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Penn State Behrend Alumnus Appears on ABC’s “Shark Tank”

Shark TankMarch 8, 2013 – It was television, so he wore a helmet: a spike-topped Viking cap. He also brought a baseball bat.

David Artuso, a 2011 Penn State Behrend alumnus, swung that bat hard, smashing it into an iPhone. He was hoping to impress the A-list investors on ABC’s “Shark Tank.”

Penn State Behrend Hosts 400 Young Scientists in NWPA Science Olympiad

More than 400 young scientists from 33 middle and high schools competed in the Northwestern Pennsylvania Regional of the Science Olympiad at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College on March 5. The Science Olympiad offers a wide range of events designed to challenge students both intellectually and creatively.

Water polo team tests geographical and physical limits for love of the game

Water polo team tests geographical and physical limits for love of the game

Asked to explain water polo to a person with no concept of the sport, head coach Joe Tristan puts it in terms any native Northerner can understand: “It’s like hockey in the water.”

Ah, now that makes sense. Hockey we Northerners understand. Water polo? Not so much. It’s time we broaden our athletic horizons, though, because while it has traditionally been a California thing, the sport of water polo is spreading to the northeastern states.