State Harrisburg.
Research exploring the connection between government-allocated funding and economic growth begins this semester's Faculty Seminar Series at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 23, in the Olmsted Building's Gallery Lounge at Penn State Harrisburg. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Penn State's Board of Trustees today (Jan. 18) approved the final plans to renovate and construct an addition to the Educational Activities Building at Penn State Harrisburg. Trustees also authorized the awarding of contracts for construction of the $19.5 million project.
Designed by the firm of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., the project will include construction of a 51,500-square-foot addition to be connected to the existing two-story building, which also will be renovated. The project will provide space for civil, mechanical and electrical engineering labs; support offices; general purpose classrooms; and a multi-purpose room. Reynolds Construction Management Inc. of Harrisburg will manage the project.
