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.
Penn State Behrend will hold its annual spring admissions open house for prospective students on April 1. A Student Information Fair, admissions and financial aid information session, walking tour of campus, lab demonstrations, a complimentary lunch, and more will be offered.
Encouragement and reassurance from a trusted romantic partner can ease some women's perceptions of acute pain, according to research by Carol Wilson, an associate professor of psychology at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. The effect can be measured as a physical response, including a decreased heart rate.
Penn State’s part-time master of business administration degree program in Pittsburgh will host a pair of admissions events for prospective students March 27 and April 5.
