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.
Forget the Saturday nap: With a day off from classes, Nicole Overby, a senior at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, headed to the lecture hall. She’d spend the afternoon assembling coloring books, which would be given to patients at the Shriner’s Hospital for Children.
Teresa Milbrodt will read excerpts from her fantastical short stories when the Creative Writers Reading Series returns to Penn State Erie, The Behrend College on March 30. Her 6 p.m. reading and the reception that will precede it are free and open to the public. Both events will be held in the Larry and Kathryn Smith Chapel.
The Penn State Behrend men’s basketball team secured the No. 2 seed in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference playoffs with a 90-78 win over Penn State Altoona. The women’s team has the No. 5 seed. Penn State Behrend’s volleyball, tennis and track and field teams also were in action last week. Here are the highlights.
At the close of its 2016 employee campaign, which raised $54,000 for United Way of Erie County, Penn State Behrend reached an important milestone: More than $1 million in total giving to United Way and its programs.
