Presentations on 3D animation, virtual reality and augmented reality, as well as musical performances and a slow-motion video booth, will all be offered March 25-26 during the fourth-annual Digital Media Festival at Penn State Behrend.
Darren Williams, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, will discuss the Apollo 11 Mission and its historical significance, on Thursday, April 4, when Open House Night in Astronomy returns to Penn State Behrend. Following Williams’ talk, Jim Gavio, director of the college’s Yahn Planetarium, will outline future plans for lunar exploration.
Penn State Behrend’s baseball team swept Muskingum in a nonconference doubleheader, winning 8-4 and 7-5. With two outs in the 10th inning, the team scored four runs to win the opener. The college’s softball, volleyball, tennis and water polo teams also were in action last week. Here are the highlights.
Linda Bernardi, the former chief innovation officer at IBM, discussed artificial intelligence and the "Internet of Things" at a recent Penn State Behrend Speaker Series event. "In the future, brands aren't going to exist," she said. "The consumer experience is the only thing that will matter."
On Wednesday, April 10, the Kassia Ensemble with Mary Bowden will perform one of their first concerts together at Penn State Behrend as part of Music at Noon: The Logan Series. Their concert takes place at noon in McGarvey Commons, in the college’s Reed Union Building.
As Penn State University Libraries launches into its third University-wide Libraries Short Stories writing contest, previous Penn State authors’ winning works now have twice the potential to be printed and read across Pennsylvania, with the University Libraries’ installation of new Short Edition story dispensers at five of its Commonwealth Campus libraries.
At Aquinas College, where she was an All-American runner, Rachael Rose Steil once lived on a diet of 30 bananas a day. She will discuss how athletes struggle with food issues during a March 13 program at Penn State Behrend.
Dawne Hickton, chair of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland, will discuss her career path when the Finance Speaker Series returns to Penn State Behrend on April 15. The program is free and open to the public, and free parking will be available in the deck located behind Burke Center, off Technology Drive.
