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06/18/2026

John Haddad, professor of American Studies at Penn State, visited with the Hershey Rotary Club to discuss Hersheypark history - the subject of his recent book!

06/17/2026

Happy National Mascot Day! 🩵

06/16/2026

We love a campus love story 🩵 Jackston Sturges, class of 2025, and Hannah Arnold, class of 2024, met on the Penn State Harrisburg campus in the fall of 2021, when Hannah was a member of the women’s soccer team and Jackson was a game day worker. The couple, who both still work with Penn State Harrisburg Athletics, recently became engaged - right where their story began. Congrats!

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06/15/2026

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In 1901, Penn State American Literature professor, Fred Lewis Patte...

06/12/2026

American Studies alum Peter Seibert, president and CEO of Independence Seaport Museum, recently spoke with PHILADELPHIA Today about his work as a museum director, his time at Penn State Harrisburg, and much more!

Read more in the link!

https://philadelphia.today/2026/05/philadelphia-leadership-peter-seibert/

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Peter Seibert discusses his life as a museum and American history geek and the importance of evolving as a nonprofit leader.

06/11/2026

Summer in focus 📸

06/10/2026

The women's flag football team talked to WGAL about winning the inaugural United East championship title and participating in one of the fastest growing sports in the country!

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Penn State Harrisburg’s women’s flag football team won a conference title in its first season as a varsity program, with recruits already lining up to join the squad next year.

06/04/2026

Going global: Students from Penn State Harrisburg were among a group that headed to Greece in May for a 10-day summer program!

Students from the Harrisburg, Altoona, Abington, Schuykill and University Park campuses traveled to Greece for a program led by Nicole Stokes, professor of sociology at Penn State Abington and affiliate faculty at Harrisburg.

The students took the course State, Society and Public Policy, offered by the School of Public Affairs at Penn State Harrisburg, and visited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and agencies that work with migrant and refugee populations in Europe, as well as well as museums and historical sites in Athens, Delphi and Lesvos.

The trip was organized by Harrisburg’s Office of Global Engagement and was a partnership with College Year in Athens.

06/04/2026

Jessica Sheets earned her doctorate in American studies from Penn State Harrisburg in 2020. She preserves insights of military leaders through her work as an oral historian at the U.S. Marine Corps History Division at Quantico, Virginia. Read about her work and her path to Penn State Harrisburg in the link!

https://harrisburg.psu.edu/story/57811/2026/06/01/harrisburg-alum-helps-preserve-marine-corps-history

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Penn State Harrisburg alum Jessica Sheets preserves insights of military leaders through her work as an oral historian at the U.S. Marine Corps History Division at Quantico, Virginia.

06/02/2026

Penn State Harrisburg will offer a new bachelor of science degree in artificial intelligence methods and applications (AIMA) beginning in fall 2026.

The program is designed to equip students with the essential technical expertise, hands-on experience, and ethical grounding to lead in an AI-driven world.

“The addition of artificial intelligence to our robust portfolio of computing and information sciences degree programs reinforces the college's commitment to staying at the forefront of technological innovation and emerging technologies,” said Roderick Lee, associate professor of information systems in the Penn State Harrisburg Penn State Harrisburg School of Business Administration and associate professor of human-centered computing and social informatics in Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology.

Penn State Harrisburg will offer a new bachelor of science degree in artificial intelligence methods and applications beginning in fall 2026. The program is designed to equip students with the…