What happens when a hypothesis has to be formed and tested on the fly? That’s the question that awaited participants as they arrived at the Mystery Architecture activity at the 2019 regional Science Olympiad, held this month at Penn State Behrend. More than 400 area middle- and high-school students from 35 schools participated in the event.
The Penn State Behrend women’s water polo team won its first game of the season, beating Utica 14-8. Lauren Wood, a senior from Vernon Hills, Illinois, set a school record for career goals, with 159.
Linda Bernardi, former chief innovation officer at IBM, will discuss the future of Blockchain, artificial intelligence, big-data analytics and the "Internet of Things" when she visits Penn State Behrend for the college's Speaker Series on March 13.
Penn State Behrend’s baseball and softball teams opened their seasons with spring-break games in Florida. The baseball team was 1-2 at midweek; the softball team was 1-1.
Penn State industrial engineering alumnus William Korb and his wife, Wendy, who is also a Penn State graduate, have contributed $100,000 to fund and endow three Open Doors Scholarships in the College of Engineering.
David Baker will read poems from his latest collection, “Scavenger Loop,” on Thursday, April 4, when the 2018-19 Creative Writers Reading Series returns to Penn State Behrend. His 6 p.m. reading and the reception preceding it are free and open to the public. Both events will be held in the Larry and Kathryn Smith Chapel.
Former Gov. Tom Ridge visited Penn State Behrend to discuss opportunities for Great Lakes-related research. "We have a responsibility to preserve the environment and make sure that the generations that succeed us can enjoy it," he said.
Penn State Behrend contributed $178.9 million to the Pennsylvania economy in FY 2017, according to a new study released by Penn State. The college directly and indirectly supported more than 2,600 Pennsylvania jobs, the study found.
The Penn State Behrend men’s basketball team won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship with a 67-65 upset of La Roche. The women’s team placed second.
Held every February in Penn State Behrend's Junker Center, the STEM Fair, which is co-sponsored by GE Transportation, is designed to introduce students and young people to careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
