Career-best games by Morgan Altavilla and Rachel Majewski led the Penn State Behrend women’s basketball team past Alfred State, 90-78. Altavilla, a sophomore from Pittsburgh, scored 34 points. Majewski, a junior from Erie, scored 33.
With the goal of alleviating uncertainties around smart power grids, the Appalachian Regional Commission has provided a collaboration of universities — including Penn State researchers — across multiple states with $10 million to develop and deploy services that enable electric utility companies and energy tech startups to model and test different scenarios before implementation.
Penn State Behrend’s wrestling team earned two wins at the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Quad Meet on Jan. 13. Six Lions recorded pins against Hiram.
Students, faculty and staff across all Penn State campuses will now have free access to virtual technology programming provided by the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania (TCCP), thanks to a newly expanded partnership with TCCP spearheaded by Penn State Harrisburg, a longtime member of the council.
Julius Rosenwald, the former chief executive officer of Sears, donated more than $50 million through fellowships and other giving. That funding often came with conditions, which limited the careers of the fellows, said Emily Masghati, an assistant professor of history at Penn State Behrend. She was recently awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant to write a book about the fellowship program.
“You can be an introvert and still be a leader,” said Gabi Watson, a December graduate of Penn State Behrend and winner of the 2023 ATHENA Young Professional Award.
With the first shot of the game — a pull-up jumper against Pitt-Bradford — Majewski, a junior from Erie, scored her 1,000th point for Penn State Behrend. Tommy DiRienzo, a senior from Pittsburgh, scored his 1,000th point three days later, in a win over Penn State Altoona.
A dozen students from the Global Boarders Living Learning Community at Penn State Behrend attended the “We Are the World” showcase, where they learned about sustainable travel and the importance of acting locally.
The Penn State Behrend wrestling team won its home opener against Waynesburg, taking eight of the night’s 10 matches. Heavyweight Matthew Caldwell, a freshman from Wheatfield, New York, earned his sixth pin of the season.
