Students at Penn State Behrend select the stories, poems and essays that are collected in "Lake Effect," the college's international literary journal. “'Lake Effect' was a great way to get my feet wet in the publishing industry,” a former student said.
Penn State Behrend’s competitive cheer team won the NCA Collegiate Cheer National Championship during a two-day event in Daytona Beach, Florida. The team placed second in 2023.
Eleven interdisciplinary research teams have been awarded funding through Penn State's Institute of Energy and the Environment’s Seed Grant Program for 2024.
Retired U.S. Army Col. Priscilla Hamilton, a Penn State Alumni Fellow and a member of Penn State Behrend’s Council of Fellows, recently received the Charles Lupton Volunteer Award, one of the University’s highest honors for a volunteer.
Greg Filbeck, the former director of the Black School of Business at Penn State Behrend, has been named vice chancellor and associate dean for academic affairs at the college, where he has taught since 2006.
The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation and the Department of Defense have partnered with Penn State’s Behrend and University Park campuses to create workforce development programs that will strengthen the U.S. metal casting and forging industries.
At Penn State Behrend’s Math Options Career Day, middle-schoolers programmed robots and built spaghetti-noodle bridges. “This showed me that math and science are in a lot of the world,” one student said.
The Sustainable Labs Program provides educational support and networking opportunities to labs across Penn State, helping them implement changes to become more energy and resource efficient. Actions taken by participating labs are estimated to result in over $155,000 in savings for the University and reduce about 490 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
Penn State Behrend’s baseball and softball teams exited the NCAA Division III regional tournaments with losses to Catholic and Dominican, respectively. The baseball team closed its season with a 29-13-1 record. The softball team finished its season 33-10.
