Penn State Abington welcomes the community to two free events, a concert highlighting Cuban music and a workshop on preventing human trafficking, during the last week of March. The human trafficking prevention workshop on March 25 and La Luz del Son's powerhouse performance on March 26 are open to the public.
Registration for summer courses at Penn State Abington is open to students attending any Penn State campus and for those from other universities and colleges.
Penn State Abington presents an evening with local author Wendy Horwitz, who will discuss her new book "Milkweed and Honey Cake: A Memoir in Ritual Moments" on March 18.
Douglas Brooks, a respected wooden boatbuilder, writer and scholar, will return to Penn State Abington, as well as two Philadelphia nonprofits, to discuss his work and demonstrate traditional Japanese boatbuilding techniques from March 28 to 30. His visit will illustrate how a study of history and an artistic craft can lead to a rewarding and fulfilling life and career, according to the art faculty member organizing the events.
The Data Sciences program at Penn State Abington is designed to help meet the demand for trained data scientists, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts will increase by 36% in the next decade.
Ellen Knodt, professor emerita of English at Penn State Abington, will share her experiences searching for clues to ambiguities in Ernest Hemingway's newly published letters and original manuscripts during an online lecture open to the public on Feb. 19.
Penn State Abington's new YouVisit virtual tour immerses visitors in the campus community through an engaging, self-paced experience that supplements existing in-person visit options and virtual information sessions.
Online gambling continues to increase in Pennsylvania, according to the 2024 Pennsylvania Interactive Gaming Assessment: Online Gambling Report. The assessment was authored by researchers in Penn State’s Criminal Justice Research Center and developed under contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs.
Penn State Abington will host a Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention session presented in partnership with Worthwhile, which provides services to survivors of trafficking in Pennsylvania, and the FBI Human Trafficking Taskforce. The session is free and open to the public.
