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Dr. Edwin Masteller, Penn State Behrend professor of biology emeritus and volunteer curator of the Natural History Museum at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center, was a recipient of the 2012 John C. Oliver Environmental Leadership Award.

“Who said economics is boring?” Dr. James Kurre, associate professor of economics at Penn State Behrend, yells from the front car of the Ravine Flyer II roller coaster at Erie’s Waldameer Park, the perfect photo-op for illustrating an economy's characteristic uncertainties.

Tuesday’s transit of Venus could pose a problem for procrastinators: It won’t happen again for another 105 years.

An Erie company has donated an injection-molding machine to the School of Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.

Warren philanthropist and businessman Robert D. Metzgar was one of seven Penn State alumni to be honored this year by the Penn State Board of Trustees with the Distinguished Alumni Award. This is the University’s highest award to an individual.

Forget Furby and Lalaloopsy. “Hot” holiday toys rarely stand the test of time. For most kids, interest in these trendy, flashy toys fizzles before the garbage truck carries off the boxes.

Former U.S. Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper will teach a public policy class at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, this fall. She will partner with the Rev.

The duct-tape regatta had a rough start. One boat sank. Another boomeranged, returning to the edge of the Junker Center pool.

John Pearson’s Oldsmobile gets maybe 21 miles to the gallon. His school car – a custom-built, carbon-fiber test vehicle – is a bit more efficient: It could, in the right conditions, exceed 2,000 mpg.

Chemistry Day at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, means lab work: beakers, flasks and plotted data graphs. Then the kickball shatters, the Pringles tube launches like a rocket and the pickle makes the light bulb glow white.