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May 29, 2019 | Uncategorized

HU to host student comedy show featuring Jay Pharoah

UPDATE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the show has been rescheduled for October 23rd. Harrisburg University Concert Series will host a Welcome...

May 17, 2019 | Uncategorized

Summer internships deliver invaluable hands-on experience

At Harrisburg University, experiential learning is the linchpin of the University’s mission. Our students complete internships with partner companies like...

May 14, 2019 | Uncategorized

Advanced Manufacturing preps students for the digital factory

Manufacturing has advanced well beyond the stage of blast furnaces, belching smokestacks and unskilled labor. Changes in technology, materials, and...

May 13, 2019 | Uncategorized

HU Storm wins collegiate Overwatch National Championship

The HU Storm’s Overwatch team is returning home as National Champions after dominating the inaugural ESPN Collegiate Esports Championship in...

May 8, 2019 | Internships

Northrop Grumman propels HU student’s biotech education

At Harrisburg University, experiential learning lies at the heart of the University’s mission. Harrisburg University students complete internships with partner...

May 6, 2019 | Uncategorized

Jay Jayamohan heads new Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

The key ingredient to Harrisburg University’s success is its start-up mentality. Like a start-up company, the University is flexible and...

May 1, 2019 | Research

HU grad student publishes Biotech research

Harrisburg University graduate student, Kariah Crosby, a Biotechnoloy major, had her internship research article published this past week in a...

April 30, 2019 | Research

HU Professor to present at digital gaming conference in Japan

Harrisburg University Interactive Media Professor, Dr. Kelly Boudreau, has been selected to present two papers at the Digital International Games...

April 24, 2019 | Uncategorized

HU Provost named Woman of Influence

Central Penn Business Journal has selected Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Provost and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Bili Mattes to receive...

April 19, 2019 | Uncategorized

Temple Grandin presents ‘Autism and the Scientific World’ to sold out Forum

Harrisburg University and Computer Aid Inc. presented Dr. Temple Grandin at The Forum Auditorium in downtown Harrisburg the evening of...

April 18, 2019 | Scholarships and Grants

Professors, students to launch HU Student Life App

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a mobile app that gave HU students and staff a direct line to...

April 17, 2019 | Research

Student innovation on display at research symposium

The 2nd Annual Harrisburg Research Poster Symposium Exhibit highlighting research, innovation and creativity of our students is on display today!...

April 16, 2019 | Uncategorized

HU Student Union center to open for fall semester

Harrisburg University’s new, $2 million Student Union center, located on the arcade level of the Whitaker Center for Science and...

April 15, 2019 | Uncategorized

HU professors, students to advance VR experiences

A number of factors have made it easier to create a truly immersive virtual reality field experience in recent years....

April 8, 2019 | Uncategorized

Harrisburg University selects HHM as hotel partner

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology today announced that it has selected HHM as its hospitality partner for an upscale,...

April 4, 2019 | Scholarships and Grants

Breakthroughs: Transforming cell growth and drug testing

Drug development is a long and expensive undertaking that involves an intensive screening of a target drug, followed by clinical...

April 3, 2019 | Centers and Institutes

HU Center for E3 presents ‘The New Economics of Solar Power’

The Center for Environment, Energy, and Economy (E3) at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology has added another special event to its Distinguished Lecture...

April 2, 2019 | Uncategorized

HU Storm takes first place in state collegiate tournament

First Annual Collegiate State Championship Crowns Harrisburg University and Drexel University PA Cup Tournament Champions For the first time in...

March 26, 2019 | Uncategorized

HU hosts landmark legal conference on deep decarbonization

The Environmental Law and Sustainability Center at Widener University Commonwealth Law School and the Center for Environment, Energy, and Economy (E3) at Harrisburg University of Science...

March 22, 2019 | Research

HU professor wins ‘Best Paper’ award at tech conference

Dr. Iheb Abdellatif, Information Technology and Management professor at Harrisburg University, won a Best Paper award at the 2nd International Conference on...

March 22, 2019 | Uncategorized

Better mobile apps can make pregnancy less stressful for women, partners, family

Harrisburg University Social Computing and HCI Professor Dr. Tamara Peyton recently presented a paper titled “Improving a Design Space: Pregnancy...

March 19, 2019 | Centers and Institutes

HU E3 Director to Deliver Keynote Address for Future Conference

John Quigley, Director of HU’s Center for Environment, Energy, & Economy (E3), will serve as Keynote Speaker at the Pennsylvania Environmental...

March 19, 2019 | Center for Environment, Energy And Economy (E3)

HU Center for E3 Director to deliver keynote address at Blueprint for Future Conference