Penn State Behrend’s new Erie Hall is a $28.2 million fitness, wellness and recreation center. The building includes a three-court gymnasium, fitness and aerobics rooms and training space for several of the college’s 24 NCAA athletics teams.
The James R. Meehl Innovation Commons at Penn State Behrend is a product development and prototyping center where students have contributed to more than 240 entrepreneurial projects.
Penn State Behrend is the academic research and commercial partner for the Magee-Womens Research Institute in Erie, a $26 million initiative that will bring locally focused clinical medical research trials to the region.
Penn State Behrend Chancellor Ralph Ford shared the college’s Open Lab philosophy and highlighted the opportunities it creates for students, faculty members and community partners during the University’s Board of Trustees meeting on July 21 at Behrend’s McGarvey Commons.
