Penn State Behrend’s baseball and softball teams won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championships on May 9. The baseball team defeated Alfred State, 12-6. The softball team defeated Penn State Altoona, 8-7.
The Penn State Sustainable Labs Program continues to expand its reach across campuses while advancing efforts to reduce the environmental impact of research spaces. The 2025–26 cohort included 20 labs spanning multiple colleges, with seven labs recertifying after participating in the program’s inaugural 2022–23 cohort. The program supports research teams in adopting sustainable practices without compromising scientific discovery, with participation remaining free to all labs.
Penn State Behrend honored student leaders and campus organizations at the annual Excellence in Student Leadership and Service Awards, held in McGarvey Commons.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team placed second at the State University of New York Athletic Conference outdoor championships in Cortland, New York. The women’s team finished sixth.
Five Penn State instructors from three campuses worked in teams with Penn State's Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) over the past two years as part of the 2024-26 TLT Faculty Fellows program. Their goal was to enrich the student engagement experience through technology, addressing themes such as generative AI, student connection and belonging, and digital fluency.
Thirty-three non-tenure-line faculty will use Opportunity Grants to fund a project of their choosing during the 2026-27 academic year. Opportunity Grants are designed for clinical, teaching, research and professors of practice faculty to receive funding for professional development through a self-proposed project.
The Penn State Behrend baseball team won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference regular-season title, building a 24-8 season and posting a 10-4 record in conference play. Head Coach Paul Benim earned his 800th career win in a split with Pitt-Greensburg.
A $100,000 gift from Anne Eisert and Jim Piersol will expand the Lion’s Pantry at Penn State Behrend, where students can anonymously request free supplies of food and personal-care products. The endowed fund will provide more than 130 additional bags of food to students every year.
Eric Robbins, associate teaching professor of finance with Penn State Behrend's Black School of Business, and Peter Aeschbacher, associate professor of architecture and landscape architecture from the College of Arts and Architecture, are shaping how Penn State World Campus students explore finance and creative thinking online.
The Run for Women 5K at Penn State Behrend isn’t a typical 5K race – It’s less about pace, and more about people. Registration is now open for this year’s event, which will be on Aug. 30.
