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Penn State Behrend faculty member Michael Campbell stands in a grape vineyard.

Behrend faculty member named distinguished professor of biology

"You need to find joy in helping students find their way," Michael Campbell says. "It's a big part of what we do here."

Penn State Behrend professor Charlotte de Vries wears a prop helmet while teaching in front of a screen showing an image from "Star Wars".

Custom Zoom backgrounds boost student engagement

Behrend faculty members are using custom Zoom backgrounds to better connect with students during this period of remote learning.

A product developer models a medical face shield for use in COVID-19 environments.

Behrend researcher improves design of COVID-19 face shields

Three Erie companies will manufacture the face shields, assembling as many as 5,000 every day.

Penn State Behrend student Ashley Price stands outside Glenhill Farmhouse

Pre-health programs prep Behrend grads for success

Senior Ashley Price had her choice of six graduate schools -- and four scholarships.

A student poses in front of a computer in a Penn State Behrend computer lab.

Behrend's online programs ranked among the top 10 in U.S.

New rankings by U.S. News & World Report place Penn State's online programs -- including programs developed and taught by Behrend faculty members -- among the best in the nation.

The sun sets behind Erie's Bicentennial Tower

Behrend students redesign Erie's website

Students in the Black School of Business built the city's new website, saving taxpayers approximately $50,000.

A man holds up two Megalodon shark teeth.

Alumnus builds a new business on ancient shark teeth

Bill Eberlein traded shipwrecks for shark teeth -- ancient Megalodon fossils that are bigger than his palm.

A Penn State Behrend soccer player kicks the ball.

Behrend teams earn bids to NCAA, ECAC tournaments

Both teams continue their seasons with tournament matches on Nov. 16. The men play Kenyon College; the women face McDaniel.

Stacked plastic discs create an art sculpture in a Penn State Behrend tree line.

'Colorwalk' project adds to Behrend's fall landscape

Artist Lauren Herzak-Bauman has stacked more than 8,000 plastic discs in a tree line outside the Reed Union Building.

A student works at a computer terminal in Penn State Behrend's finance lab.

Behrend finance lab adds 10 new Bloomberg Terminals

The Black School of Business has added 10 Bloomberg Terminal subscriptions to its finance lab in Burke Center. An 11th new terminal has been installed in Trippe Hall.