The British-born composer and bassist Tony Grey will join the Penn State Behrend Jazz Ensemble for a pop-up concert in Bruno’s Cafe on Nov. 19. The 3 p.m. performance will be livestreamed on Facebook.
The Piscataway Nation Singers and Dancers will perform traditional Native American music and powwow dances at 4 p.m. on Nov. 18 in the Ben Lane Plaza at Penn State Behrend. Socially distanced seating will be available at the Breakwall, behind the Reed Union Building.
Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from tests administered during the period of Nov. 13 to 15, as well as new University testing results from the prior week. As of Nov. 16 at University Park, there are 273 active student cases, down from 319 at the last update on Nov. 13, and 4,200 students have completed their isolation period and are no longer active cases.
Penn State Behrend student Emily Ferrans has a running buddy named Marge — a Eurohound bred for trail sprints. They raced for Team USA at the IFSS Dryland Sled Dog World Championships in Sweden.
Penn State released its preliminary coronavirus testing results for the period of Nov. 6 to 12 on its COVID-19 dashboard today (Nov. 13). The University Park campus received 163 positive on-demand test results and eight positive random test results from student testing during the period of Nov. 6 to 12. As of Nov. 12 at University Park, there are 319 active student cases, up from 275 at the last update on Nov. 10, and 4,009 students have completed their isolation period and are no longer active cases.
In order to bring new and existing groups together in a pandemic world and fulfill the need of professionals to connect with one another, the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence recently awarded 19 grants through a new program called The Garden Project: Cultivating Communities of Practice.
Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from tests administered during the period of Nov. 6 to 8, as well as new University testing results from the prior week.
In preparation for the departure from campuses after in-person instruction ends on Nov. 20, Penn State has announced an aggressive fall departure plan offering all students COVID-19 testing, at no cost to students. Penn State is partnering with Vault Health for departure testing, which will be conducted either in person at predetermined testing sites on certain campuses or via self-administered test kits. Students can now book their appointment to receive an administered test or to pick up a self-test by using the Return Home Event on the Penn State Go App or by visiting virusinfo.psu.edu/departure-testing.
Penn State Behrend's fall theater production — a four-day run of "Really Really," by Paul Downs Colaizzo — will take a new form, due to the need for social distancing during the pandemic. The cast will interact on-camera, from individual rooms in Perry Hall.
Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from tests administered during the period of Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, as well as new University testing results from the prior week.
