“I had hoped that this would be a campaign only about ideas … but unfortunately, this has been a very different election year.” – Marco Rubio, February 28, 2016
“I had hoped that this would be a campaign only about ideas … but unfortunately, this has been a very different election year.” – Marco Rubio, February 28, 2016
Ian Campbell, a May Chemistry graduate, has been awarded the Ernest B. Yeager Award for research in spectroscopy. The award is given annually to one undergraduate in the northeast Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania region by the Cleveland section of the American Chemical Society. Campbell will receive $400 in cash and a one-year membership to the Society for Applied Spectroscopy.
One of the coolest new 5Ks last year is returning again for 2016. Save the date for the Behrend Athletics Berkey Ice Cream Run scheduled for Friday, Aug. 26 at 6 p.m.
While building a vehicle for this year’s Society of Automotive Engineers’ International Supermileage Challenge, Penn State Behrend senior Tyler Dorsch came to a startling realization.
With Penn State’s recent announcement of the next six communities to receive seed-grant funding through its Invent Penn State initiative, the University’s economic development effort has grown to include 13 hubs for innovation spread across Pennsylvania.
The mural on the wall of Kay Hardesty Logan’s summer home is a tribute to the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, which launched Mrs. Logan’s career in music. The woman at its center is playing a flute solo.
Penn State Behrend’s Supermileage (SAE) team exceeded their goal by 500 miles per gallon (m.p.g.) at this summer’s Supermileage Challenge and took second place overall! The competition, which challenges teams to create cars that squeeze the most mileage out of a single tank of high-octane gasoline, was held in June at Eaton Corporation’s Marshall Proving Grounds track in Michigan. Behrend’s car exceeded 2,500 m.p.g. during more than one of seven successful runs at the competition.
“OK, here’s a question for everyone: What was not in some way built by engineers?”
