On the Cover:

Dr. Jeremiah Keyes, pictured at left, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, collaborates with two student researchers, Biology majors Taylor Romania and Adam Boaks, in the college’s new state-of-the-art biomedical translational research lab. The 2,200-square-foot lab, located in Behrend’s Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Center, includes a cell-culture lab, an advanced microscopy lab, and flex space where faculty and student researchers can work together. Learn more about Keyes and his research.

From this Issue:

  • Briefs
    • Decades of Service Add Up for Accounting Professor
    • Creative Writing Faculty Publish New Works
    • Truck-Lite moving corporate headquarters to Knowledge Park
    • Construction updates
    • Parents, Families & Alumni Weekend Is October 1-3
    • New group to engage black alumni, students
    • New Science and Business Major
    • Behrend Theatre P-E-R-S-E-V-E-R-E-S
Behrend Magazine Cover Summer 2021

Volume 38, No.1 Penn State Behrend Magazine is published twice a year and provided free to alumni and friends of Penn State Behrend by the Office of Strategic Communications. Executive Editor: William Gonda [email protected]. Editor: Heather Cass [email protected]. Design: Martha Campbell. Contributors: Robb Frederick ‘92. Photos: Rob Frank ‘06, Matt Kleck. Change of address/Unsubscribe: Development and Alumni Relations at 814-898-6089 or [email protected]. Correspondence: Behrend Magazine, 207 Glenhill Farmhouse, 4701 College Drive, Erie PA 16563-1902. Phone 814-898-6419. Copyright ©2021 Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. This publication is available in alternative media on request.

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All of the photos in this publication were taken prior to January 2020, were self-submitted, and/or were taken with high social distancing measures in place.