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Government Grants

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Federal Pell Grant The Federal Pell Grant is a need-based grant from the federal government.  Amount awarded between $692 and...

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HU Spotlight: Meet Professor Albert Sarvis

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Harrisburg University is one of only a handful of universities across the U.S. to offer an undergraduate degree program in Geospatial...

2021 PA Community Alliance Summit

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8/16/2021 - 8/17/2021 (9:00 am - 5:00 pm) 2021 PA Community Alliance Summit The PA Community Alliance Summit will discuss and explore the theme: Recover, Rebuild, and Reform. What does...

Information Systems Engineering and Management Ph.D.

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Doctorate education focuses on enabling the student to make original contributions to their respective fields of study. There are two phases of the doctoral program at HU, an initial learning phase that can include coursework, seminars, research, and fieldwork that contributes to the student’s knowledge in the program of study; and a second research phase that focuses on student’s original research culminating in his/her final dissertation defense. Upon a student’s defense of his/her dissertation as well as completion of all other milestones and graduate requirements, the student will be awarded the doctoral degree in his/her program of study.

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HU research team traces lost Harrisburg community and beyond

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Dramatic changes occurred in Harrisburg during what is called the City Beautiful Movement, including the expansion of the city’s capitol...

Data Sciences Ph.D.

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Doctorate education focuses on enabling the student to make original contributions to their respective fields of study. There are two phases of the doctoral program at HU: (1) a learning phase that includes coursework, seminars, research, and fieldwork that contributes to the student’s knowledge in the program of study; and, (2) a research phase that focuses on student’s original research culminating in his/her final examination. Upon a student’s successful completion of all required course work, defense of the dissertation, and completion of all milestones, the student is awarded the doctoral degree in the program of study.

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New research on how millennials’ photos affect their lives

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At restaurants, work, home, school, and in nearly any other environment, people hover over cell phones these days. There’s no...

Transferring Credits

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If you’re looking for a college education that will set you up for success in today’s most in-demand science and technology fields, you belong at Harrisburg University. We make it easy to transfer credits from a two-year or four-year institution. You can transfer a maximum of 87 credits into an undergraduate degree. Transfer students can even qualify to receive a variety of HU scholarships.

Security Center of Excellence (SCE)

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Harrisburg University Cybersecurity Advisory Board Student Projects SCE Sponsors

Research

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Together, they develop mind-blowing technologies, popular commercial products and valuable intellectual properties.

Biotechnology

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The life science industry in Pennsylvania today has more than 2,300 businesses employing close to 80,000 people with a 459,720 total employment impact (5.8 national multiplier).  All this growth has led to a significant economic impact close to $1 billion and created significant workforce opportunities in biotechnology for those employees with a master’s degree. BIO, a national biotechnology industry advocacy group, reports that Pennsylvania’s concentration of bioscience employment is 9 percent greater than the national average and the state is considered to have a specialized employment base in two of the five major subsectors—drugs and pharmaceuticals and research, testing, and medical labs.

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Digital ‘CaVRNs’ project to take viewers to Pa.’s deepest, darkest reaches

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A pilot study underway at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology will allow cave lovers to travel into the furthest...

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HU Spotlight: Meet Dr. Nirmal Ahuja

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Population health helps healthcare providers predict risks of illness in different groups of patients. It is defined as the health outcomes...

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Lean, Smart Cities project helps Ph.D. student sharpen research, critical thinking skills

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Harrisburg University of Science and Technology’s culture of inquiry has transformed the University into one of Pennsylvania’s premiere Science and...

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Is there an app for that? HU professors, students to study how millennials’ smart phone photos affect their lives

www.harrisburgu.edu/news/is-there-an-app-for-that-hu-professors-students-to-study-how-millennials-smart-phone-photos-affect-their-lives/

At restaurants, work, home, school, and in nearly any other environment, people hover over cell phones these days. There’s no...

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Gov. Wolf awards NuPaths Registered Apprenticeships and Pre-Apprenticeships grant to prepare citizens for in-demand jobs

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NuPaths, a TechEd company, co-founded by Harrisburg University to prepare students for well-paying and in-demand entry level roles in technology...

The Center for Environment, Energy and Economy (E3)

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Data science, artificial intelligence, information systems, and high-performance computing have significant potential to support a reliable, lowest-cost energy transition, sustainable...

The Research Institute

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The Research Institute has four areas of concentration, but faculty members and students participate in any or all of them...

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Meet Assistant Biology professor Rachel Fogle

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The lifeblood of Harrisburg University is our professors. They are the ones who deliver our mission. They are the reason...

Peng Fu

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Peng Fu is an Assistant Professor of Geospatial Data Science and a lead research scientist with the Center for Environment,...

Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC)

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CONTACT THE IACUC All questions and comments should be submitted to IACUC@harrisburgu.edu. If you have a concern or complaint about...

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HU Research Team Aims to Understand Influence of Mobile Learning

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Research suggests that socioeconomic status, age, gender, race, ethnicity, and other characteristics influences how we learn and solve problems. Mobile...

SIS Research Group

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Recent Event SIS Scope of Research The scope of research covered by the SIS Research group are listed below: Artificial...

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HU Research Team to Harness AI, Satellite Imagery to Create Lean, Smart Cities

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 90 percent of the world’s population breathes polluted air. WHO estimates that about 7 million...

Tuition & Financial Aid

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Federal Work-Study Harrisburg University participates in the Federal Work-Study program, which offers eligible students part-time employment to help pay for...