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The School of Science hosts and participates in a variety of K–12 events each year.

Tracy Halmi, associate teaching professor of chemistry.

Melissa “Roo” Kojancie, president and CEO of the Erie Zoo, with the zoo's orangutan, Dasa.

Last year Behrend added an American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) sapling grown from seeds that orbited the moon in 2022, to their arboretum.

Dr. Matthew Gruwell, associate professor of biology, recently returned from a yearlong research expedition in South Africa, where he studied freshwater ecosystems in the rivers of Kruger National Park.

A new sixteen-month program at Penn State Behrend will fast-track a career change for college graduates who want to work in nursing.

This summer, Dr. Cora MacBeth, a chemist with more than twenty years of experience as a faculty member, researcher, and academic administrator at Emory University, was appointed director of Penn State Behrend’s School of Science. 

Penn State Behrend Chancellor Ralph Ford, left, and former Chancellor Jack Burke, right, celebrate the presentation of the Behrend Medallion with alumnus Robert D. Metzgar, the former president of North Penn Pipe and Supply. 

Penn State Behrend will begin the holiday season with a candlelit program at Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery, where students, faculty, staff and alumni will honor the Behrend family on Dec. 5. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in the Behrend Chapel.

Penn State Behrend Chancellor Ralph Ford, left, and former Chancellor Jack Burke, right, celebrate the presentation of the Behrend Medallion with alumnus Robert D. Metzgar, the former president of North Penn Pipe and Supply.