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A student talks with a recruiter at the Penn State Berhend fall Career and Internship Fair.

Record attendance boosts Behrend career fair

More than 180 companies collected résumés at the college's fall career fair. Several returned to campus to interview candidates.

Two students dance during move-in day at Penn State Behrend

Home suite home

With the addition of Trippe Hall, Penn State Behrend can now house nearly 2,000 students on campus. That's good news for the Class of 2022, which includes students from 20 foreign countries.

Blocking aquatic invasive species

A new species appears in the Great Lakes watershed every six to eight months. New funding for Pennsylvania Sea Grant research could change that.

'An all-hands-on-deck effort'

This year's ERIE conference connected the organizers of several economic revitalization efforts in the region. "The economy absolutely is changing," one said.

Behrend professor completes 10-week NASA research fellowship

"Every child wants to be an astronaut at some point," Charlotte Marr de Vries says. She got closer than most.

University Police Officer Luke Shivery next to patrol car

University Police begins equipping officers with kit to treat opioid overdoses

Currently, seven campus police stations are equipped with naloxone, including Beaver, Berks, Brandywine, DuBois, Erie, Great Valley and University Park. Administrators continue to work with local and county agencies to equip officers with naloxone at the remaining campuses.

Poet Henrietta Goodman to read at Penn State Behrend

Henrietta Goodman will read poems from her sonnet collection "All That Held Us" on Thursday, Oct. 4, when she visits Penn State Behrend as part of the college’s Creative Writers Reading Series.

AcousticSheep LLC CEO Wei-Shin Lai, center, meets with a student during Penn State Behrend's Fall Career and Internship Fair, held Sept. 19 at the college.

Erie startups seek top local talent at Penn State Behrend career fair

A record 184 companies attended Penn State Behrend's Fall Career and Internship Fair, held Sept. 19 in the college’s Junker Center. More than 1,400 students, also a record, attended the event, which was sponsored by the Academic and Career Planning Center.

A dinner plate painted to honor the actress Julie Andrews.

Behrend students save a seat for women in history

The artist Judy Chicago's 1979 masterwork, 'The Dinner Party,' celebrated women from myth and history. A class project at Penn State Behrend honors Chicago's vision while paying tribute to a new set of women.

An exterior view of Penn State Behrend's new Trippe Hall.

Penn State Behrend dedicates new 251-bed residence hall

With the addition of Trippe Hall, a four-story, $28.4 million residence hall, Penn State Behrend can now house nearly 2,000 students in 19 buildings on campus.

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