Global Programs' fall 2017 travel grants have been awarded in three grant categories: Faculty Travel Grants, Transformational Travel Grants, and Graduate Student Travel Grants. Based on the review committees’ evaluations and recommendations, 30 applicants were selected for funding support. The awardees will travel to 19 countries on four continents.
A $1 million investment in the 1855 Capital Fund, which formed to support companies with a connection to Penn State, could benefit startups and other business projects launched by Penn State Behrend alumni, students and faculty.
As a first-year student during the 2014-15 academic year, Craig Miranda was profiled by Penn State Behrend as part of its “Far From Home” series, which documented a year in the life of international students at the college. This week, the Kuwait native will graduate from Penn State Behrend and as he looks back on his time at the college, he sees one constant: growth.
The Penn State Behrend men’s swimming and diving team won the Fredonia Blue Devil Invitational for the first time since 2012. Brady Mattson, a sophomore from Wilmington, Delaware, set a program record in the 1,650-meter free race.
The 16th annual Erie presentation of "Tuba Christmas" will be held Saturday, Dec. 9, in the McGarvey Commons of the Reed Union Building at Penn State Behrend. The performance begins at 1 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
The Black School of Business at Penn State Behrend “provides the best value for a working student in the local area,” according to the Princeton Review in a new list of the nation’s best MBA programs.
A $554,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will establish a manufacturing and automation research center at Penn State Behrend, where instructors will develop STEM-based manufacturing models for high schools and community colleges in three states.
Through an innovative new funding process, Penn State is investing $2 million in its top strategic priorities, while simultaneously advancing the vital and transformative work of its faculty, staff and students across the University.
