Events will be held at the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology campus (222 Chestnut St) and the nearby Whitaker Center and Hilton Hotel
(These locations are most up-to-date)
Friday April 11th, Evening Program
| 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | PAS Board Meeting and Dinner | 211 C |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Meeting Check-in | Whitaker Science Center
& HU 1st Floor Lobby |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Keynote Speaker – How to count to 60 million: Modeling the control and elimination of measles and rubella
Dr. Matthew Ferrari, Professor of Biology, Penn State University |
203 & 211 C |
| 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Reception and Check-in at Whitaker Center | Whitaker Science Center |
Saturday April 12th, Morning Sessions (222 Chestnut St)
| 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM | Meeting Check-in | 1st Floor Lobby |
| 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast Bar & Coffee | 2nd Floor |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Opening Address | 203 & 211 C |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Coffee Break with Cookies |
3rd Floor Break Area |
| 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Oral Presentations I: Metabolism | 624 |
| 9:15 AM – 10:30 AM | Oral Presentations II: Animal Ecology | 613 |
| 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM | Oral Presentations III: Mathematics and Physics | 614 |
| 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Oral Presentations IV: Microbiology | 203 |
| 9:45 AM – 11:45 AM | Poster Session I (Poster setup 9:15-9:45 AM): Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, and Genetics | 3rd Floor |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Round Table with PJAS | 210 B |
Saturday April 12th, Lunch Sessions (222 Chestnut St)
| 12:00 – 1:30 PM | PAS Business Meeting / Lunch (Open to all members) | 621 |
| 12:15 – 12:45 PM | Student Lunch Panel: Resume Workshop – Group A | 203 |
| 12:15 – 12:45 PM | Student Lunch Panel: Previous PAS Presenters Panel – Group B | 211 C |
| 1:00 – 1:30 PM | Student Lunch Panel: Resume Workshop – Group B | 203 |
| 1:00 – 1:30 PM | Student Lunch Panel: Previous PAS Presenters Panel – Group A | 211 C |
Saturday April 12th, Afternoon Sessions (222 Chestnut St)
| 2:00 – 3:45 PM | Oral Presentations V: Health and Disease | 203 |
| 2:00 – 3:30 PM | Oral Presentations VI: Ecological Restoration | 211 C |
| 3:15 – 4:30 PM | Oral Presentations VII: Novel Medications | 614 |
| 2:45 – 4:30 PM | Oral Presentations VIII: Chemistry and Forensics | 624 |
| 2:30 – 4:30 PM | Poster Session II (Poster setup 1:45-2:30 PM): Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry | 3rd Floor |
| 4:45 – 5:30 PM | PAS History: From Shadow to Light: A Century of Keystone Science, Framed by Eclipses
Robert Coxe, Silphium Design LLC |
211C |
Saturday April 12th, Evening Program (Hilton Harrisburg)
| 6:00 – 8:00 PM | Dinner (Buffet Banquet) | Hilton |
| 6:00 – 8:00 PM | Keynote Speaker: Unearthing Earth’s past, envisioning its future: Rewilding landscapes to improve waterways and aquatic ecosystems
Dr. Dorothy Merritts, Professor of Geology, Franklin & Marshall College |
Hilton |
Sunday April 13th, Sessions (222 Chestnut St)
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Meeting Check-in | 1st Floor Lobby |
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast Bar & Coffee | 2nd Floor |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | 203 & 211 C | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | Coffee Break with Cookies | 3rd Floor Break Area |
| 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Oral Presentations IX: Human Drug Interactions | 203 |
| 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Oral Presentations X: Entomology | 211 C |
| 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Oral Presentations XI: Marine Science | 624 |
| 9:45 AM – 11:45 AM | Poster Session III (Poster setup 9:15-9:45 am): Ecology and Cell Biology | 3rd Floor |
| 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch and Trivia Bowl | 203 |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Awards Ceremony | 203 |