HARRISBURG UNIVERSITY & BLUMBERG INSTITUTE INTRODUCE BIOTECH WORKFORCE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology and The Baruch S. Blumberg Institute have teamed to offer graduate-level biotechnology certificates to prepare working professionals with workforce and leadership skills within the biotechnology industry.

Beginning Fall 2021 semester, the Biotechnology Certificate Program will be offered in partnership with The Blumberg Institute. The Blumberg Institute is the nation’s leading translational research organization dedicated to finding a cure for hepatitis B and liver cancer.

HU facial recognition software predicts criminality

A group of Harrisburg University of Science and Technology students and professors have developed an automated computer classifier capable of predicting with 80% accuracy and no racial bias whether someone is likely to be a criminal based solely on a picture of their face.
Jonathan W. Korn, a PhD student in Harrisburg University of Science and Technology’s Data Science program and a NYPD veteran; Prof. Nathaniel J.S. Ashby, and Prof. Roozbeh Sadeghian’s research titled “A Deep Neural Network Model to Predict Criminality Using Image Processing” will appear in the forthcoming Springer Nature – Research Book Series: Transactions on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence

HU investigates role-playing therapy

Led by Dr. Adams Greenwood-Ericksen, Associate Professor of Game Studies and User Experience, Dr. Tamara Peyton, Social Computing and HCI Professor, and Anthony Ortega, Production Coordinator for HU’s Center for Advanced Entertainment and Learning Technologies, and corporate faculty for their Interactive Media Program, the project is titled “Investigating the use of tabletop role-playing games as a potential therapeutic intervention for at-risk youth.”