“Enhancing Health” will be the topic of the last in a series of public forums focused on implementing the University’s long-range Strategic Plan. The forum will take place 1-2:30 p.m. April 7 in the Morrison Gallery in the library at Penn State Harrisburg. Faculty, staff and students from across the University are invited to participate, either in person or via livestream.
Forty-one graduate students received awards for their research and creative scholarship in the 32nd annual Graduate Exhibition, held March 24 and 26 on Penn State's University Park campus. A complete list of winners is available below.
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, invites are area high school juniors to apply to its two free college-prep summer programs, Minority College Experience (MCE) and Women in Science and Engineering (WISE). An open house for prospective MCE or WISE students and their families will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, in 117 Reed Union Building. Admission is free and no reservation is needed.
Each year, Penn State recognizes outstanding faculty and staff with annual awards in teaching and excellence. The faculty and staff awards ceremony is Wednesday, April 19.
The Penn State Behrend track and field teams opened their outdoor seasons March 25 at the Cal U Early Bird Invitational. The men’s team won the shot put and the 110- and 400-meter hurdles; the women won the 800-meter relay. The campus' volleyball, tennis, water polo, baseball and softball teams also were in action last week. Here are the highlights.
The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $500,000 grant to Alicyn Rhoades, an assistant professor of engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, to study how friction and cooling rates during the manufacturing process affect the strength, flexibility and biodegradation of plastic materials.
Technology continues to change and influence our lives. That theme will be emphasized during Penn State Behrend’s second-annual Digital Media Festival later this month.
The Penn State Behrend women’s water polo team lost in overtime against Washington and Jefferson. The men’s volleyball team also was in action last week. Here are the highlights.
A Penn State Behrend team won the initial round of the CFA Institute Research Challenge, the "investment Olympics" for university students. The team advances to the Americas Regional final, set for April 6-7 in Seattle.