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College News
Engineers Week Council to honor faculty member
For the fourth time in five years, a Penn State Harrisburg electrical engineering faculty member will be honored for his accomplishments by the Central Pennsylvania Engineers Week Council.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Sedig Agili has just been named the recipient of the Council’s 2010 Technical Achievement Award in recognition of his commitment to students, community outreach, and research accomplishments.
Book revisits U.S. efforts at establishing democracies
The prospects for success in the U.S. effort to introduce democracy to the Middle East remain bleak, a Penn State Harrisburg researcher says.
Director of the college’s School of Public Affairs Steven A. Peterson and co-author Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Southern Illinois University Albert Somit have just updated their 2005 analysis in The Failure of Democratic Nation Building: Ideology Meets Evolution and suggest little has changed.
College hosts 26th Mathcounts competition Feb. 13
Lower Dauphin Middle School will be seeking its second consecutive team title when students from 18 area schools converge on Penn State Harrisburg’s Capital Union Building for the 26th annual MATHCOUNTS competition Saturday, Feb. 13.
A nationwide program for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students designed to promote excellence in mathematics through coaching and competition, the regional MATHCOUNTS event is a 26-year partnership between Penn State Harrisburg and the Harrisburg Chapter of the Society of Professional Engineers.