Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Nov. 19 is this year's Great American Smokeout. Since the Surgeon General identified the dangers of smoking, Americans have gradually quit, yet about 1 in 5 Americans still smoke. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that about 4,000 young adolescents start smoking every day and 6 percent of middle school students are smokers. If ever there were a time to think about quitting smoking, it's now. (more)
Monday, November 16, 2009
Penn State Harrisburg's Learning Center peer tutor training program has earned a five-year recertification from the College Reading and Learning Association. With this certification, Penn State Harrisburg remains one of only seven certified colleges in the capital region.
The certification provides recognition and positive reinforcement for the tutors' successful work and sets a standard of skills and training for tutors.
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Penn State Harrisburg faculty member and Benjamin Franklin scholar George Boudreau terms his recent discovery of a long-lost poem written in 1732 as "one of the greatest finds of my career."
An associate professor of humanities and history, Boudreau's research interests focus on Franklin and his philosophical organization called the Junto and the role it played in the cultural transformation of Philadelphia in the 1700s. Boudreau recently spoke about his research findings during a Gallery Lounge presentation hosted by the offices of Academic Affairs and Research and Graduate Studies. (more)
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Penn State Harrisburg women's soccer team captured the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Tournament title in dramatic fashion, taking a 1-0 overtime victory over Keuka College. The championship game, played at Penn State Harrisburg, gave the Lady Lions their first NEAC tournament title in college history. (more)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The Rock Ethics Institute in Penn State's College of the Liberal Arts is seeking nominations for University students who have exhibited ethical leadership. Any faculty, staff, student or community member may nominate a student for the 2010 Stand Up Award. (more)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
About 23.6 million Americans have diabetes and another 54 million are at risk to develop the disease. As these numbers continue to increase, Diabetes Awareness Month, observed throughout November, is more important than ever. Diabetes, a disease in which the body can't regulate the amount of sugar in the blood, currently affects about 8 percent of the population, a number that is increasing rapidly, according to this week's edition of The Medical Minute, a service of the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. (more)
Monday, November 09, 2009
"Little Shop of Horrors," with its man-eating plant Audrey II and toe-tapping music, comes to Penn State Harrisburg's Olmsted Auditorium for a four-day run from Nov. 12 to 15. (more)
Monday, November 09, 2009
On Nov. 9, USA Today -- the nation's top-selling newspaper -- in cooperation with Penn State launched a new e-Edition for Penn State students as part of the University's continuing mission to promote newspaper reading as a way of integrating real world with classroom study. Since 1997, Penn State has had a readership program in place -- the first of its kind in the nation and a model for more than 500 collegiate readership programs nationwide. (more)
Monday, November 09, 2009
A free, public symposium geared to a wide range of professionals will profile energy-related research and innovation at regional colleges on Friday, Nov. 13, at Penn State Harrisburg. (more)
Monday, November 09, 2009
A Penn State Harrisburg faculty member has been awarded a $680,000 federal grant to help eliminate a research gap profiling victimization in the Latino community. (more)