Feature Archive

Study: Penn State is 'a powerful economic engine'

Penn State Behrend contributed $178.9 million to the Pennsylvania economy in FY 2017. The college also supported more than 2,600 jobs.

Penn State Behrend men's basketball coach Dave Niland talks with his son, Andy Niland, during a game.

Father and son savor final season together

"I really feel lucky to have spent these four years with Andy," says Dave Niland, head coach of the Behrend men's basketball team.

A graphic advertising discounted pavers for the Mary Behrend Monument at Penn State Behrend.

'BE MINE, LION'

Finally, a legitimate way to write your loved one's name in fresh pavement.

Visitors test the mannequin in one of Penn State Behrend's new nursing simulation labs.

Investing in the 'front line' of health care

High-tech simulation labs prepare Behrend nursing students for work in emergency settings.

A boy in a Darth Vader mask tries to use magic to move a car.

Advertisers bet big on Super Bowl spots

Arpan Yagnik, an assistant professor of advertising, says Super Bowl ads are still a good investment -- even at $175,000 per second.

Three students collaborate while working near a 3D printer.

Moving beyond 'groupthink'

The National Science Foundation will fund a two-year, $200,000 study of collaborative problem solving at Penn State Behrend.

Penn State Behrend's Nittany Lion shrine

Spring Semester to begin Jan. 7

Penn State Behrend never truly closes. This week, however, our campus is unusually quiet. (Click for video.)

Penn State Behrend student Billy Santoro hugs a guy to whom he has donated bone marrow

A life-saving match

Behrend student Billy Santoro had his DNA tested at a campus bone marrow drive. When he matched with a teen in need in Louisville, both of their lives changed forever.

Penn State Behrend soccer player Richard Blanchard prepares to kick the ball

Behrend soccer team reaches NCAA's Sweet 16

Wins over Lycoming College and John Carroll University have carried the men's soccer team deeper into the NCAA D3 tournament than ever before.

Penn State Behrend alumna Ashlyn Kelly writes on a post-it note in the Reed Union Building stairwell.

(Not so) random acts of kindness

A life-changing experience led alumna Ashlyn Kelly to join, and then lead, the Random Acts of Kindness club, which works anonymously to promote goodwill at Penn State Behrend.