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Obama Administration gets "Six–Month Checkup" Nov. 4

A local consultant physician and surgeon will join three Penn State Harrisburg faculty experts to give a public “Six-Month Checkup of the Obama Administration” at noon Wednesday, Nov. 4.

The presentation in the Gallery Lounge of the Olmsted Building on campus is free and open to the public. For information, phone 717-948-6315.

Research to investigate victimization in Latino community

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.

Assistant Professor of Social Science Chiara Sabina received the two-year grant from the National Institute of Justice to focus on the national level of dating violence and victimization among Latino adolescents which she a terms “mush more understudied” group than others in that community.

Health care reform will come, expert panel concludes

The consensus of a panel of experts addressing health care reform in America is that change will come, but it will be in increments.

The 90-minute session taped for statewide broadcast by the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) was moderated by Assistant Professor of Health Administration Jill Rumberg. The panel consisted of Dana Kellis, senior vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer at Pinnacle Health Systems, Associate Professor of Health Education Sam Monismith, and Associate Professor of Health Care Administration and Policy Cynthia Mara.

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