Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has again earned the "Tree Campus USA" designation. The college is also an arboretum, with more than 200 tree species on a 854-acre campus.
Harun Mehmedinovic, director of photography for HBO, and Gavin Heffernan, a filmmaker and screenwriter for National Geographic, CBS and USA Today, will discuss SKYGLOW, their ongoing crowdfunding project which explores light pollution, when they visit Penn State Behrend on Monday, Nov. 13.
Penn State Behrend’s fourth annual Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Art Show opens Wednesday, Nov. 15, with a “Meet the Artists” reception in the Lilley Library gallery from 6 to 8 p.m. The show features works by faculty and staff members from several departments of the college. For the first time, this year’s show also will include submissions from Penn State Behrend alumni.
Runners from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, dominated the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championships in Angloa, New York. The women’s team recorded its first-ever perfect score, with runners in each of the top-five spots.
A $2 million investment in high-end research equipment is expanding research capabilities at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, where an open-lab strategy has led to new collaborations in environmental and materials science and advances in medical testing, aquatic biology and data analytics.
On Nov. 15, Erie residents will get a chance to see the historic Dorian Wind Quintet live when it performs at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, as part of Music at Noon: The Logan Series.
Matt Stanton, a 2005 computer science alumnus, remembers how he brought down the entire Penn State Behrend computer system with one misplaced semicolon. He's thankful that his legacy at the college now extends beyond that.
“We Who Believe in Freedom: Choral Music as a Vehicle for Social Change,” the annual fall concert from the Choirs of Penn State Behrend, will be held Sunday, Nov. 12.
Seven former student-athletes have earned places in the Athletics Hall of Fame at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. They were recently honored at a dinner in McGarvey Commons.
Science Storytime is a monthly program at Penn State Behrend where young learners are exposed to science-based topics through story reading, hands-on activities, and space shows held in the college’s Yahn Planetarium.
